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Book Ibusuki Hakusuikan in Ibusuki Onsen (Kagoshima)―― A large scale hot spring resort ryokan where guests can enjoy the globally rare natural volcanic sand hot spring, said to have skin beautification properties. Built along the ocean, this ryokan is located within an expansive garden with 1,000 pines.
Access: Two hours by bus from Kagoshima Airport to Ibusuki Station, then 10 minutes by shuttle bus
Rooms with indoor hot spring baths available: 22 rooms
Chloride spring
It has a unique Ibusuki volcanic sand hot spring (surrounded by sand heated by the underground hot spring). The water is good for skin problems, feminine problems, skin beautification, etc.
Saraku Sand Bath Hall (Sunamushi Onsen), Mount Uomidake, JR Nishi Oyama Station, Cape Nagasakibana, Mount Kaimondake, Kamafuta Shrine (Itatetsuwamononushi Shrine), Yakushima Island
This area is famous for “sand bathing” on a beach heated by a hot spring. Some 800 spring sources spout around the ocean area, and these are also used in farming and fish cultivation.
1947
195 rooms
*Smoking is prohibited in all rooms
*These links will go to the travel agencys’ reservation website.
22,900 - 79,800 yen per guest per night
The price includes one dinner and one breakfast
12126-12 Higashikata, Ibusuki-shi, Kagoshima, 891-0404 Japan Show map
(1) Two hours by bus from Kagoshima Airport to Ibusuki Station, or
(2) one hour 30 minutes by JR Shinkansen from Hakata Station to Kagoshima Chuo Station, then 50 minutes by JR Limited Express to Ibusuki Station and 10-min shuttle bus ride from there
The required times may slightly vary depending on the time of day.
May 29, 2019 update
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