Maruo, in woodland on the upper edge of the Kirishima Onsen-kyo spa villages Ryokan of six rooms, each with its own open-air bath ★★★★☆

Tsumikusa no Yado Komatsu

摘み草の宿こまつ

Does Tsumikusa no Yado Komatsu allow tattoos? In a private bath

Private bath only

Each of the six rooms at Tsumikusa no Yado Komatsu has an open-air bath of its own, in rock, ceramic, zelkova, cut stone, earth or stone, fed by a 97°C sulfur spring the inn cools with water.

The inn publishes no tattoo rule and names no shared bath. Each of its six rooms has an open-air bath of its own, in a different material, usable from 3:30 p.m. until 10:30 the next morning.

Illustration of Tsumikusa no Yado Komatsu in Maruo, in woodland on the upper edge of the Kirishima Onsen-kyo spa villages

The bath

The spring is a sulfur water the inn describes as smooth and kind to the skin. It comes out of the ground at 97.3°C, far too hot to enter, so water is added to bring each tub down to bathing heat. The inn lists chronic skin trouble, chronic women's complaints, cuts and diabetes among what the water is used for.

There is no shared bath on the inn's pages. Each of the six rooms has an open-air bath of its own, and no two are alike: Tsukushi has a rock bath, Seri a ceramic tub, Tade a tub of zelkova wood, Fuki a bath of cut stone, Yomogi an earthen bath and Warabi a stone one. The baths stand in the trees a few steps down from the rooms, reached by a short flight of stairs, and in the photographs sunlight comes through the leaves onto stone rims and a bamboo spout. They can be used from 3:30 p.m. until 10:30 the next morning, so an evening soak, a late one and a morning one all fit in a single night without seeing anyone but your own party. The inn says nothing about day use or about renting the baths to outside visitors.

The hotel

An inn of six rooms, each named for an edible wild plant and each pairing a tatami room with a second tatami or western room: Tsukushi has 8 and 6 mats, Seri 10 and 8, Tade 10 and 9, Fuki 10.5 mats, Yomogi 8 and 4.5, Warabi 6 and 6. Dinner leans on seasonal mountain vegetables and Kagoshima dishes, served in five small dining spaces with a fireplace and mountain views, some with table seating you can use in socks. High chairs and baby beds are available, women's and children's yukata (a light cotton robe) can be borrowed, and Wi-Fi reaches the whole building.

Good to know

Your bath is open until 10:30 a.m., later than most inns, so the morning soak can wait for breakfast.
Six rooms, six materials: rock, ceramic, zelkova, cut stone, earth and stone.
No bus is published: the inn gives 20 minutes by car from the airport or Kirishima-Jingu Station.
Dinner comes in small rooms, not a hall, with high chairs for small children.

Getting there

The inn publishes car times only: 20 minutes from Kagoshima Airport, 20 minutes from Kirishima-Jingu Station on the Nippo Line, 20 minutes from Kirishima-Onsen Station on the Hisatsu Line and 20 minutes from the Yokogawa interchange, with parking on site. From Kagoshima-Chuo Station take the JR Nippo Line to Kirishima-Jingu Station, then a taxi; the inn names no bus stop and no shuttle. Drivers can enter the inn's map code 376 204 617*22.

Kirishima-Jingu STN · JR Nippo Main Line (limited express Kirishima)
Not walkable.

Taxi about 20 minutes from Kirishima-Jingu Station; no shuttle or bus published.

Where it is

Tsumikusa no Yado Komatsu · 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 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 rooms page lists a bath for each of the six rooms; the open-air bath page gives the hours)

Best for: couples who want a six-room inn, a sulfur spring tub outside the door and wild-plant cooking

Six rooms named for edible wild plants, each with its own open-air bath: Tsukushi (rock), Seri (ceramic), Tade (zelkova wood), Fuki (cut stone), Yomogi (earthen) and Warabi (stone). The spring is a sulfur water at 97.3°C, so the inn adds water to bring it down. Baths usable 3:30 p.m. to 10:30 a.m. No shared bath on the pages. No bus or shuttle is published; the inn gives 20 minutes by car from Kagoshima Airport, Kirishima-Jingu Station, Kirishima-Onsen Station or the Yokogawa interchange. Wi-Fi throughout.

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