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Gensen kakenagashi means fresh spring water flows straight into the tub and out again — no recirculation, no reheating. It's the first thing onsen connoisseurs look for.
Top 10 of 115 properties, ranked by rating and popularity

Yufuin · Beppu · Oita · Yufuin
“Beside Lake Kinrin, in the Heart of Yufuin”

Yufuin · Beppu · Oita · Beppu
“Submerged in a Mysterious Blue Spring”

Yufuin · Beppu · Oita
“A natural open-air bath facing a waterfall, time flowing slow in the mountains”

Yufuin · Beppu · Oita · Beppu
“Kannawa's Kettle Onsen — Soak in 98°C Source Water Drawn from the 'Hells'”

Yufuin · Beppu · Oita · Yufuin
“Yufu's spring, flowing since the Meiji era”

Yufuin · Beppu · Oita · Yufuin
“Cobalt-blue spring water, rare anywhere in Japan, hidden in Yufuin's woods”

Yufuin · Beppu · Oita · Yufuin
“An inn where Yufuin's four seasons arrive on the plate”

Yufuin · Beppu · Oita · Yufuin
“Five rooms only, a minute from Lake Kinrin”

Yufuin · Beppu · Oita · Yufuin
“Every room with its own open-air bath — 18 cottages in 33,000 sqm of forest”

Yufuin · Beppu · Oita · Yufuin
“Ten rooms on a Yufuin hillside, each with its own semi-open-air bath”