Oyado Yukimiso
御宿 友喜美荘
Does Oyado Yukimiso allow tattoos? In a private bath
Yukimiso stands alone in the trees outside Nagayu with its own spring at 46.6°C, seven garden-facing rooms and a dining room whose chef plants the vegetables he serves.
Yukimiso publishes no tattoo rule. It keeps a family bath that only staying guests may use, so a tattooed guest can bathe privately instead of in the men’s or women’s bath.
The bath
Yukimiso has its own source, a carbon dioxide-bearing magnesium and sodium bicarbonate spring at 46.6°C, run straight through every tub. The inn explains that Nagayu once fizzed like soda where the water came up cool; its own spring is hot, so the gas stays dissolved and you will see no bubbles. It lists the water for chronic rheumatism, skin trouble and eczema, nerve paralysis, digestive complaints, cold sensitivity, stiff shoulders, bruised joints and fatigue. The men's and women's baths each have an indoor tub and an open-air tub facing the woods, open 6 a.m. to 11 p.m., and the inn suggests the open-air tub for the night sky.
The family bath is for staying guests only; day visitors use the shared baths. The inn's photo shows a long tub with a rim of pale stone, walls of red cedar and a window onto green woods, with a separate washing corner. It gives no hours or fee, so ask at check-in how to reserve it.
The hotel
Seven Japanese rooms, all looking onto a garden the owner made: two standard 10-mat rooms with a sitting corner, two with a veranda over the garden, two with a garden deck, and a 12-mat room for families. Each has its own toilet and washbasin. The lobby rises to the roof and has a wood stove in winter. Dinner is a creative kaiseki (a multi-course Japanese meal) at partitioned tables, cooked by an owner trained in Kansai restaurants, with vegetables from the inn's own field and the morning's rolled omelet cooked to order. Check-in from 3 p.m., check-out by 10 a.m.
Good to know
- Pickup from the Nagayu bus garage, the last stop of the bus from Bungo-Taketa.
- The family bath is for staying guests; day visitors get the shared baths only.
- Winter roads can ice over, and the inn advises snow tires near Kurokawa and Mizuwake Pass.
- Towels for rent to day visitors, ¥100, or ¥200 for a bath towel.
Getting there
The inn's route by public transport: the JR Hohi line from Oita to Bungo-Taketa, then the Taketa Kotsu bus to the Nagayu Onsen garage stop. The inn picks up there, and warns that trains and buses are few, so plan the connection. It gives no minutes for the bus.
Bungo-Taketa STN · JR Hohi Line, then the Taketa Kotsu bus to Nagayu Onsen garage
Not walkable.
The inn picks up at the Nagayu Onsen garage bus stop.
Where it is
Nagayu Onsen roadside station STN
- Kyushu Shinkansen 40 min
- Kyushu Odan limited express 2 hr 21 min
- Taketa city bus 45 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
Skip the shared baths and reserve a private bath at the front desk when you check in.
How we know
Bath layout confirmed, tattoo policy not published Checked on the official site (: the hot spring page lists a family bath for staying guests only)
Best for: a quiet garden inn with its own spring, a guests-only family bath and pickup from the Nagayu bus garage
The family bath is for staying guests only; the page does not give hours, a fee or how it is booked, and its text repeats the men’s and women’s bath description. Shared baths 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. Day visitors 2 to 8 p.m., ¥600 for adults, shared baths only; the inn closes on irregular days, so call first. The inn picks up at the Nagayu bus garage stop. Check-in from 3 p.m., check-out by 10 a.m.
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