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Hot spring Senninyu
4.0★ · 132 Google ratings · Bungotakada, Oita · ほうらいの里 仙人湯
✓ Natural hot-spring water✓ Free-flowing source water✓ Outdoor bath✓ Rest area
Before you go
Can you bathe here?
Day visitors
✓ YesListed as a day-use onsen: a bath for day visitors by definition. No visitor review states otherwise.from the facility's listing category
Hours
13:00–22:00 · closed Thursday, Fridayfrom the facility listing
Tattoos
Not allowedA posted sign bans tattoos, but visitors in 2023 and 2026 reported tattooed customers entering anyway with staff not enforcing the rule.stated by 2 visitors · Jul 2023 – Aug 2026
Price
¥400Adult admission has consistently been 400 yen from 2023 through 2026.stated by 3 visitors · Feb 2025 – Mar 2026
Watch out
Soap & shampoo
Bar soap is usually provided but shampoo and conditioner are not, and one 2023 visitor found no soap at all.
stated by 3 visitors · Oct 2023 – Feb 2025Lockers
Lockers require a 100 yen coin that is not returned.
stated by 2 visitors · Jun 2024 – Nov 2024Tattoos
A posted sign bans tattoos, but visitors in 2023 and 2026 reported tattooed customers entering anyway with staff not enforcing the rule.
stated by 2 visitors · Jul 2023 – Aug 2026The bath
What you’ll find
A small, inexpensive local hot spring bathhouse near Bungotakada with indoor and outdoor tubs and a sauna, where day-use bathing is common but tattooed patrons reportedly enter despite a posted ban.
Outdoor bath
✓ YesReviewers consistently describe an outdoor bath alongside the indoor one, sometimes noted as lukewarm.stated by 3 visitors · Dec 2024 – Apr 2026
Indoor baths
1One indoor bath and one outdoor bath were reported as the facility layout.stated by 1 visitor · Feb 2025
Sauna
✓ YesA sauna is present, though some visitors noted it is small or hard to find.stated by 3 visitors · Jun 2024 – Apr 2026
Cold bath
✓ YesA cold plunge bath exists, described as not extremely cold and located outdoors.stated by 3 visitors · Aug 2023 – Jun 2024
View
GardenThe outdoor bath overlooks an enclosed garden rather than a wider landscape.stated by 2 visitors · Sep 2023 – Feb 2025
Restaurant
✓ YesA food menu is offered on site according to one visitor.stated by 1 visitor · Aug 2024
The water
Free-flowing (kakenagashi)
✓ YesMultiple reviewers describe the water as kakenagashi (source-fed, non-circulated).stated by 3 visitors · May 2023 – Mar 2026
Spring type
Simple hot spring (tanjun-sen)One posted analysis calls it a simple neutral hot spring, while another visitor described it as sodium bicarbonate spring.stated by 2 visitors · Sep 2023 – Nov 2024
Source temperature
40.4°CA posted spring analysis listed the source temperature as 40.4°C in 2024.stated by 1 visitor · Nov 2024
pH
pH 7.2A posted spring analysis listed the pH as 7.2 in 2024.stated by 1 visitor · Nov 2024
Practical
What to bring
Soap & shampoo
✓ ProvidedBar soap is usually provided but shampoo and conditioner are not, and one 2023 visitor found no soap at all.stated by 3 visitors · Oct 2023 – Feb 2025
Lockers
Coin not returnedLockers require a 100 yen coin that is not returned.stated by 2 visitors · Jun 2024 – Nov 2024
Timing
When to go
Quietest Monday around 13:00; busiest Tuesday around 19:00. Measured by Google over past visits, not a forecast.
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Quiet Busy
| Day | Hours |
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| Monday | 13:00–22:00 |
| Tuesday | 13:00–22:00 |
| Wednesday | 13:00–22:00 |
| Thursday | Closed |
| Friday | Closed |
| Saturday | 13:00–22:00 |
| Sunday | 13:00–22:00 |
Closed Thursday, Friday.
Practical
Plan your visit
📍 45-1 Oiwaya, Bungotakada, Oita 872-1102
🚃 Usa station, 12.1 km
📞 +81978-53-4001
📋 Show at the counter: ほうらいの里 仙人湯
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