Amateras
霧島温泉 夫婦露天風呂の宿 天テラス
Does Amateras allow tattoos? In a private bath
Amateras has no shared bath. Its four private open-air baths, each with an indoor tub and a warm spring-water pool deep enough to swim, are the only baths, and seven rooms add an open-air tub of their own.
The inn publishes no tattoo rule, and it has no large bath: its FAQ sends every guest to the four private open-air baths, each with an indoor tub and a warm spring-water pool, open 3 p.m. to midnight and 5 to 9:30 a.m. Seven rooms also have an open-air bath of their own.
The bath
The inn publishes no spring analysis; it says only that the baths and pools are filled with hot spring water. There is no large bath. The FAQ puts it in one line: the inn has no shared bath, use the private open-air baths.
Those are four outdoor private baths, each of a different design, and each pairs an indoor tub with an open-air tub and a private pool of spring water about 140 centimeters deep, wide enough for an adult to swim. The pools are kept at about 33°C in summer and 38°C in winter. From the open-air tubs you look at trees by day and, the inn says, at stars by night, with the valley falling away below. The baths are open 3 p.m. to midnight and again 5 to 9:30 a.m.; the pools run until midnight and from 5 a.m. The inn's pages give no price and no booking method for them, so ask at check-in.
Seven rooms carry an open-air bath of their own on the terrace. On a clear day the inn says the view runs to Sakurajima and Mount Kaimon, and from a room tub you take it in with nobody else around, at any hour.
The hotel
A couples' inn of 25 rooms run by Fuji Resort, each named for a constellation. Seven have their own open-air bath and three standard rooms are named on the rooms page. Dinner is a seasonal kaiseki (a multi-course Japanese meal) of Kagoshima ingredients, with black pork and black beef sukiyaki (beef simmered in sweet soy sauce), in a restaurant of private-style booths where window seats face the valley; breakfast is a Japanese set. Since March 20, 2025 some rooms take children of elementary age and under. There is no shuttle. Check-in 3 p.m., check-out 10:30 a.m.
Good to know
- Four private baths and no shared bath at all, each with a pool you can swim in.
- Pools stay warm in winter, about 38°C, and cool to about 33°C in summer.
- Bring a car or budget for a taxi: the inn runs no shuttle.
- Check-out is 10:30 a.m., and the baths reopen at 5 a.m. for a last soak.
Getting there
The inn is built for drivers. From Kagoshima Airport it is about 30 minutes and 22 kilometers by car; the inn suggests a taxi or a rental car and runs no shuttle. From Kagoshima-Chuo Station it recommends the JR line and a local bus or a taxi, or a rental car, without naming a stop or giving minutes; the Kirishima Jingu access bus reaches the Maruo stop in the village below. The inn warns that car navigation systems may not find it by its phone number.
Kirishima-Jingu STN · JR Nippo Main Line (limited express Kirishima)
Not walkable.
No shuttle; taxi or rental car, about 30 minutes from Kagoshima Airport.
Where it is
Maruo Onsen bus stop
- Kyushu Shinkansen 1 hr 18 min
- Kirishima express 48 min
- Kagoshima Kotsu bus 29 min
- 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 you’re coming from Hakata by train.
- Kyushu SunQ Pass Worth it if you’re riding buses around Kagoshima. It covers the airport bus to the spa villages and Myoken and the Kagoshima Kotsu bus from Kirishima-Jingu Station.
- Sakurajima volcano half-day tour Half a day on Sakurajima, the active volcano across the bay from Kagoshima.
- 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 facilities page describes the four private baths; the FAQ says there is no large bath)
Best for: couples who want a private open-air bath with a pool to swim in and a terrace view over the whole valley
Four private baths, each an indoor tub plus an open-air tub plus a spring-water pool about 140 cm deep, kept around 33°C in summer and 38°C in winter; baths 3 p.m. to midnight and 5 to 9:30 a.m., pools until midnight and from 5 a.m. The inn's pages give no fee or booking method for them. Seven rooms with an open-air bath are named on the rooms page (Sagittarius, Orion, Aries, Cassiopeia, Cetus, Lyra, Libra) and three standard rooms; the inn says it has 25 rooms in all. No shuttle. Check-in 3 p.m., check-out 10:30 a.m. Children of elementary age and under may stay in some rooms since March 20, 2025. Run by Fuji Resort.
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