Juraku
雲仙小浜温泉 寿楽
Does Juraku allow tattoos? In a private bath
Juraku sells one free 50-minute turn in a Shigaraki ceramic private bath with every stay and more turns at 1,100 yen, booked at the desk when you check in. Its lounge pours free drinks from 3 to 9 p.m.
Juraku publishes no tattoo rule for its second-floor large bath. It has four private baths in Shigaraki ceramic, booked at the front desk at check-in in 50-minute turns; the first turn is free and later ones cost 1,100 yen. Some rooms have a semi-open-air bath of their own.
The bath
The water is Obama's sodium chloride spring, which the hotel says comes up at 100°C across the town at 15,000 tons a day and, being salt, is slow to let the warmth out of you. The large bath is on the second floor, men's and women's, with the two sides swapped every morning so a two-night guest sees both. It runs 3 p.m. to midnight and 6 to 9 a.m. for staying guests, with shampoo, conditioner and body soap at the tubs and cleanser and lotion in the dressing room. Beside it is a small open-air bath fed from the source, and a sauna the hotel says is praised for its wood smell, with a little cold bath, open 3 to 11 p.m. and not in the morning.
The private baths are four rooms each holding a Shigaraki ceramic tub, a dark glazed bowl big enough for about two people, with a window onto rocks and shrubs. A turn is 50 minutes. You book at the front desk when you check in; the first turn is included in the stay and each later one costs 1,100 yen. Hours are 3 to 10 p.m. with the last booking at 9 p.m., and 6 to 9 a.m. with the last booking at 8 a.m.
The hotel
Juraku has 22 rooms, 15 Western, 5 Japanese and 2 Japanese-Western, with sea views and some with a semi-open-air bath of their own. Dinner and breakfast are served in Lounge Tachibana on the ground floor under a big window onto the sky and sea; the lounge also pours free drinks, alcohol included, with light snacks from 3 to 9 p.m. except 5 to 6 p.m., and no outside food or drink may be brought in. There is a children's dinner. Free parking for 30 cars with an EV charger.
Good to know
- Book the private bath at check-in: the first 50 minutes are free, then 1,100 yen a turn.
- Last private bookings are 9 p.m. and 8 a.m., so decide early.
- The large bath swaps sides each morning, and the sauna is evenings only.
- Car navigation can send you astray; the hotel says to aim for Obama Junior High School.
Getting there
From Isahaya Station the hotel gives about 50 minutes by bus to Obama Onsen; it names no stop and no walking time. From Nagasaki, about 70 minutes by car to the hot spring district and five more to the hotel. From Hakata, the JR Kamome reaches Isahaya in about 1 hour 40 minutes by the neighboring inn's count, then the same bus. Parking for 30 cars is free.
Isahaya STN · JR Nagasaki Main Line and Nishi-Kyushu Shinkansen (Kamome), then the Shimatetsu bus
Not walkable.
Bus about 50 minutes to Obama Onsen; the hotel names no stop or walking time.
Where it is
Obama bus stop
- JR limited express 57 min
- Nishi-Kyushu Shinkansen 20 min
- Shimatetsu bus 58 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’d rather ride buses. It covers the Shimatetsu buses from Isahaya and the direct bus from Nagasaki Station to Unzen, and highway buses across the island.
- 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 when you check in.
How we know
Bath layout confirmed, tattoo policy not published Checked on the official site (the hot spring page sets out the four private baths, their hours, booking and price)
Best for: someone who wants free drinks at the lounge and one free private soak built into the price
Four private baths, each a Shigaraki ceramic tub for about two people, 50 minutes a turn, booked at the front desk at check-in; first turn free, 1,100 yen for each later turn; 3 to 10 p.m. (last booking 9 p.m.) and 6 to 9 a.m. (last booking 8 a.m.). Large bath on the second floor, men's and women's, swapped each morning, 3 p.m. to midnight and 6 to 9 a.m., with a small open-air source bath beside it and a wood-scented sauna with a cold bath, 3 to 11 p.m. Rooms with a semi-open-air bath exist but the site does not count them. Free drinks including alcohol in the lounge 3 to 9 p.m. except 5 to 6 p.m.
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