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Free-flowing (kakenagashi) onsen in Oita
114 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.
Beppu · Spring water flows directly in main baths and private family baths without circulation.
Price: ¥1,160 · Day visitors: Yes · Outdoor bath: Yes · Sauna: YesBeppu · Private bath water completely replaced after each use; public bath unknown for replacement method.
Price: ¥500 · Day visitors: Yes · Payment: Cash onlyYufu · Reviewers in 2026-03 and 2026-04 describe the bath as source-fed kakenagashi.
Day visitors: Yes · Outdoor bath: YesBeppu · Two reviews state water is fresh spring water (source feed, not recirculated) (2026-04, 2026-06).
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: YesTaketa · The spring water is used source-fed (kakenagashi) without added heat or water.
Price: ¥700 · Day visitors: Yes · Outdoor bath: Yes · Sauna: YesBeppu · Both private family baths and communal baths use fresh spring water circulation; explicitly stated as source-fed (gensen kakenagashi) in multiple reviews.
Price: ¥2,500 · Day visitors: Yes · Outdoor bath: YesBeppu · Spring water flows continuously; tap water occasionally added but spring output is sufficient, especially in early morning.
Price: ¥250 · Day visitors: Yes · Outdoor bath: No · Payment: Cash onlyNakatsu · The bath is described as source-fed kake-nagashi hot spring water.
Price: ¥500 · Day visitors: Yes · Outdoor bath: YesBeppu · Spring flows naturally through four tiered baths from top to bottom (2025-2026).
Price: Free · Day visitors: Yes · Outdoor bath: YesBeppu · Source water confirmed as flowing-hot-spring by four distinct reviews 2025-10 to 2026-05.
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: YesBeppu · Multiple baths feature overhead pour, though one 2026-02 visitor noted it was not functioning.
Price: ¥1,500 · Day visitors: No · Outdoor bath: No · Sauna: NoKokonoe · Reviewers describe the main bath as source-fed kakenagashi, with one noting the water is even drinkable.
Day visitors: Yes · Outdoor bath: YesHita · Multiple 2026 reviews describe the bath as genuine source-fed (kakenagashi), with abundant hot spring flow.
Price: ¥650 · Day visitors: Yes · Outdoor bath: No · Tattoos: Private bath onlyOita · 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 · Reviewers confirmed the water is genuine unheated source-fed (kakenagashi) hot spring.
Price: ¥300 · Day visitors: Yes · Outdoor bath: Yes · Tattoos: AllowedYufu · Visitors describe the water as source-fed and flowing continuously (kakenagashi) rather than recirculated.
Price: ¥500 · Day visitors: YesBeppu · Flowing spring water piped from Hotta district.
Price: ¥200 · Day visitors: Yes · Tattoos: AllowedBeppu · Hot spring water is source flow, particularly in outdoor bath. Indoor bath operates differently (manual valve system).
Price: ¥400 · Day visitors: Yes · Outdoor bath: Yes · Sauna: YesBeppu · Source water flows directly without recirculation; one review notes it is piped from nearby Shibu-no-yu.
Price: Free · Day visitors: YesOita · Multiple reviews from 2024-02 to 2024-11 confirmed the water was 100% source-fed with no added water, heating, recirculation, or chlorination.
Price: ¥430 · Day visitors: Yes · Outdoor bath: No · Sauna: NoKokonoe · Visitors describe abundant natural spring water continuously flowing through the bath, unfiltered and unrecirculated.
Price: ¥300 · Day visitors: Yes · Payment: Cash onlyTaketa · Multiple visitors describe the spring water as source-fed kakenagashi (non-recirculated).
Price: ¥480 · Day visitors: Yes · Outdoor bath: Yes · Sauna: NoHozanso ▲
Beppu · Reviewers in 2023 described the water as genuine source-fed flow-through (kakenagashi), noting it runs very hot.
Price: ¥400 · Day visitors: Limited hours · Outdoor bath: YesKusu · Visitors from 2024 to 2026 consistently described the water as genuine source-fed kakenagashi hot spring water.
Price: ¥200 · Day visitors: Yes · Outdoor bath: Yes · Sauna: NoTaketa · The spring water is described as source-fed (kakenagashi) carbonated water.
Price: ¥600 · Day visitors: Yes · Outdoor bath: Yes · Sauna: YesBeppu · Multiple reviews describe the baths as using natural spring water without recirculation.
Price: ¥900 · 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 onlyTaketa · The carbonated spring water is described as kakenagashi, flowing naturally from the source without added heating or circulation.
Price: ¥800 · Day visitors: Yes · Outdoor bath: NoNakatsu · The spring water is described as kakenagashi (flow-through), though heated for temperature control.
Price: ¥510 · Day visitors: Yes · Outdoor bath: Yes · Sauna: NoBeppu · Multiple reviews explicitly state source-water flow-through with 100% natural spring water, no added water.
Price: ¥100 · Day visitors: Yes · Outdoor bath: YesBeppu · Explicitly described as source-fed flowing (kakenagashi) hot springs.
Price: ¥250 · Day visitors: Yes · Outdoor bath: No · Payment: Cards acceptedBeppu · Spring-fed flowing hot spring (kakenagashi) with water makeup from nearby waterfall to cool source.
Price: ¥1,000 · Day visitors: Yes · Payment: Cash onlyKokonoe · 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: YesTaketa · Two 2025 reviews describe the walking bath as source-fed kakenagashi with no added water or heat.
Price: ¥800 · Day visitors: Yes · Outdoor bath: Yes · Sauna: YesBeppu · One review from 2026-07 provides full chemical analysis stating source spring flowing freely; another from 2025-09 describes continuous water discharge.
Price: Free · Day visitors: 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 · Hot spring and tap water flow constantly into bath; hot water comes via pipe in side wall.
Price: ¥200 · Day visitors: Yes · Outdoor bath: NoBeppu · Source water flows continuously via a wooden valve; water level difference system used to manage temperature.
Price: ¥200 · Day visitors: Yes · Outdoor bath: No · Payment: Cash onlyBeppu · Reviews confirm natural source water flows into the bath; no recirculation mentioned.
Price: ¥200 · Day visitors: Yes · Outdoor bath: No · Payment: Cards 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 · No water added; visitors report pure spring water with no dilution (2019, 2025).
Price: ¥200 · Day visitors: Yes · Outdoor bath: NoKusu · Several 2025 reviewers describe the water as source-fed flow-through (kakenagashi).
Price: ¥400 · Day visitors: Yes · Outdoor bath: YesNakatsu · Multiple visitors from 2024 to 2026 described the water as genuine kakenagashi (flow-through) hot spring.
Price: ¥400 · Day visitors: Yes · Outdoor bath: Yes · Payment: Cash onlyBeppu · Source water flows directly without recirculation at 45–47°C.
Price: ¥200 · Day visitors: Yes · Payment: Cards 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: YesTaketa · Reviewers repeatedly describe the bath as source-fed (kakenagashi) rather than recirculated.
Price: ¥400 · Day visitors: Yes · Outdoor bath: 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: NoYufu · Visitors from 2025 to 2026 describe the bath as source-fed (kakenagashi) with no added water.
Price: ¥200 · Day visitors: Yes · Outdoor bath: No · Payment: Cash onlyBeppu · Multiple reviews confirm hot-spring flow-through (not recirculated) from 2025–2026.
Price: ¥200 · Day visitors: Yes · Outdoor bath: No · Payment: Cash onlyOita · Several reviews describe the water as source-fed and flow-through (kakenagashi) rather than recirculated.
Price: ¥400 · Day visitors: Yes · Sauna: YesKokonoe · Reviewers described the water as source-fed flow-through (kakenagashi).
Price: ¥800 · Day visitors: Yes · Outdoor bath: Yes · Sauna: YesBeppu · 100% source water flowing without recirculation; water cooling is strictly forbidden to preserve spring properties.
Price: ¥100 · Day visitors: Yes · Outdoor bath: Yes · Payment: Cash onlyUsa · 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 · Private baths explicitly described as source-fed with fresh water flow (no recirculation) across multiple reviews 2024–2026.
Price: ¥2,500 · Day visitors: Yes · Outdoor bath: YesBeppu · Multiple reviews from 2024–2026 describe hot water flowing continuously (kakenagashi) in large volume.
Price: ¥100 · Day visitors: Yes · Outdoor bath: No · 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 · Visitors describe continuously flowing spring water and mention (source-fed flow) as a selling point.
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 onlyBeppu · Complete source-flow (no recirculation); water drawn from the spring and piped in.
Price: ¥200 · Day visitors: Yes · Tattoos: Allowed · Payment: Cash onlyNakatsu · Reviewers from 2020-2025 describe the water as genuine source-fed kakenagashi hot spring.
Price: ¥300 · Day visitors: No · Outdoor bath: No · Payment: Cash onlyBeppu · Source water flows directly confirmed in reviews (2023–2026).
Price: ¥700 · Day visitors: Yes · Outdoor bath: No · Sauna: YesYufu · The bath is fed by source-flow (kakenagashi) hot spring water without added chlorine.
Price: ¥300 · Day visitors: Yes · Payment: Cash onlyUsa · Multiple reviews from 2021-2025 describe the water as genuine kakenagashi (source-flow), though a 2025 review reported chlorine being added.
Price: ¥300 · Day visitors: Yes · Outdoor bath: NoBeppu · Source water was continuously added and flowed over the bath rim.
Price: ¥500 · Day visitors: No · Outdoor bath: YesBeppu · Four reviews from 2022–2025 explicitly state (spring water flow-through); described as 100% source and abundant.
Price: ¥150 · Day visitors: Yes · Payment: Cash onlyOita · 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 · Source water flows unblended; uses hinoki wood cooling device to avoid dilution with tap water.
Price: ¥800 · Day visitors: Yes · Outdoor bath: NoKokonoe · Source water flows directly without recirculation (kakehanagashi confirmed in 2022-2024 reviews).
Price: ¥1,500 · Day visitors: Limited hours · Outdoor bath: YesBeppu · Reviews confirm source-fed flowing spring water; one notes source temperature 64°C, pH 8.5.
Price: ¥100 · Day visitors: Yes · Outdoor bath: NoYufu · 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: YesOita · Multiple visitors describe the water as genuine source-fed (kakenagashi) hot spring.
Price: ¥430 · Day visitors: YesOita · Multiple visitors describe the water as source-fed kakenagashi rather than recirculated, from 2021 to 2026.
Price: ¥430 · Day visitors: Yes · Sauna: NoBeppu · Private spring water continuously fed into bath; source confirmed in reviews from 2021–2026.
Price: ¥300 · Day visitors: Yes · Payment: Cards & QR acceptedBeppu · Spring water flows directly without recirculation.
Price: ¥200 · Day visitors: Yes · Outdoor bath: No · Sauna: NoBeppu · One review explicitly states "kakenagashi" (source cascade); another says the opposite (recirculated). Reviews from 2019 confirm source cascade.
Price: ¥200 · Day visitors: Yes · Payment: Cash onlyKusu · 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 · Described as source water flowing; one review confirms (kakenagashi).
Price: ¥100 · Day visitors: Yes · Outdoor bath: No · Payment: Cash onlyBeppu · Source water flows freely without recirculation, confirmed across multiple reviews from 2014 to 2025.
Price: ¥200 · Day visitors: Yes · Payment: Cash onlyBeppu · Explicitly described as (source flow) in reviews from 2020–2026.
Price: ¥100 · Day visitors: Yes · Outdoor bath: NoBeppu · Visitors confirm flowing hot spring water, not recirculated.
Price: ¥100 · Day visitors: YesBeppu · Spring water flows from an opened wooden valve into the bath and is diluted with water for temperature control; described as complete flow-through.
Price: ¥100 · Day visitors: Yes · Outdoor bath: NoKusu · Multiple visitors describe the bath as genuine source-fed (kakenagashi) hot spring water.
Price: ¥100 · Day visitors: Yes · Payment: Cash onlyBeppu · Spring water flows from Unsenji temple tank; manual hose circulation system allows cooling adjustment.
Price: ¥200 · Day visitors: Yes · Outdoor bath: No · Payment: Cash onlyTaketa · The water is described as genuine source-fed kakenagashi with no recirculation.
Price: ¥150 · Day visitors: Yes · Sauna: NoBeppu · Visitors confirm the bath is fed by fresh-water flow.
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 · Multiple reviews confirm abundant 48°C source water cascading bath system.
Price: ¥100 · Day visitors: Yes · Outdoor bath: No · 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 · Water is source-fed directly (kakenagashi) as stated explicitly in reviews.
Price: ¥100 · Day visitors: Yes · Outdoor bath: NoKokonoe · 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 · Source water flows; stop-and-start pattern from Tatsutaki Jigoku geyser cycle; cooled water buckets provided by staff.
Price: ¥100 · Day visitors: Yes · Payment: Cash onlyKokonoe · The bath is described as a genuine source-fed (kakenagashi) hot spring with abundant flow.
Price: ¥400 · Day visitors: Yes · Outdoor bath: No · Sauna: NoKusu · 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 · Two reviews explicitly state source-flow bathing; oldest review confirms self-owned spring on premises.
Price: ¥300 · Day visitors: Yes · Outdoor bath: NoOita · 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.
Price: ¥300 · 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
