Saga Takeo City
A nostalgic onsen inn steeped in Taisho Roman charm
Takeo Onsen Taisho Roman Inn Kyotoya is a long-established ryokan in Takeo, Saga Prefecture, founded in 1910. Its interior carries the nostalgic air of the Taisho Roman era, with antique furniture and music boxes lining the halls to create time set apart from the everyday. The dry saunas in the men’s and women’s main bathhouses, renovated in 2025, are filled with the scent of wood, and there is also a space for cooling off in the open air that blends in with the natural surroundings. Together with the soft feel of Takeo Onsen’s water, long cherished as a “bath of beauty,” you can sink into deep relaxation of body and mind. This is a storied onsen with a long history that you can enjoy on a day visit or an overnight stay.

An indoor bath whose high, open ceiling and granite tub evoke a sense of history, and an elegant open-air bath where you can feel the breeze of each season on your skin. The water is a weakly alkaline simple spring long cherished as a “bath of beauty,” known for its moist, deeply hydrating feel, much like a skin toner. This celebrated, abundantly flowing water gently envelops your whole body and eases the fatigue of daily life to the core.

A clean dry sauna filled with the scent of wood. Fitted with the latest equipment, it offers a quiet, calm space where you can take your time working up a good sweat. After the sauna, head to the space for cooling off in the open air, which blends in with the natural surroundings, and feel the breeze of each season as body and mind reach totonou, a state of deep relaxation, for a moment of pure bliss.
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