Onsen in Kumamoto
12 hot springs, 2 of which will take you with a tattoo, and 3 where you can bathe without staying the night.
Onsen towns in Kumamoto
Narrow it down
Tattoos are fine here
Ryokan you can visit just for the bath
No overnight stay required.
Ryokan Ichinoi
Shinmeikan
Jigoku Onsen Seifuso
Ranked by what you are after
We score every onsen the same way — the view from the water, the water itself, comfort, how far it sits from a town, and how easy it is to reach — then weight those differently depending on what you want.
Best for the view
What you can see from the water.
- Kurokawa Onsen Jizo-yuVisited4.0
- Jigoku Onsen SeifusoVisited4.0
- Tarutama Onsen TakibiyoriVisited3.8
- Ryokan IchinoiVisited3.6
- Kannoniwa Onsen Private BathsVisited3.5
- Tsuetate Onsen MotoyuVisited3.3
- Aso Bochu Onsen Yume-no-yuVisited3.2
- ShinmeikanVisited2.8
Best water
For people who care what is actually in the bath.
- Jigoku Onsen SeifusoVisited4.8
- Ryokan IchinoiVisited4.3
- Tarutama Onsen TakibiyoriVisited4.2
- Kannoniwa Onsen Private BathsVisited4.0
- Kurokawa Onsen Jizo-yuVisited4.0
- Aso Bochu Onsen Yume-no-yuVisited3.7
- ShinmeikanVisited3.5
- Tsuetate Onsen Gozen-yuVisited3.3
Easiest to reach
Get there and back without renting a car.
- Aso Bochu Onsen Yume-no-yuVisited4.4
- Sakura-yuVisited3.0
- Kannoniwa Onsen Private BathsVisited2.9
- Tarutama Onsen TakibiyoriVisited2.9
- Ryokan IchinoiVisited2.6
- ShinmeikanVisited2.6
- Jigoku Onsen SeifusoVisited2.1
- Tsuetate Onsen Gozen-yuVisited2.0
Every onsen we have checked in Kumamoto
Sakura-yu
Tsuetate Onsen Motoyu
Tsuetate Onsen Yakushi-yu
Tsuetate Onsen Gozen-yu
Kannoniwa Onsen Private Baths
Kurokawa Onsen Jizo-yu
Ryokan Ichinoi
Shinmeikan
Jigoku Onsen Seifuso
Tarutama Onsen Takibiyori
Aso Bochu Onsen Yume-no-yu
Hinagu Onsen Center Banpei-yu
Planning a trip to Kumamoto
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About the day-pass link: Asoview is the main place day-use onsen in Japan sell entry tickets and discount coupons in advance. It is a Japanese-only site, so use your browser’s translation — you show the ticket on your phone at the door.
