Tsuetate Onsen, Oguni, Kumamoto
Kissho-no-Yu
A garden bathhouse with a clear source-flowing setup: the operator blends three springs of different temperatures without adding water or heating the pools. Tattoos are prohibited, and weekday visits cannot start before 15:00.
Check before bathing
- Opening hours
- Weekdays 15:00–22:00; weekends and holidays 11:30–23:00. Obon and year-end/New Year hours may follow the weekend schedule; check Hizenya's current notice. Adult ¥1,600; child ¥800. Private bath: ¥3,500 for 60 minutes.
- Tattoo policy
- Hizenya's current rules prohibit bathing for guests with tattoos. The rule applies to Kissho-no-Yu; do not assume a private bath is an exception.
Spring & water temperature
- Spring-source temperature
- 44–98°C across the three springs listed by the operator.
- Bathing temperature
- No fixed pool temperature published.
- Spring source
- A blend of three springs; individual source names are not published on the current facility page.
- Spring classification
- Simple spring; low-tonicity, weakly alkaline and high-temperature.
- pH
- Not published for this facility.
- Flow rate
- Not published.
- Water handling
- The operator describes the baths as 100% source-flowing. It blends springs of different temperatures to adjust the water, without adding water or heating the pools.
The garden has steps and outdoor paths. The bath is about a 20–25-minute walk from Hizenya; do not assume the hotel's lodging shuttle is available to day visitors.
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.
