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Kibana Onsen

Miyazaki · 木花温泉

Kibana Onsen is a hot spring town in Miyazaki, Japan. The water leaves the ground at 44.2°C, hot. It measures pH 7.9 — mildly alkaline, the slippery kind. Officially the water is classed as chloride spring, bicarbonate spring and iodine spring. Its sources put out around 150 litres a minute. 1 inns take visitors here.

Getting there

From Fukuokaabout 4 h

CarTaxi from the station

JR PassCovers the train

1. Train to Kibana Station (JR)
2. By car or taxi, about 5 min

Fly into Fukuoka. Times are rough estimates worked out from station locations, not a timetable — check the exact route on Google Maps.

The water here

Chloride spring 塩化物泉

Salty water. The salt leaves a thin film on the skin, so you stay warm well after leaving the bath.

Bicarbonate spring 炭酸水素塩泉

Smooth, slightly slippery water. Often nicknamed bihada-no-yu, the water for beautiful skin.

Iodine spring 含よう素泉

Contains iodine and often turns yellowish over time. Uncommon.

With tattoos

Many public baths still turn away visible tattoos, and the rule is set by each bath, not by the town. The reliable way round it is to bathe privately: a room with its own open-air bath, or an inn with a private bath you can book for yourselves.

More on tattoos and onsen

Where to stay

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Hot spring towns nearby

Similar water elsewhere

Towns further away with the same kind of water — useful if this one is hard to reach or fully booked.

The numbers

Water temperature

44.2°C

pH

7.9 (mildly alkaline)

Discharge

150 litres a minute

Inns

1

Address in Japanese

宮崎県宮崎市学園木花台南3-31

Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.

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Japanese Wikipedia