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Ebino Highland Hot spring

Miyazaki · えびの高原温泉

Ebino Highland Hot spring is a hot spring town in Miyazaki, Japan. Officially the water is classed as bicarbonate spring.

Getting there

From Fukuokaabout 3 h
CarTaxi from the station
JR PassCovers the train
  1. Train to Kobayashi Station (JR)
  2. Taxi

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

Bicarbonate spring

The water here

Bicarbonate spring 炭酸水素塩泉

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

Things to see nearby

Kirishima Open-Air MuseumArt museum · 6.1 km
Kirishima JingūShrine · 10.1 km
Mount TakachihoMountain · 9.8 km
Lake MiikeLake · 13.8 km
Kokubu CastleCastle · 23.7 km

Places from Wikidata, photographs from Wikimedia Commons. Distances are in a straight line from the town.

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

Onsen inns — Ebino City

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Hot spring towns nearby

RyokukeitouenKagoshima · 栄之尾温泉4.6 km south
Acidic spring
Kirishima OnsenKagoshima · 霧島温泉郷5.2 km south
Maruo OnsenKagoshima · 丸尾温泉5.6 km south
Chloride springSulfur spring
Kurinodake OnsenKagoshima · 栗野岳温泉6.1 km west
Sulfate spring+4
Yunotani OnsenKagoshima · 湯之谷温泉6.5 km south
Sulfur spring
Yunomoto OnsenMiyazaki · 湯之元温泉15.2 km east
Bicarbonate spring

Similar water elsewhere

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

Tsunashima OnsenKanagawa · 綱島温泉Also bicarbonate
Bicarbonate spring
Takeo OnsenSaga · 武雄温泉Also bicarbonate
Bicarbonate spring
Tateyama OnsenToyama · 立山温泉Also bicarbonate
Bicarbonate spring
Nitchū OnsenFukushima · 日中温泉Also bicarbonate
Bicarbonate spring
Yabuzuka OnsenGunma · 藪塚温泉Also bicarbonate
Bicarbonate spring
Kazawa OnsenGunma · 鹿沢温泉Also bicarbonate
Bicarbonate spring

The numbers

Address in Japanese
宮崎県えびの市末永

Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.

Where it is

31.9459, 130.8429 — open the map

Read more

Japanese Wikipedia

Planning a first soak? Read how an onsen stay works, and what to do if you have tattoos.