Jigoku Hot Springs, Seifūsō inn

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The water gushes from under your feet and you go in clothed: 2,000 yen, until 17:00.

In the Suzume-no-yu bath (すずめの湯) you go in wearing a borrowed bathing gown, because it is mixed-gender, and the water comes out of the ground beneath whoever is sitting, undiluted. Other baths use the 66.8 °C water of two nearby springs. The day baths close at 17:00, with last entry at 15:00.

Seifūsō is an inn with hot-spring baths in the area of Jigoku (地獄, ‘hell’), in the village of Minami-Aso, with a main building and an annexe for overnight guests. The official website describes the Suzume-no-yu bath as fed by a spring that emerges at between 41.3 and 47.1 °C, of the simple acidic sulphurous type (単純酸性硫黄温泉, with hydrogen sulphide), with no added water. Moto-no-yu and Tamago-no-yu use a mixture of the Tamago-jigoku and Moto-jigoku springs at 66.8 °C, simple acidic. After 17:00 the baths are reserved for guests staying overnight.

ℹ️ Day baths 10:00–17:00, last entry 15:00; closed on Tuesdays (open if it is a public holiday) and on substitute closing days or extraordinary closures that the website announces. Adults 2,000 yen, students from junior high to university 1,800, elementary school 800 (the same line also says that below elementary school it is free: to be clarified by telephone); from junior high up, a bathing gown and a towel are included. In the Suzume-no-yu you go in clothed; no showers, only taps. Car or taxi only, no bus or shuttle: from Kumamoto IC about 60 minutes, narrow road, with signs reading 地獄垂玉温泉; from Kumamoto airport about 45 minutes. Status after the earthquake of 28/07/2026: closed on 29/07; the official website announced on 29/07 that the day baths would resume from 30/07 at 10:00, with normal hours. Latest news on the website: 11/10/2026. Telephone 0967-67-0005 (10:00–17:00).

Sources: jigoku-onsen.co.jp · jigoku-onsen.co.jp · jigoku-onsen.co.jp

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