Hannari Oyado Ryusenkaku
はんなりおやど 龍泉閣
Does Hannari Oyado Ryusenkaku allow tattoos? In a private bath
Down a garden path at Ryusenkaku is a heart-shaped open-air bath you can book for half an hour free; the inn calls its soft Hosenji water the beauty bath.
Ryusenkaku publishes no tattoo rule. It has two family baths, a heart-shaped open-air one and a barrier-free cypress one, and gives each staying party one 30-minute session free by reservation, so a tattooed guest can bathe privately at least once.
The bath
Hosenji's spring, the inn says, has run for more than a thousand years and is the oldest in Kokonoe. It is a simple spring, and because it leaves the skin smooth, people came to call it the beauty bath. The inn lists it for neuralgia, muscle pain, stiff shoulders, motor paralysis, bruises, sprains, chronic digestive trouble, hemorrhoids, cold sensitivity and fatigue. There is a large garden open-air bath with a falling-water shower, taken by men from 3 to 7 p.m. and by women from 7 to 10 p.m., and men's and women's indoor baths with open-air tubs. Two small baths, Genji-no-yu and Hime-no-yu, with smart tiles, are open around the clock.
The family baths are reserved. Kodakara-no-yu is an open-air bath at the end of a garden path, shaped like a heart and closed in by trees. Takara-no-yu is an indoor bath of cypress built to be barrier-free. Each staying party gets one 30-minute session in either one, free; book it at the desk. The open-air baths are lit up at night.
The hotel
Seventeen rooms, fifteen Japanese of eight to twenty mats and two Japanese-Western, each with a toilet and washbasin, around a big hall and banquet rooms. Dinner is served in the room and ends with the landlady's own panna cotta; breakfast is in the dining room. Women may choose a colored yukata (a light cotton robe) to wear around the village. A masseur visits rooms by booking. Stays are for two adults or more, and pets are not allowed.
Good to know
- One free 30-minute family bath per stay, by reservation.
- Takara-no-yu is barrier-free, built of cypress.
- Two adults minimum; the inn does not take single guests.
- Arriving after 5 p.m.? Call the inn first.
Getting there
Take the JR Kyudai line to Bungo-Mori, then the bus to Hosenji Onsen; Yumotoya in the same village gives the bus as hourly and about 20 minutes. Ryusenkaku itself offers pickup under some conditions and asks guests to ask. By car it is about 10 minutes from the Kokonoe or Kusu interchange.
Bungo-Mori STN · JR Kyudai Main Line, then the bus to Hosenji Onsen
Not walkable.
Hourly bus, about 20 minutes; pickup on conditions, ask the inn.
Where it is
Hosenji Onsen bus stop
- Yufuin no Mori 1 hr 47 min
- Hosenji bus 20 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 Kuju is part of a longer Kyushu trip by train.
- 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
Use the bath in your room, or reserve a private bath at the front desk.
How we know
Bath layout confirmed, tattoo policy not published Checked on the official site (: the hot spring page lists the reservable family baths)
Best for: a heart-shaped open-air family bath in the woods, booked free for half an hour
Family baths Kodakara-no-yu (open-air, heart-shaped) and Takara-no-yu (indoor cypress, barrier-free): one 30-minute session in either, free, by reservation. The garden open-air bath with a falling-water shower is men only 3 to 7 p.m. and women only 7 to 10 p.m. Stays are for two adults or more. Dinner in the room. Pickup under conditions; ask the inn. If arriving after 5 p.m., call.
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