Ueki Onsen, Kita Ward, Kumamoto City
Ueki Onsen Takanoya
A strong option for a private soak, with general-use family baths now offered in the morning. From February 1, 2026, the hotel changed its day-use pricing and hours; do not rely on older listings that show evening admission.
Facility photos
Check before bathing
- Opening hours
- From February 1, 2026, the public bath is ¥600 per adult. General private-bath sessions are 50 minutes: ¥2,500 for two adults, ¥3,000 for three, or ¥3,500 for four. Family-bath reception is generally 10:00–14:00, with bathing finished by 15:00. Evening access is often unavailable; call the hotel before planning a later visit. The hotel confirmed normal operation after safety checks following the 2026 Kumamoto earthquake.
Spring & water temperature
- Spring-source temperature
- Not published.
- Bathing temperature
- Not published.
- Spring source
- Takanoya's own spring; a formal source name was not published.
- Spring classification
- Alkaline simple sulfur spring.
- pH
- 8.9, in the hotel's July 21, 2026 source description.
- Flow rate
- Not published.
- Water handling
- The hotel and current facility listings describe the spring as source-flowing. A current guest-review listing separately notes water addition; the hotel does not explain the amount or conditions pool by pool, so both records are retained rather than calling every bath undiluted.
Bathing indications
The hotel describes fatigue recovery among its general bathing indications. This is not a medical guarantee.
The hotel also reports spring-water hardness of about 4 mg/L. The morning family-bath system and prices took effect February 1, 2026; older evening hours are not current.
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.
