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Kimita Onsen Mori no Izumi

君田温泉 森の泉 · Kimita Onsen

Policy not published (day visit)Policy not published (overnight)

Can you bathe here with a tattoo?

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Visiting for the day

They have not said

The tattoo policy is not stated publicly. Please contact the facility.

Staying overnight

They have not said

The tattoo policy is not stated publicly. Please contact the facility.

How it scores

Every onsen on this site is scored on the same five things.

ViewWaterComfortSettingAccess

Verified by the editor

View3.5
Water4
Comfort4.5
Setting4.5
Access2
○Somewhere to sit — You can spend the day here
△Anything else nearby — Nearby, but off to one side

Reopened in August 2024 after a full refurbishment, and it shows: a new barrel sauna outdoors on the men's side, a rebuilt powder room and nursing room on the women's side. The water is a sodium-calcium bicarbonate spring the operator calls one of the best of its kind in Japan, and the open-air baths look into a deliberately planted garden of native broadleaves rather than at a fence. An art museum, a bakery, a farmers' market, a dog run and an RV park share the site, so there is a day here rather than just a bath - but you will want a car.

Every onsen on this site is scored against the same written rubric, and every score has been reviewed by the editor. The ones marked Visited were also bathed in personally.

The baths

Open-air bath

Open-air baths on both the men's and women's sides, looking into a garden of mixed native broadleaf trees planted to blend into the hill behind.

Open to day visitors

Indoor bath

Indoor baths on both sides. The women's side has an indoor wooden sauna; the men's side has an outdoor barrel sauna added in the 2024 refurbishment. The women's changing area was rebuilt at the same time with a powder room, a nursing room and a nappy-changing table.

Open to day visitors

Practical details

Day visits
Yes — you can bathe without staying overnight.
10:00-20:30 (last entry 20:00). Closed every Tuesday.
Day visit price
¥800
800 yen for junior high school age and above, 400 yen for ages 3 to elementary school, under-3s free. Bathing tax included. Face towels are sold from a vending machine for 150 yen; bath towels are not sold, so bring your own.
Staying overnight
Yes
Getting there
In the Kimita valley north of Miyoshi, in the inland north of the prefecture. About 20 minutes by car from JR Miyoshi Station, 5 minutes from Kuchiwa IC on the Yamanami Kaido and 25 minutes from Miyoshi IC. 54 free parking spaces. By public transport: Hiroshima Station to Miyoshi Station on the Geibi Line rapid service (about 1 hour 20 minutes), then a bus towards Kannose / Kuchiwa-cho, alighting at Hitsuda-guchi.
Official website
kimitaonsen.com

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What we have not confirmed

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