Hotel and Restaurant Kizan Club
ホテル＆レストラン KIZAN倶楽部
Does Hotel and Restaurant Kizan Club allow tattoos? In a private bath
Kizan Club is a four-room hotel built in the style of a Taisho-era Western house, and it keeps its flowing Hita spring for two private baths that guests book by the hour at no charge.
Kizan Club publishes no tattoo rule. It has no shared bath: its two hot spring baths are taken in private by time slot, free for staying guests, so a tattooed guest bathes alone or with their own party.
The bath
The hotel has no shared bath. Its water is a simple spring, used straight from the source without recirculation, and the hotel repeats Hita's old name for it, a spring for couples hoping for children. It lists the water for rheumatism, neuralgia, fatigue and stress.
All of it goes to two private baths, which every guest takes alone or with their own party, booked by time. They are free for staying guests; the only charge is the ¥150 bathing tax. On the day of arrival they run 3 to 11 p.m., and the next morning 7 to 10 a.m. The tubs are rectangular and lined with small blue-green mosaic tiles, inside walls of pale wood, with grab rails along the side. The washing area is wide enough for a family, and shampoo, conditioner and body soap are set out.
The hotel
The hotel was built to evoke a Western-style house of the Taisho era, with lattice doors and period furniture, and it also hosts weddings. There are four rooms, three twins and one double, all looking onto the Mikuma river, where the summer fireworks can be watched from the window. Each room has a shower booth and Serta beds. The second-floor restaurant serves Western grill cooking, with Bungo beef steak at dinner. A sister inn, Tabi no Yado Satsuki, offers Japanese rooms.
Good to know
- Bring cash. The hotel does not take credit cards.
- Book your bath time for 3 to 11 p.m. on arrival day or 7 to 10 a.m. the next morning.
- Only one double room, so the hotel asks couples who want it to book early.
- Last check-in is 8 p.m.; call if you will be later.
Getting there
From Hita Station on the JR Kyudai Main Line, the hotel is about 12 minutes on foot or about 5 minutes by taxi. Highway bus riders from Fukuoka can ride to Hita Bus Terminal and take a taxi of about 5 minutes. Drivers are about 15 minutes from Hita IC.
Hita STN · JR Kyudai Main Line
About 12 minutes.
Taxi about 5 minutes.
Where it is
Hita STN
- Shinkansen tickets Seats between any two stations, booked by date.
- JR Kyushu Rail Pass from ¥12,000 · 3, 5 or 7 consecutive days Worth it if Hita is one stop on a longer Kyushu trip by train.
- Yufuin and Hita day tour Yufuin and Hita in a day, with the Yufuin no Mori train as an option.
- Japan Rail Pass from ¥53,000 · 7, 14 or 21 days For a trip that takes in several regions by Shinkansen and JR lines.
What happens when you arrive
There's no shared bath here, so every bath you use is private.
How we know
Bath layout confirmed, tattoo policy not published Checked on the official site (: the hot spring page says the spring is used only as two private baths, booked by time, free for staying guests)
Best for: a four-room hotel where every bath is private and free
Two private baths of flowing simple spring water, booked by time slot, free; staying guests use them 3 to 11 p.m. and 7 to 10 a.m. Shampoo, conditioner and body soap provided. Four rooms (three twins, one double), all facing the river, each with a shower booth. Check-in 3 p.m. (last 8 p.m.), check-out 10 a.m. Credit cards are not accepted. Bathing tax ¥150 a person.
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