YakushiOnsen

A luxurious 100% natural free-flowing hot spring. Blissful sauna sessions at a renovated long-established sento.

Kagoshima Kagoshima City

"Yakushi Onsen" is a long-established hot spring sento in Kagoshima City, Kagoshima Prefecture, founded in Taisho 8. Following its 2023 renovation, the traditional amber-colored natural free-flowing hot spring has been combined with state-of-the-art sauna facilities. The men's bath features a powerful auto-löyly, while the women's bath has a dry sauna equipped with wall steam, known as wa-ryu. After the sauna, you can enjoy a gentle, skin-loving cool down in a cold bath filled with high-quality groundwater unique to Kagoshima City. This is a superb refreshment spot in a historic neighborhood, where a mellow bath, excellent groundwater, and modern sauna facilities come together.

Hot Spring & Bath Information

Yakushi Onsen

TypeNatural Hot Spring

Flow-through

A private spring that has continued to gush uninterrupted since its founding in Taisho 8. It is offered as pure free-flowing water with no heating, no dilution, and no circulation. Its slightly green-tinged amber color is a defining feature. The sodium chloride spring has a rich, silky feel and is beloved as a beauty bath that leaves the skin smooth from the moment you soak in it. It also has excellent heat-retention effects, making it a famous bath whose pleasant after-bath warmth lasts for a long time.

Sauna

Dry Sauna (Men's Bath)

90°C

Sauna TypeDry Sauna

Stove TypeConvection Stove (Sauna Stone)

Capacity10people

Men's

A full-fledged dry sauna installed in the men's bath. Its powerful convection stove is equipped with an auto-löyly function, and the periodic release of steam fills the room with pleasant heat and humidity. In a clean interior that has only just been renovated, the design encourages solid perspiration while you are surrounded by the scent of wood. It offers stable heat intensity that has earned strong support from local sauna enthusiasts.

Dry Sauna (Women's Bath)

85°C

Sauna TypeDry Sauna

Stove TypeConvection Stove (Sauna Stone)

Capacity8people

Women's

A rare dry sauna in the women's bath that lets you enjoy wa-ryu, a self-löyly method applied to the walls. By pouring water onto the wooden surfaces installed on the walls, soft steam fills the entire room, warming the body deeply while letting you feel the moisture in the air. Though the temperature is not excessively high, this soothing space allows you to slowly and comfortably work up a sweat thanks to the power of humidity.

Cold Bath

Groundwater Cold Plunge Bath

18°C

Water QualityNatural Water (Groundwater, Spring, etc.)

Capacity4people

Flow-through
Men'sWomen's

High-quality groundwater, nurtured by Kagoshima City's rich natural environment, is used lavishly in a free-flowing style directly from the tap. The water quality is astonishingly soft, with a texture that gently wraps around the skin. It is not too cold, so you can soak for a long time and fully enjoy the refreshing character unique to groundwater. It gently soothes your body after the sauna.

Business Hours

Monday
06:00〜23:00
Tuesday
06:00〜23:00
Wednesday
06:00〜23:00
Thursday
06:00〜23:00
Friday
06:00〜23:00
Saturday
06:00〜23:00
Sunday
06:00〜23:00
Holiday
06:00〜23:00

Closed Days: None

Address

1-22-36 Yakushi, Kagoshima City, Kagoshima Prefecture

Sento (Public Bath)

Gender Access

Gender Separated

Tattoo Policy
No tattoo-specific restriction
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