Kitago Onsen, Nichinan, Miyazaki Prefecture
Kitago Onsen Marushinso
Pick this older inn for a straightforward indoor-and-outdoor hot spring experience at a modest price, rather than for a sauna or resort-style facilities.
Facility photos
Check before bathing
- Opening hours
- Current Nichinan tourism information lists 11:00–19:50, last admission 19:00; adults ¥600 and children ¥350. Closed irregularly. Check before setting out. The older ¥500/¥300 prices are no longer current after the June 2026 update.
- Tattoo policy
- The current inn and tourism-association pages reviewed do not state a tattoo policy. Ask before visiting.
Spring & water temperature
- Spring-source temperature
- 51°C, listed by the inn for its spring; this is not the bath temperature.
- Bathing temperature
- Not published.
- Spring source
- Marushinso's Kitago Onsen spring, about 800 m underground.
- Spring classification
- The current inn pages reviewed do not publish a facility-specific legal classification.
- pH
- Not published.
- Flow rate
- Not published.
- Water handling
- Natural spring water is used in the indoor and outdoor baths. Current travel listings describe the water as source-flowing, but the inn's main pages do not publish a full pool-by-pool treatment table.
Bathing indications
The inn lists general drinking and bathing indications; these are not a guarantee of treatment.
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.
