Kazokuyu Yuusen
家族湯 湧泉
Does Kazokuyu Yuusen allow tattoos? In a private bath
Yuusen is a family-bath house in Yamaga town with 14 private rooms of source-fed water, four of them with an open-air tub, open from morning until midnight with no booking taken.
No tattoo rule is published. Every bath here is a private room for one party, 14 in all, so a tattooed bather never shares a tub.
The bath
Yuusen's water is Yamaga Onsen's alkaline simple spring, which the house calls slick and gentle on the body, a beauty bath that lifts old skin, and runs as natural spring water kakenagashi (spring water that flows through the tub and isn't reused). It lists neuralgia, rheumatoid joints, frozen shoulder, lower back pain, weak digestion, hemorrhoids, poor circulation and fatigue among its uses.
There is no shared bath: the house is 14 private bath rooms. Ten have an indoor tub and four add an open-air bath. The house's own photo shows an indoor tub with a granite rim and tiled sides, filling from a stone spout under a window onto a garden. A room is 50 minutes for up to two people, ¥1,500 indoors or ¥2,000 with the open-air bath, and a solo bather pays ¥1,300 for an indoor room. Each extra person is ¥200 from junior-high age and ¥100 for an elementary pupil; infants are free. Ten more minutes cost ¥300 indoors or ¥400 with the open-air bath if bought ahead, and overstaying costs ¥500 per 10 minutes.
Rooms go in order of arrival; the house takes no phone reservations.
The hotel
A family-bath house in Yamaga town, open weekdays 10 a.m. to midnight, weekends and holidays from 9 a.m., and Wednesdays from 5 p.m., with the last entry at 11 p.m.; it closes on Tuesdays unless a holiday falls then. It takes cash only. Each room has a hair dryer and nothing else, so bring shampoo, soap and a towel or buy them from the ticket machine; air conditioning runs on a 100-yen coin. The whole building is non-smoking.
Good to know
- Open until midnight, with the last entry at 11 p.m.
- Solo bathers pay ¥1,300 for 50 minutes in an indoor room.
- Cash only, and no phone bookings.
- Bring a towel or buy one at the ticket machine.
Getting there
From Shin-Tamana, the city's guide puts the Kyushu Sanko bus to Yamaga bus center at about 50 minutes. Yuusen is in the Kako-dori district on the eastern side of town; the house publishes an address and a map but no bus stop, walking time or parking details.
Shin-Tamana STN · Kyushu Shinkansen, then the Kyushu Sanko bus to Yamaga bus center
The house publishes no walking time.
No reservations; rooms go in order of arrival.
Where it is
Yamaga Onsen bus stop
- Kyushu Shinkansen 40 min
- Sanko bus 50 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 Yamaga is one stop in a longer Kyushu trip by train.
- Kyushu SunQ Pass Worth it if you’d rather ride buses. It covers the Sanko buses from Shin-Tamana and Kumamoto to Yamaga 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
There's no shared bath here, so every bath you use is private. Reserve one by phone.
How we know
Bath layout confirmed, tattoo policy not published Checked on the official site: (the home page lists 14 private rooms, ten with an indoor bath and four with an open-air bath, and the 50-minute prices)
Read on: yuusen-yamaga.com/
Best for: a couple or a solo bather who wants an inexpensive 50-minute private soak in town, open until midnight
Fourteen private rooms: ten with an indoor bath and four with an open-air bath. Fifty minutes for up to two, ¥1,500 indoor, ¥2,000 with the open-air bath; ¥1,300 for one person (indoor only). Each extra person ¥200 from junior-high age, ¥100 for elementary pupils, infants free. Ten-minute extensions bought ahead: ¥300 indoor, ¥400 open-air, ¥200 solo; overstaying costs ¥500 per 10 minutes. Weekdays 10 a.m. to midnight, weekends and holidays from 9 a.m., Wednesdays from 5 p.m.; last entry 11 p.m.; closed Tuesdays except holidays. No reservations. Cash only. Rooms have only a hair dryer; shampoo, soap and towels are sold at the ticket machine; air conditioning takes a 100-yen coin. Spring: alkaline simple, run kakenagashi. No smoking inside. The city’s tourism guide gives the opening as December 2020.
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For current hours and prices, see the official website.