Yunomoto Onsen, Hioki, Kagoshima Prefecture
Tanoyu Onsen
A very affordable local bath for an early start, with two pools described simply as hot and comfortable. It is a better fit for a quick soak than a long spa visit.
Check before bathing
- Opening hours
- 06:00–22:00. Closed on the second and fourth Tuesdays. Adult admission is ¥200; parking for 18 vehicles is listed.
Spring & water temperature
- Spring-source temperature
- Not published.
- Bathing temperature
- No fixed temperatures are published; the official tourism page describes one pool as hot and the other as comfortable.
- Spring source
- The spring used by Tanoyu Onsen; the current facility pages do not publish a well number.
- Spring classification
- Simple sulfur spring.
- pH
- Not published.
- Flow rate
- Not published.
- Water handling
- Kagoshima Prefecture tourism information describes the bath as 100% source-flowing. Hioki's current page lists the spring type and hours but does not publish full water-addition, heating, circulation or disinfection details.
Bathing indications
Hioki lists general indications including neuralgia and muscle pain. This is not a treatment guarantee.
Closed on the second and fourth Tuesdays. The official description distinguishes two relative temperature levels but gives no numeric bath temperature.
How to read a bath profile
Spring-source temperature and actual bathing temperature are kept separate. Each score is shown independently for comparison rather than collapsed into one overall score.
