Infrared saunas in Kagoshima, Japan
慈眼寺温泉
Jigenji Onsen is a hot-spring sento on the road up to Jigenji Park in Taniyama. A row of rock, bubble and open-air baths faces a wall of windows, and on the other side are a hinoki-built far-infrared sauna, two kinds of cold bath and an utase waterfall bath. Two family baths are upstairs. Open 8:00 to 22:00, closed the 2nd and 4th Monday.
芦刈温泉
Ashikari Onsen in Wakaba-cho is a hot-spring sento known as a 'bijin no yu' for its smooth sodium bicarbonate water, which runs free-flowing through every bath, shower and tap. It has a hinoki cypress bath, a garden-style open-air bath, jet and electric baths, a sauna with an adjoining cold bath, and a mist sauna on the women's side. A restaurant is attached. Open daily 6:00 to 24:00; adult entry ¥460.
花野温泉たぬき湯
Tanuki-yu is a hot-spring bathhouse in the hills of Ishiki, fed 100% free-flowing from two sources. Its signature is a cave sauna built from local stone, a gentle far-infrared room that warms without harsh heat. There is an open-air bath and two cold baths, large and small, for alternating. A canteen serves local chicken dishes. Open daily 6:00 to 24:00; adult entry ¥460.
谷山温泉えびす湯
Taniyama Onsen Ebisu-yu sits on the 3rd floor of the La Plus community centre, a minute's walk from JR Taniyama station. The bathroom is tiled entirely in mosaic, and it has a roomy far-infrared sauna with a cold bath, an open-air bath, electric and sleeping baths and a jacuzzi, plus bookable family baths. Open 9:00 to 21:00 on weekdays and from 8:00 at weekends, closed the 1st and 3rd Tuesday.
鹿児島サンロイヤルホテル 最上階展望温泉
The top-floor observation bath of Kagoshima Sun Royal Hotel looks straight across Kinko Bay to Sakurajima, and the hotel recommends coming in the morning to watch the sun rise behind the volcano. The water is natural chloride hot spring, with water added and reheated. The men's side has a far-infrared sauna and the women's a steam sauna. Non-guests can bathe for ¥1,500, 6:00 to 10:00 and 15:00 to midnight.
慈眼寺温泉
Jigenji Onsen is a hot-spring sento on the road up to Jigenji Park in Taniyama. A row of rock, bubble and open-air baths faces a wall of windows, and on the other side are a hinoki-built far-infrared sauna, two kinds of cold bath and an utase waterfall bath. Two family baths are upstairs. Open 8:00 to 22:00, closed the 2nd and 4th Monday.
芦刈温泉
Ashikari Onsen in Wakaba-cho is a hot-spring sento known as a 'bijin no yu' for its smooth sodium bicarbonate water, which runs free-flowing through every bath, shower and tap. It has a hinoki cypress bath, a garden-style open-air bath, jet and electric baths, a sauna with an adjoining cold bath, and a mist sauna on the women's side. A restaurant is attached. Open daily 6:00 to 24:00; adult entry ¥460.
花野温泉たぬき湯
Tanuki-yu is a hot-spring bathhouse in the hills of Ishiki, fed 100% free-flowing from two sources. Its signature is a cave sauna built from local stone, a gentle far-infrared room that warms without harsh heat. There is an open-air bath and two cold baths, large and small, for alternating. A canteen serves local chicken dishes. Open daily 6:00 to 24:00; adult entry ¥460.
谷山温泉えびす湯
Taniyama Onsen Ebisu-yu sits on the 3rd floor of the La Plus community centre, a minute's walk from JR Taniyama station. The bathroom is tiled entirely in mosaic, and it has a roomy far-infrared sauna with a cold bath, an open-air bath, electric and sleeping baths and a jacuzzi, plus bookable family baths. Open 9:00 to 21:00 on weekdays and from 8:00 at weekends, closed the 1st and 3rd Tuesday.
鹿児島サンロイヤルホテル 最上階展望温泉
The top-floor observation bath of Kagoshima Sun Royal Hotel looks straight across Kinko Bay to Sakurajima, and the hotel recommends coming in the morning to watch the sun rise behind the volcano. The water is natural chloride hot spring, with water added and reheated. The men's side has a far-infrared sauna and the women's a steam sauna. Non-guests can bathe for ¥1,500, 6:00 to 10:00 and 15:00 to midnight.