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Free-flowing (kakenagashi) onsen in Oita
73 baths in Oita. Gensen kakenagashi means spring water flows through the bath and out again, rather than being filtered and returned. Where reviewers disagree, the bath is listed as partly free-flowing on its own page instead of here.
Yufu · Reviewers in 2026-03 and 2026-04 describe the bath as source-fed kakenagashi.
Day visitors: Yes · Outdoor bath: YesBeppu · The spring water is described as genuinely source-fed (kakenagashi), though diluted with added water for temperature control.
Price: ¥620 · Day visitors: Yes · Outdoor bath: Yes · Sauna: NoHita · Multiple visitors describe the bath water as genuine hot-spring source-fed (kakenagashi), refreshed via a coin-operated system.
Price: ¥3,300 · Day visitors: YesNakatsu · The bath is described as source-fed kake-nagashi hot spring water.
Price: ¥500 · Day visitors: Yes · Outdoor bath: YesBeppu · Reviewers describe the water as source-fed kakenagashi flowing continuously from an upper pool downward.
Price: Free · Outdoor bath: YesBeppu · Multiple reviewers confirm the water is genuine unfiltered hot-spring flow (kakenagashi), not recirculated.
Price: Free · Day visitors: Yes · Outdoor bath: YesTaketa · One 2025 review calls it a source-fed flow-through bath, while a 2021/2026 review notes the water is now piped in and no longer carbonated, suggesting a possible change in supply.
Price: Free · Day visitors: Yes · Outdoor bath: YesKokonoe · Reviewers describe the main bath as source-fed kakenagashi, with one noting the water is even drinkable.
Day visitors: Yes · Outdoor bath: YesOita · Multiple visitors describe the water as genuine kakenagashi (source-fed, non-recirculated) hot spring.
Price: ¥750 · Day visitors: Yes · Sauna: Yes · Tattoos: Not allowedKokonoe · Visitors in 2025-2026 described the water as source-fed (kakenagashi) without recirculation.
Price: ¥400 · Day visitors: Yes · Outdoor bath: NoYufu · Visitors describe the water as source-fed and flowing continuously (kakenagashi) rather than recirculated.
Price: ¥500 · Day visitors: YesBeppu · The bath is fed by a hot spring source described as fully flow-through (kakenagashi).
Price: Free · Day visitors: YesTaketa · The spring water is described as source-fed (kakenagashi) carbonated water.
Price: ¥600 · Day visitors: Yes · Outdoor bath: Yes · Sauna: YesTaketa · The bath is fed by a continuously flowing natural hot spring (kakenagashi) rather than recirculated water.
Price: ¥200 · Day visitors: Yes · Payment: Cash onlyNakatsu · Multiple visitors (2024-2025) describe the bath water as genuinely source-fed and flowing (kakenagashi).
Price: ¥400 · Day visitors: Yes · Payment: Cash onlyBeppu · The bath is fed by undiluted source hot spring water (kakenagashi) with no added water.
Price: ¥100 · Day visitors: YesKokonoe · Two of the bath rooms are described as true kakenagashi (source-fed, non-recirculated), continuously flowing during use.
Price: ¥1,700 · Day visitors: Yes · Outdoor bath: YesHita · Some reviewers describe the water as source-fed (kakenagashi), though one review claims the water is recirculated instead.
Price: ¥400 · Day visitors: Yes · Outdoor bath: YesBeppu · Reviewers describe the water as genuine source-fed (kakenagashi) hot spring water.
Price: ¥200 · Day visitors: Yes · Payment: Cards & QR acceptedKokonoe · Multiple reviewers describe the water as genuine kakenagashi (source-fed, non-recirculated).
Price: ¥300 · Day visitors: Yes · Outdoor bath: Yes · Payment: Cash onlyOita · Multiple visitors describe the spring water as genuine kakenagashi (source-fed, non-recirculated).
Price: ¥400 · Day visitors: Yes · Sauna: YesTaketa · The single bath is described as source-fed kakenagashi.
Price: ¥300 · Day visitors: Yes · Payment: Cash onlyBeppu · The bath is fed by kakenagashi (unrecirculated) spring water at around 44-47°C.
Price: ¥200 · Day visitors: Yes · Payment: Cards & QR acceptedBungotakada · The bath is fed by source-flow (kakenagashi) natural spring water.
Price: ¥350 · Day visitors: Yes · Outdoor bath: No · Sauna: NoBungotakada · Multiple reviewers describe the water as kakenagashi (source-fed, non-circulated).
Price: ¥400 · Day visitors: Yes · Outdoor bath: Yes · Sauna: YesKitsuki · Reviewers describe the baths as source-fed (kakenagashi), though the water is heated before use because the natural source temperature is low.
Price: ¥440 · Day visitors: Yes · Outdoor bath: NoBeppu · Two visitors described the water as genuine hot-spring source kakenagashi.
Price: ¥200 · Day visitors: Yes · Payment: Cash onlyBeppu · The bath is fed by 100% source-flow (kakenagashi) hot spring water with no recirculation.
Price: ¥100 · Day visitors: YesUsa · The bath is fed by a genuine source-fed (kakenagashi) hot spring according to multiple reviews from 2023 to 2025.
Price: ¥400 · Day visitors: Yes · Outdoor bath: No · Sauna: NoKusu · The bath water is repeatedly described as a genuine hot-spring source flow-through (kakenagashi).
Price: ¥250 · Day visitors: Yes · Outdoor bath: YesKokonoe · Multiple visitors describe the water as genuine source-fed flow-through (kakenagashi).
Price: ¥500 · Day visitors: Yes · Outdoor bath: No · Sauna: YesKokonoe · The bath is described as genuine source-fed (kakenagashi) hot spring water, with a 2023 visitor warning of scalding-hot spots at the tub bottom.
Price: ¥1,500 · Day visitors: Yes · Outdoor bath: YesHimeshima · The spring water is fed directly into the baths without recirculation, praised as an excellent use of the source in 2024.
Price: ¥310 · Day visitors: Yes · Outdoor bath: NoBeppu · Multiple reviewers describe the private baths as true source-fed kakenagashi hot spring water.
Price: ¥2,500 · Day visitors: Yes · Outdoor bath: YesBeppu · Visitors describe the spring water as continuously flowing (kakenagashi) rather than recirculated.
Price: ¥100 · Day visitors: Yes · Payment: Cash onlyNakatsu · Multiple visitors describe the bath as fully source-fed kakenagashi with fresh spring water constantly flowing in.
Price: ¥400 · Day visitors: YesBeppu · Reviewers in 2022 and 2025 describe the bath as source-fed kakenagashi hot spring water.
Price: ¥150 · Day visitors: Yes · Payment: Cash onlyTaketa · Multiple reviews describe the bath as source-fed, non-recirculated (kakenagashi) hot spring water.
Price: ¥100 · Day visitors: Yes · Payment: Cash onlyOita · The main bath is fed directly from the source (kakenagashi) without recirculation.
Price: ¥400 · Day visitors: Yes · Sauna: Yes · Payment: Cash onlyNakatsu · Reviewers from 2020-2025 describe the water as genuine source-fed kakenagashi hot spring.
Price: ¥300 · Day visitors: Yes · Outdoor bath: No · Payment: Cash onlyBeppu · The spring water is described as source-fed flow-through (kakenagashi).
Price: ¥700 · Day visitors: Yes · Sauna: Yes · Tattoos: AllowedBeppu · Multiple reviews from 2022 to 2025 describe the bath water as genuine source-fed kakenagashi with abundant flow.
Price: ¥150 · Day visitors: YesOita · Reviewers describe the bath as genuine source-fed (kakenagashi) mall-type onsen (2025-2026).
Price: ¥300 · Day visitors: Yes · Outdoor bath: No · Payment: Cash onlyBeppu · Multiple visitors confirmed the water is genuine source-fed kakenagashi hot spring water.
Price: ¥800 · Day visitors: YesBeppu · Two reviews from 2023 and 2026 describe the bath as source-fed kakenagashi.
Price: ¥100 · Day visitors: Yes · Payment: Cash onlyYufu · The bath is described as source-fed (kakenagashi), though one visitor noted the outdoor bath's water is reused runoff from the indoor bath.
Price: ¥310 · Day visitors: Yes · Outdoor bath: YesKusu · Reviewers describe the spring water as kakenagashi (continuously fed from the source).
Price: ¥500 · Day visitors: Yes · Outdoor bath: No · Sauna: NoTaketa · The bath is fed directly by the source spring with no recirculation (kakenagashi).
Price: ¥200 · Day visitors: Yes · Outdoor bath: No · Payment: Cash onlyKusu · Some visitors describe the water as source-fed kakenagashi, though one 2024 reviewer felt the flow was too weak to truly qualify as kakenagashi.
Price: ¥400 · Day visitors: Yes · Outdoor bath: No · Sauna: YesYufu · Reviewers describe the water as a genuine kakenagashi moor spring with no recirculation.
Price: ¥390 · Day visitors: Yes · Outdoor bath: NoBeppu · Multiple visitors describe the water as genuine source-fed flow-through (kakenagashi) rather than recirculated.
Price: ¥200 · Day visitors: Yes · Payment: Cash onlyBeppu · Multiple reviews across years describe the bath as fully source-fed (kakenagashi) without recirculation.
Price: ¥100 · Day visitors: Yes · Payment: Cash onlyBeppu · The bath is fed directly by source-fed hot spring water without recirculation, per 2025 reviews.
Price: ¥100 · Day visitors: YesBeppu · Right after opening the water runs pure from the source before cooling water is later added as the tub empties, described as kakenagashi.
Price: ¥300 · Day visitors: YesKusu · Multiple visitors describe the bath as genuine source-fed (kakenagashi) hot spring water.
Price: ¥100 · Day visitors: Yes · Payment: Cash onlyBeppu · The bath is fed by source water flow-through (kakenagashi) from a nearby tank, per 2017 and 2020 reviews.
Price: ¥200 · Day visitors: Yes · Payment: Cash onlyTaketa · The water is described as genuine source-fed kakenagashi with no recirculation.
Price: ¥150 · Day visitors: Yes · Sauna: NoBeppu · Reviews from 2020 and 2021 describe the water as fully source-fed and flowing (kakenagashi).
Price: ¥100 · Day visitors: Yes · Payment: Cash onlyOita · Multiple visitors from 2023 to 2026 describe the bath as genuine source-fed (kakenagashi) hot spring water.
Price: ¥400 · Day visitors: Yes · Tattoos: AllowedBeppu · The bath is described as fed by an untreated flowing hot spring (kakenagashi) at around 44-48°C source temperature.
Price: ¥100 · Day visitors: Yes · Payment: Cash onlyKokonoe · The bath is fed by source-flow (kakenagashi) hot spring water without recirculation.
Price: ¥500 · Day visitors: Yes · Outdoor bath: Yes · Payment: Cash onlyUsa · Reviewers described the water as genuine source-fed (kakenagashi) in 2021 and 2026.
Price: ¥300 · Day visitors: Yes · Outdoor bath: NoBeppu · The bath is fed directly from the source spring (kakenagashi) with water sometimes added to cool it.
Price: ¥100 · Day visitors: Yes · Payment: Cash onlyKokonoe · Multiple visitors from 2022 to 2025 described the bath as source-fed kakenagashi.
Price: ¥200 · Day visitors: Yes · Payment: Cash onlyKokonoe · Water flows continuously from the rocks and overflows into the adjacent river, described as source-fed rather than recirculated.
Price: ¥400 · Day visitors: YesBeppu · The bath is fed by source water on a flow-through (kakenagashi) basis piped from nearby Tatsumaki Jigoku.
Price: ¥100 · Day visitors: YesKokonoe · The bath is described as a genuine source-fed (kakenagashi) hot spring with abundant flow.
Price: ¥400 · Day visitors: Yes · Outdoor bath: No · Sauna: NoBeppu · The bath used a genuine kakenagashi (flow-through) water supply according to 2020 and 2022 visitors.
Price: ¥200 · Day visitors: Yes · Payment: Cards & QR acceptedKusu · Each private bath is filled with fresh source water for every guest rather than recirculated water, per 2024 reviews.
Price: ¥1,500 · Day visitors: YesBeppu · Reviewers in 2022 and 2025 describe the water as genuinely source-fed (kakenagashi).
Price: ¥300 · Day visitors: YesOita · Reviewers describe the bath as genuine source-fed (kakenagashi) mor-type hot spring water.
Price: ¥300 · Day visitors: Yes · Payment: Cash onlyKokonoe · Multiple reviewers from 2024 to 2025 describe the baths as source-fed kakenagashi hot springs.
Day visitors: Yes · Sauna: YesKokonoe · The bath is supplied on a flow-through (kakenagashi) basis from the natural spring, sometimes diluted to adjust temperature.
Outdoor bath: Yes · Sauna: NoAlso in Oita
