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Kurokawa Onsen Jizo-yu

黒川温泉 地蔵湯 · Kurokawa Onsen

Policy not published (day visit)

Can you bathe here with a tattoo?

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Visiting for the day

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How it scores

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×Somewhere to sit — Bathe and leave
○Anything else nearby — In the middle of things

Kurokawa's own source bath, in the dead centre of the village where every inn, shop and cafe is a few minutes on foot — but it is a bare room with an honesty box and nowhere to sit. Rated only on what can be checked from the map and the town's description; the water and the room itself have not been confirmed from a primary source.

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The baths

Indoor bath

One small indoor tub each for men and women. Minami-Oguni Town describes it as the original source bath of Kurokawa, on the spot where, by legend, hot water sprang up around a headless Jizo statue, and as a bath locals have used since long before Kurokawa became a tourist village.

Open to day visitors

Practical details

Day visits
Yes — you can bathe without staying overnight.
8:00-19:00
Day visit price
¥200
Reported as 200 yen for adults and 100 yen for children, paid into an honesty box. The nyuto-tegata wooden pass sold across Kurokawa does NOT cover this bath — the pass is only valid at the 25 member inns of the ryokan association, and Jizo-yu is not one of them.
Staying overnight
No
Getting there
At 6606 Manganji, Minami-Oguni Town, down the Igo-zaka slope from Fureai Hiroba in the middle of the Kurokawa village — the cheapest bath in Kurokawa and within walking distance of every inn. Kurokawa itself is reached by the Kyushu Odan bus from Kumamoto or Beppu, or by highway bus from Fukuoka.
Official website
www.town.minamioguni.lg.jp/kankou/kurokawa/jizou-yu.html

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Staying nearby

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Where to stay in Kurokawa OnsenBooking.com ↗Day-pass tickets and coupons for Kurokawa OnsenAsoview (Japanese-language site) ↗

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What we have not confirmed

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