Ogase Tennen-yu Senraku Onsen
おがせ天然湯 せんらく温泉
Does Ogase Tennen-yu Senraku Onsen allow tattoos? In a private bath
Senraku Onsen drains and refills each of its eight family baths for every party, with spring water that flows straight through, and keeps them open until midnight.
Senraku Onsen publishes no tattoo rule. It rents eight family baths by the 50 minutes, drained and refilled for every party, so a tattooed bather can soak alone instead of using the shared open-air baths.
The bath
The spring is a sodium bicarbonate and chloride spring, weakly alkaline, which the operator calls a bath for beauty for its smooth feel. It lists it for neuralgia, muscle pain, stiff shoulders, stiff joints, bruises, sprains, chronic digestive trouble, poor circulation, recovery after illness and fatigue, and says the water can be drunk for digestive trouble, diabetes, gout and liver complaints. The two large open-air baths, one for men and one for women, look down on the river from among the trees. Admission is ¥600, or ¥300 for elementary school children.
The eight family baths share the open-air baths' view, by the operator's account. It says their water flows straight through without recirculation and every tub is drained and refilled for each party. Four are rock baths, named Uguisu, Oshidori, Sekirei and Hototogisu, and two are cut stone, Yamadori and Yoshikiri; these cost ¥1,900 for 50 minutes. The two hinoki cypress baths, Kawasemi and Yamasemi, cost ¥2,100. Each extra 10 minutes adds ¥200.
Hours are 11 a.m. to midnight on weekdays and 10 a.m. to midnight on weekends and holidays, with last entry at 11 p.m.
The hotel
Senraku Onsen, also called Ogase Tennen-yu, is a day-use bathhouse in Ogase-machi, east of central Hita, set above a river in green hills. There are no rooms and no restaurant on its pages: you pay at the door for the open-air bath, or for a family bath by the 50 minutes. The operator keeps late hours, to midnight every day of the week.
Good to know
- Open until midnight, every day, with last entry at 11 p.m.
- Each family bath is refilled for you, drained and filled fresh for every party, as the operator tells it.
- Extra time is ¥200 for each 10 minutes on top of the 50-minute fee.
Getting there
The operator publishes only its address, in Ogase-machi east of central Hita, with no directions, bus or walking time. The nearest station is Bungo-Mitsui on the JR Kyudai Main Line, one stop east of Hita and about 1 km away. From Hita Station, plan on a taxi or a car.
Bungo-Mitsui STN · JR Kyudai Main Line
The operator publishes no walking time.
About 1 km from Bungo-Mitsui Station; no bus or shuttle published.
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
Skip the shared baths and reserve a private bath.
How we know
Bath layout confirmed, tattoo policy not published Checked on the official site (: the family bath and price pages list eight family baths rented for 50 minutes)
Read on: senrakuyu.com/access/
Best for: a late-night family bath of flowing spring water, open until midnight every day
Eight family baths, 50 minutes each: four rock baths (Uguisu, Oshidori, Sekirei, Hototogisu) and two cut-stone baths (Yamadori, Yoshikiri) at ¥1,900, two hinoki cypress baths (Kawasemi, Yamasemi) at ¥2,100; ¥200 for each extra 10 minutes. The operator says the water flows straight through and every tub is refilled for each party. Shared open-air baths ¥600, elementary school children ¥300. Open 11 a.m. to midnight on weekdays and from 10 a.m. on weekends and holidays, last entry 11 p.m.
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For current hours and prices, see the official website.