Tsujun Sanso

♨️A quiet hot-spring hotel beside the National Treasure Tsujun Bridge

Kumamoto · Tsujun Sanso

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A Quiet Lodge by Tsujun Bridge

• 🌉A hot-spring hotel in Yamato Town, Kumamoto, just a short way from the National Treasure Tsujun Bridge.
• 🌌Quiet surroundings and clear mountain air, with a sky full of stars on clear nights.
• 🎎The lobby hosts seasonal displays, including antique Maruhei dolls made in Kyoto for Boys' Day.

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Alkaline Simple Spring Baths

• ♨️The alkaline simple spring rises near Tsujun Bridge; the water is cool, so it is heated, and the hotel aims to serve it as close to 100% source water as possible.
• 🌙Separate men's and women's baths feature a main tub and a half-moon tub called Hangetsu; overnight guests can bathe from 15:00 to 21:00 (no morning bathing).
• ⚠️The open-air bath and sauna are currently closed, and the open-air bath also closes every year from November to March. Guests with tattoos are not admitted.

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Spacious Japanese Rooms and Twins

• 🛏️Western-style twins are 30㎡ with a bathtub and washlet toilet, for up to 2 guests.
• 🏠Japanese-style rooms are 40㎡: those with a bathroom sleep up to 4, and those without (toilet only) sleep up to 5.
• 🧺All rooms are non-smoking; guests lay out their own futons in Japanese rooms. Each floor's elevator hall has a microwave.

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Meals at Restaurant Tsubame

• 🍲The guest dinner (4,500 yen per person) includes a seasonal dressed dish, five appetizers, three kinds of sashimi, a paper hotpot, chawanmushi and salt-grilled yamame trout.
• 🍳Breakfast is 2,000 yen per person and changes with the season and available ingredients.
• 📋Meals are served in the first-floor restaurant and require a reservation.

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Facilities and Services

• 🛍️The in-house mini shop focuses on additive-free and organic goods, including local soy sauce, vinegar and amazake plus incense from Kyoto's Shoeido.
• 🕖The front desk is staffed from 7:00 to 21:00; check-in runs from 15:00 to 21:00.
• 🧊Rooms have a fridge (no freezer), and irons, humidifiers and phone chargers can be borrowed at the front desk.

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Sights around Yamato Town

• 🌉Built in 1854, Tsujun Bridge is one of Japan's largest stone arch aqueducts, about 78m long, and was designated a National Treasure in 2023.
• 🏞️Gorogataki Falls, one of the largest waterfalls in Yamato Town, is within walking distance.
• ⛩️Heitate Shrine, regarded as one of Japan's oldest shrines, and the Seiwa Kogen Observatory at 700m are also in the area.

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Getting There

• 🚌Take the Kumamoto Dentetsu bus bound for Tsujun Sanso from Sakuramachi Bus Terminal in Kumamoto City.
• 🚗By car, exit the Kyushu Chuo Expressway at Yamato Tsujunkyo IC and pass Tsujun Bridge to reach the hotel.
• 🅿️Parking is right in front of the hotel.

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Spacious Japanese Rooms and Twins

• 🛏️Western-style twins are 30㎡ with a bathtub and washlet toilet, for up to 2 guests.
• 🏠Japanese-style rooms are 40㎡: those with a bathroom sleep up to 4, and those without (toilet only) sleep up to 5.
• 🧺All rooms are non-smoking; guests lay out their own futons in Japanese rooms. Each floor's elevator hall has a microwave.

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Meals at Restaurant Tsubame

• 🍲The guest dinner (4,500 yen per person) includes a seasonal dressed dish, five appetizers, three kinds of sashimi, a paper hotpot, chawanmushi and salt-grilled yamame trout.
• 🍳Breakfast is 2,000 yen per person and changes with the season and available ingredients.
• 📋Meals are served in the first-floor restaurant and require a reservation.

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A well-placed base for Tsujun Bridge, nearby waterfalls and shrines, with spring water kept as pure as possible and reasonably priced meals. Note that the open-air bath and sauna are currently closed, there is no morning bathing, and guests lay out their own futons in Japanese rooms.

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* This introduction was compiled from information published by each property (official website and similar sources), so some details may differ from what you find on the day. It is AI-assisted and can contain errors — please check the official website and the details shown at booking before you reserve.

• Meeting Room
• Parking lot
• Interior safe
• Air conditioner
• Smoking is strictly prohibited in all public and private places
• Restaurant
• High speed internet access in the room

From onsen etiquette to check-in — the things worth knowing first.

What are the check-in and check-out times at Tsujun Sanso?

Check-in starts at 15:00 and check-out is by 10:00.

Where is Tsujun Sanso located?

It is in Kamimashiki-gun. Address: 192-1 Nagahara, Yamatocho.

What is the cancellation and refund policy?

Free-cancellation deadlines vary by rate plan and are shown with each room. Cancelling before the deadline gives a full refund.