Kuma, on the Mikuma river in the Hita Onsen hotel strip Ryokan (8 sauna suites, each with its own sauna, cold bath and hot spring tub; no shared bath) ★★★★★

Ryokan & Sauna Yorozuya Hita

萬屋よろづや

Does Ryokan & Sauna Yorozuya Hita allow tattoos? In a private bath

Private bath only

Yorozuya, an inn since 1922, rebuilt itself in 2023 as eight sauna suites, each with its own sauna, a cold plunge and a hot spring tub looking onto the Mikuma.

Yorozuya publishes no tattoo rule. It has no shared bath: each of its eight suites has its own sauna, cold plunge and hot spring tub, so a tattooed guest bathes in private for the whole stay.

Illustration of Ryokan & Sauna Yorozuya Hita in Kuma, on the Mikuma river in the Hita Onsen hotel strip

The bath

There is no shared bath. Every bath at Yorozuya is in a suite, and the inn says the stay is meant to be spent in the room.

Each of the eight suites has its own sauna, built to one of four Hita themes by the sauna producer TTNE: the Mikuma River sauna, the Sennen Akari lantern sauna, the Hita geta sauna and a river-view sauna with a window on the water. All take one to four people, and kabosu citrus aroma is set out for pouring on the stones. Beside the sauna is a cold bath that a chiller holds at 16.5°C, and, separately, a tub of hot spring water, which the inn says is rich in metasilicic acid, a moisturizing mineral. A cooling-off space open to the outside air completes the circuit, and on the third to fifth floors it looks over the river. In the suites Utsukushi and Akari both tubs are of hiba wood at a window on the river. Sauna towels, ponchos and hats are in the room.

Visitors who are not staying can book an eight-hour day plan in a suite, 2 to 10 p.m., on the official site.

The hotel

Yorozuya opened as a hot spring inn in 1922 and reopened on April 29, 2023 as a sauna inn of eight river-view suites, two to a floor, each about 70 square meters, in three layouts with Hollywood twin beds and tatami mats. Meals are a sauna kaiseki (a multi-course Japanese meal) served in private dining rooms or in the dining room Yorozu on the second floor. The ground floor has a river-view lounge, a self-serve drink corner and a shop selling TTNE sauna goods, local Onta pottery and drinks. Check-in 3 p.m., check-out 10 a.m.

Good to know

The cold plunge is held at 16.5°C by a chiller in every suite.
Sauna towels, ponchos and hats are in the room, so there is nothing to bring.
Check-out can run to noon for an extra fee.
Ask about the Hita Station pickup when you book.

Getting there

From Hakata the inn counts about 80 minutes by train to Hita Station on the JR Kyudai Main Line, on the Yufuin no Mori or Yufu limited express. The inn picks up from Hita Station and asks guests to contact it for details. Drivers are about 10 minutes from Hita IC, in the Hita Onsen hotel strip.

Hita STN · JR Kyudai Main Line
The inn publishes no walking time.

Pickup from Hita Station on request; about 10 minutes by car from Hita IC.

Where it is

Ryokan & Sauna Yorozuya Hita · map data © OpenStreetMap contributors · open in Google Maps

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 rooms page says all eight rooms have a private sauna, a cold bath and a hot spring bath)

Best for: a suite with its own sauna, a 16.5°C cold plunge and a spring tub at a window on the river

Eight suites of about 70 m2, two to a floor on floors three to six, all facing the Mikuma river. Each has a private sauna for one to four with aroma loyly (four concepts, designed by the sauna producer TTNE), a cold bath held at 16.5°C, a separate hot spring tub, and a cooling-off space open to the outside air. Two suites, Utsukushi and Akari, have hiba-wood tubs at the window. Day plan of eight hours, 2 to 10 p.m., booked on the official site. Check-in 3 p.m., check-out 10 a.m. (extension to noon for a fee).

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