Spa Greenness
スパ・グリネス
Does Spa Greenness allow tattoos? In a private bath
Spa Greenness has nine detached cottages on the open grassland of Senomoto and no shared bath: each cottage has its own spring-fed tub, several of them looking straight at the five peaks of Aso.
Spa Greenness publishes no tattoo rule and has no shared bath: each of its nine detached cottages has its own open-air or half-open-air bath of free-flowing spring water.
The bath
Spa Greenness has no shared bath. All nine of its detached cottages come with their own bath of free-flowing spring water, and the inn describes the place as the spot where good water is born and soft hot water wells up.
The larger cottages have an open-air bath as well as an indoor bath: a whole house with a living room facing Aso, a Japanese room facing Mount Kurodake, a bedroom facing Mount Kuju and a bath facing Mount Hosho; a flat, villa-like cottage with Japanese and Western rooms and an open-air bath; and a designer cottage called Mori, where steps lead down from a long gallery to a half-open-air bath in the trees. The smaller Western rooms on the Aso side have half-open-air baths looking out over the five peaks of Aso. Fuji has the biggest tub of those, and Kaze's is wide enough for two to stretch out. Ai and Akane have recently had tent saunas added. The photo shows a pool ringed with rough boulders under a dark timber shelter, opening onto a green lawn and woods.
The hotel
A small inn of nine detached cottages, the newest finished in autumn 2021 and autumn 2022, at the center of a little resort village on the Senomoto grassland called Coco Village. Its neighbors within a short walk include the cake shop Chez Tani, a herb tea shop, a modern art museum and a French restaurant. The inn sends dinner guests to partner restaurants, the Italian Sala Carina or a Japanese kaiseki (a multi-course Japanese meal) of local food. Cottages have a kitchenette or microwave and kettle, and work clothes to lounge in.
Good to know
- Every cottage has its own spring bath; there is no shared bath.
- The Kyushu Odan bus stops three minutes away, about 2 hours from Beppu.
- Dinner is at partner restaurants nearby, Italian or Japanese.
- Tent saunas in Ai and Akane, added in 2026.
Getting there
From Beppu Station, the Kyushu Odan bus takes about 2 hours to the Sujiyu Onsen Iriguchi stop; from Kumamoto Station about 3 hours. The inn is about 3 minutes on foot from the stop. From Tenjin or the Hakata bus terminal, the direct bus to Kurokawa Onsen takes about 2 hours 40 minutes, then a taxi of about 10 minutes.
Beppu STN · Kyushu Odan bus to Sujiyu Onsen Iriguchi
About 3 minutes from the Sujiyu Onsen Iriguchi bus stop.
Bus about 2 hours from Beppu Station or 3 from Kumamoto; or the Kurokawa bus from Hakata and a 10-minute taxi.
Where it is
- 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
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 every cottage has an open-air or half-open-air spring bath)
Best for: a cottage with its own spring bath and a view of the five peaks of Aso, reachable by the Kyushu Odan bus
All nine cottages are detached and have a free-flowing spring bath: open-air with an indoor bath in the larger ones, half-open-air in the smaller Western rooms facing the Aso peaks. Two cottages, Ai and Akane, now also have a tent sauna. Dinner is taken at partner restaurants in the same small resort village, an Italian or a Japanese kaiseki. Day plans with lunch are offered except at peak times. The Kyushu Odan bus stop Sujiyu Onsen Iriguchi is three minutes on foot.
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