Kumamoto Kumamoto City
Ref Kumamoto by Vessel Hotels
Savor Kumamoto’s water in an open-air bath alive with the scent of wood and the nature of Aso
- Sauna Available
- Cold Bath Available
About Ref Kumamoto by Vessel Hotels
Ref Kumamoto by Vessel Hotels is a hotel with baths in Kumamoto City. Its interiors are designed around the materials of greenery, water and wood, and in the main bathhouse you can enjoy the pure, plain hot water that Kumamoto, Japan’s foremost city of groundwater, takes pride in. The open-air bath is set with bedrock of Aso stone and plants such as wild camellia and maple, so you can feel the breath of nature even in the lively Shinshigai district. The men’s bath has a high-temperature sauna and a cold plunge, the women’s bath a mist sauna, and after bathing you can spend time as you please in the manga library of 10,000 volumes.
BathBATH
Main bathhouse
A main bathhouse that embodies “a bath to relax in the scent of wood.” The open-air bath is a carefully crafted space by landscape designer Toshiya Ogino. Set with bedrock of Aso stone and trees such as wild camellia and maple, it lets you feel nature’s fresh scent and cool breeze even in the middle of the entertainment district. Sink into the wooden bath or the hagama rice-cauldron bath and savor Kumamoto’s pure, plain hot water.
SaunaSAUNA
Dry sauna
A high-temperature sauna in the men’s bath. After a good sweat in the sauna, cool down in the adjoining cold plunge, then head to the rest area in the open-air section. In this outdoor space rich in nature, set with Aso stone and maples, you can enjoy cooling off in the open air as you feel the cool breeze.
Mist sauna
The mist sauna in the women’s bath. Wrapped in soft steam, you can warm your body slowly. After the sauna, relax at leisure in the main bathhouse fragrant with wood, or in the open-air bath with nature’s fresh scent, and spend time easing the tension in body and mind.
Cold BathCOLD BATH
Cold plunge
The cold plunge next to the high-temperature sauna in the men’s bath. Here you can feel with your whole body the gift of abundant water unique to Kumamoto, “Japan’s foremost city of groundwater,” rich in natural water. Once the cold has pulled your flushed body taut, step out into the open-air area alive with greenery and rest in the natural breeze.
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Facility Information
- Address
- 7-2 Shinshigai, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto, Kumamoto
- Business Hours
- 06:00〜10:00/15:00〜01:00
Irregular Holidays
- Closed Days
- Irregular Holidays
- Gender Access
- Gender Separated
- Tattoo Policy (Communal Bath)
- No Tattoos
Bathing is allowed only if your tattoos can be covered with two 8 × 10 cm (3 × 4 in) cover stickers, handed out at the front desk.
- Official Website
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