Saga Takeo City
Mifuneyama Rakuen Hotel
A luxury resort in harmony with the nature of Mount Mifune
- Takeo Onsen
- Nature Immersion
- Natural Hot Spring
- Wood-fired sauna
- Self löyly available
- Aroma löyly available
About Mifuneyama Rakuen Hotel
Mifuneyama Rakuen Hotel is an inn in Takeo, Saga Prefecture, and a sacred site of Japan’s sauna world. In a space where the nature of Mount Mifune meets the art of teamLab, the men’s and women’s sides each have saunas of an entirely different character. Both the men’s bath and the women’s bath have a sauna warmed by an extra-large wood-burning stove and an herbal steam room. On top of that, the men’s bath has a dry sauna with löyly you pour yourself, while the women’s bath has a pure white sauna that uses kugel (aroma ice). From the deep cold plunge filled with cooled water from the Takeo Onsen source to the relaxation lounge where you can enjoy salt pudding and other treats, every part of the sauna experience is designed to the very highest level.
Hot SpringONSEN
Takeo Onsen
A simple alkaline spring drawn from the historic Takeo Onsen. The water feels soft and settles gently into the skin. After reaching totonou, that state of deep relaxation, through the sauna and the cold plunge, a long soak in this onsen deepens recovery from fatigue and relaxation of body and mind. The alkaline water leaves the skin smooth and is expected to help with neuralgia, muscle pain and joint pain. In the open-air bath, you can enjoy the onsen to your heart’s content while taking in the seasonal scenery of Mount Mifune.
SaunaSAUNA
Wood-fired sauna
A wood-fired sauna that burns thinned timber from around Takeo and uses old stones from Mount Mifune as the sauna stones. The löyly you pour yourself uses natural water from Mount Mifune, and heat and steam wrap around your body as one. The soft, deep heat that only firewood can give sinks into your whole body and draws out a slow, steady sweat. It is a luxurious space where you can sit quietly with yourself while feeling the nature of Mount Mifune, and a chance to experience the quality that earned it a place in the SAUNACHELIN Hall of Fame.
Herbal steam room
A steam room using wild medicinal herbs gathered in Takeo, blended with mugwort as the base. Humid steam envelops your skin, and the scent of the herbs lets you breathe more deeply. The heat is mild, gently warming the body while opening the pores and leaving the skin smooth. It offers a soft, calm sweat in contrast to the dry sauna, and lets you feel the gifts of the local nature with your whole body.
Dry sauna
A dry sauna where you can enjoy löyly you pour yourself using an original hojicha (roasted green tea) from Ureshino, Saga Prefecture. The toasty aroma of hojicha fills the room and deepens the sense of relaxation. Its high, crisp heat is its defining feature, giving a refreshing sweat quite different from the wood-fired sauna. By switching between the two saunas, you can explore many different ways to reach totonou, that state of deep relaxation.
Dry sauna (kugel)
A dry sauna where you can pour löyly yourself using an original kugel. A soft aroma drifts through the room, relaxing body and mind. The high heat warms you to the core and draws out a slow, steady sweat. Its distinctive kugel-shaped design and gentle scents chosen with women in mind set it apart. By switching between this and the herbal steam room, you can enjoy many different ways to reach totonou, that state of deep relaxation.
Cold BathCOLD BATH
Open-air cold plunge
A cold plunge in the open-air area of the men’s bath. It uses cooled water from the source of Takeo Onsen, famed as a bath for beautiful skin, so even in the bracing cold you can feel the mellow touch of the natural onsen water on your skin. Surrounded by natural rock and trees in an open setting, you can feel the outside breeze as the cold pulls your flushed body taut in an instant. It is laid out so you can move seamlessly on to cooling off in the open air in the rest area right beside it.
Groundwater cold plunge
A deep cold plunge set in a semi-underground space reached by stairs. It uses groundwater nurtured by Takeo’s rich nature and is known for its clean, crisp cold. In this cave-like, hushed space, the sound of flowing water echoes, giving you the feeling of being cut off from the outside world. Surrendering your whole body to the cool water in the dim light takes your immersion in the cool-down to its utmost.
Cold plunge (by the kugel sauna)
A cold plunge just outside the pure white kugel sauna. It uses cooled water from the source of Takeo Onsen, known as a bath for beautiful skin, and its soft water seems to cling to the skin. As the cold closes the pores opened in the sauna, the mellowness unique to onsen water leaves your skin feeling moist afterward. The short, easy path from the sauna lets you cool down comfortably without losing the heat you have built up.
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Facility Information
- Address
- 4100 Takeo, Takeo-machi, Takeo, Saga Prefecture
- Business Hours
- 15:00〜00:00/06:00〜10:30
■ Day-use bathing Reservations required. Each session lasts 2 hours 30 minutes. Session 1: 8:00–10:30 Session 2: 15:00–17:30 Session 3: 17:30–20:00 Session 4: 19:30–22:00 Session 5: 21:30–24:00
- Closed Days
- Irregular Holidays
- Gender Access
- Gender Separated
- Tattoo Policy (Communal Bath)
- No Tattoos
- Usage Conditions
- Reservation
- Official Website
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Access
Shuttle
- Free shuttle bus between JR Takeo-Onsen Station and the inn (overnight guests only, 14:00–18:30)
- Reserve by phone by 21:00 the day before
The nearest station is JR Takeo-Onsen Station. There are 3 parking lots with about 60 spaces in total (free). There is no parking in front of the entrance; overnight guests can drive up to the entrance, and staff will move the car to the guest parking lot. Day visitors should park in the day-use parking lots (2 lots) and walk to the front desk.
Visited by the Editor-in-Chief
The Editor-in-Chief visited in person in October 2026
White walls and firewood, melting into the morning forest
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