Kurokawa Onsen Fumoto Ryokan

♨️17 baths for just 14 rooms, all 100% free-flowing spring water

Kumamoto · Kurokawa Onsen Fumoto Ryokan

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In the heart of Kurokawa Onsen

• 🏮Founded in 1955 by the previous owner, Fumoto sits right in the center of Kurokawa Onsen.
• 🎫The current owners are credited with launching the town's Nyuto Tegata open-air bath pass in 1986.
• 🪵The main building is traditional wooden architecture, while the Rokuan annex has rooms with private open-air baths.

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100% free-flowing private spring

• ♨️One private source pumped from 300 m underground: a 60.5°C sodium-calcium bicarbonate, sulfate and chloride spring.
• 💧Every bath is pure free-flowing spring water, with no added water, heating, recirculation or disinfection.
• 🍁The men's open-air Momiji-no-Yu sits by the river with a waterfall shower, and the women's Uen-Yu is a bamboo-shaded bath for about 10 adults.

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11 free private baths plus a footbath

• 🔑All 11 private baths are free for guests and need no booking; just flip the wooden tag at the entrance to "in use".
• 🌊The annex Tachi-yu is a standing bath up to 150 cm deep, limited to 30 minutes per group.
• 🕒Open 15:00–23:00 and 6:00–10:00, with a spring-fed footbath beside the annex stone bath.

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Main-building tatami rooms and annex rooms with baths

• 🛏️14 rooms in total (11 Japanese, 2 Japanese-Western, 1 Western), each for 2–6 guests.
• 🌿Main-building rooms face either the hot spring street or the river; specific rooms cannot be requested.
• 🛁Annex Rokuan rooms Yuri and Sakura (Japanese-Western) and Nogiku (twin) have open-air spring baths, with checkout until 11:00.

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Countryside home cooking by the okami

• 👩‍🍳The okami plans the menu herself: simple "countryside auntie" cooking built around seasonal vegetables.
• 🥩A sample dinner includes Kumamoto horse sashimi and Higo beef grilled with local vegetables.
• 🥛Breakfast features simmered tofu, Oguni Jersey milk and a spread of home-style side dishes.

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Facilities and services

• 📶Free Wi-Fi, a dining area and a shop; rooms have washlet toilets and an empty fridge.
• 💆Women-only facials (60 min) and full-body treatments (90 min), plus massages from 40 min, by advance booking.
• 🚐Built along a ravine with many stairs, the inn offers rides between the main building and the annex.

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Strolling the hot spring town

• 🎫Day visitors with a Nyuto Tegata pass can use the two gender-separated open-air baths, part of the town's bath-hopping circuit.
• 🍰Directly opposite is Patisserie Roku, a cake shop the okami brought to town, known for its roll cakes.
• 🌼Kuju Flower Park is about 30 minutes away by car.

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Access

• 🚌Take the highway bus from Hakata Station, or the Kyushu Odan sightseeing bus (for Beppu) from Kumamoto Station, to the Kurokawa Onsen stop.
• 🚗Parking for 12 cars and 2 EV chargers.
• ⚠️Shimokawabata street in front of the inn is very narrow, so contact the inn in advance if driving a large car.

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11 free private baths plus a footbath

• 🔑All 11 private baths are free for guests and need no booking; just flip the wooden tag at the entrance to "in use".
• 🌊The annex Tachi-yu is a standing bath up to 150 cm deep, limited to 30 minutes per group.
• 🕒Open 15:00–23:00 and 6:00–10:00, with a spring-fed footbath beside the annex stone bath.

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Main-building tatami rooms and annex rooms with baths

• 🛏️14 rooms in total (11 Japanese, 2 Japanese-Western, 1 Western), each for 2–6 guests.
• 🌿Main-building rooms face either the hot spring street or the river; specific rooms cannot be requested.
• 🛁Annex Rokuan rooms Yuri and Sakura (Japanese-Western) and Nogiku (twin) have open-air spring baths, with checkout until 11:00.

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A rare inn where 14 rooms share 17 baths of 100% free-flowing spring water. Note that children 12 and under cannot stay, there are many stairs, and main-building rooms have no private bath.

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Check In/Check Out Policy · Check In: 15:00 · Check Out: 10:00 · Last Check In: 17:00

* These policies are the property's own text, in English; the cancellation policy shown at booking takes precedence.

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

What are the check-in and check-out times at Kurokawa Onsen Fumoto Ryokan?

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

Where is Kurokawa Onsen Fumoto Ryokan located?

It is in Aso-gun. Address: 6697 Manganji Minamiogunimachi.

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.