Hakata Onsen Fujinoen: Day-Use Hot Spring Baths & Prices

Welling up in a residential area of Minami Ward in Fukuoka City, Hakata Onsen Fujinoen is an inn devoted to free-flowing natural water. The source runs hot, and a full water-exchange system that drains and refills the baths daily lets you enjoy fresh water, making it a genuine hot spring even within the city.

Highlights

• A full free-flowing source, with care for freshness through draining the baths after closing and refilling daily
• A hot sodium and calcium chloride spring said to keep the body warm long after the bath
• Open-air baths and a sauna as well, offering the ease of a genuine hot spring mood right near the streets of Fukuoka

Enjoying the Seasons

Close to the urban area, it is appealing that you can soak whenever the urge strikes, in any season. In winter the warmth of the chloride spring is cherished, and in summer a bath resets the mood. It is just right as a single soak mid-trip or on the way home from work.

Access and Basic Information

• Location: 3-19-7 Miyake, Minami Ward, Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture
• Access: about 3 minutes by car from Ohashi Station on the Nishitetsu Tenjin Omuta Line, or a short walk from the Miyake-Honmachi bus stop. Parking for about 60 cars
• Spring quality: sodium and calcium chloride spring, fully free-flowing from the source
• Day use: roughly 400 yen for one hour, or 800 yen for a 10:00 to 17:00 visit. Open 10:00 to 22:00 (reception until 21:30). Generally closed Tuesdays (with some days offering bathing only from 16:00 to 22:00). Hours and closures may change, so checking ahead is wise

Practical Travel Notes

• Best season and time: easy to use all year, with weekday daytimes relatively relaxed. The chloride spring is especially warming on a cold winter day
• Avoiding crowds: evenings after work tend to be busy, so late morning or early afternoon is a good aim. With an hourly rate, it also suits a quick short soak
• Time needed: about an hour for a quick soak, or two to three hours to linger
• Nearby real spots: central Fukuoka, Ohori Park, Canal City Hakata, and Kushida Shrine, an easy stop between city sights
• Budget sense: day-use bathing runs from a few hundred to under a thousand yen, easy to pair with city sightseeing or a meal

A Quick Tip

The chloride spring warms you well and brings on a good sweat, so be sure to rehydrate after the bath. Enjoy the small luxury of a free-flowing source within the city, easily, between travel or work.

Practical Information for Your Visit

• Spring quality: Calcium and sodium chloride spring. Colourless and clear, with a slight salty taste and a faint sulphur smell
• Use of the water: 100% pure source water flowing freely through the baths, with no heating, dilution or recirculation and filtering. All the water is drained after closing time and replaced with fresh water every day, in a full-changeover system
• Source temperature and flow rate: A source temperature of 45.5 degrees and 100 liters per minute, from a well 101 meters deep
• Drinking the water: The spring water can be drunk (with reputed benefits for chronic digestive complaints and chronic constipation)
• Open-air bath: Yes. It is cooler than the indoor bath and the tub is shallow, so you can lie back and soak for a long time. However, during the early morning bathing hours for staying guests (7:00-10:00) the outside air lowers the water temperature, so the open-air bath is unavailable and only the indoor bath can be used
• Sauna: None
• Day-use bathing hours: 10:00-22:00 (reception until 21:30)
• Day-use rates (charged by time): Up to 1 hour costs 600 yen for adults (junior high school age and above) and 400 yen for children (from age 0 to elementary school age); up to 2 hours costs 800 yen and 600 yen. The Yukkuri Course from 10:00 to 17:00 has no time limit and costs 1,000 yen for adults and 700 yen for children (800 yen for adults on Fridays, except when a Friday falls on a public holiday or similar)
• Closed: Every Tuesday, although on Tuesdays the hot spring baths alone are open from 16:00 to 22:00
• Tattoos: The policy is to ask visitors with tattoos to refrain from bathing
• Provided amenities: Bar soap and rinse-in shampoo are always provided. You are generally expected to bring your own towels, though they are available to rent and to buy on site (small rental towel 100 yen, small towel for sale 200 yen, rental set with a bath towel 200 yen, toothbrush 50 yen, razor 50 yen)
• Children: Children can bathe from age 0 (infants are also charged)
• Parking: 70 spaces for ordinary cars, free of charge. You drive down a slope to park on the site of a former golf practice range next door. Vehicles over 2 tons pay from 1,000 yen and must book in advance
• Access (car): Enter from the Minami Shimin Pool-mae traffic lights on National Route 385. The other approach roads are narrow, and large vehicles must use these lights. About 25 minutes (6 km) by taxi from Hakata Station, about 25 minutes (8 km) from Fukuoka Airport, and about 5 minutes (2 km) from Nishitetsu Ohashi Station
• Access (bus): From boarding point A in front of Hakata Station, take Nishitetsu Bus route 47 or 48 via Ohashi Station and get off at the Miyake Honmachi or Wada bus stop, then walk 5 minutes
• How long to allow: Since rates are set by the hour, 1 hour is enough for a quick soak. To savour the water, take the Yukkuri Course and spend half a day
• Address: 3-19-7 Miyake, Minami Ward, Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture

It is close to central Fukuoka, making it easy to combine with sightseeing in the city such as Ohori Park and Kushida Shrine.

Information Sources

The spring quality, source temperature, flow rate, reputed benefits and contraindications, the free-flowing use of the source water, the day-use bathing hours and time-based rates, the rental and sale prices of towels, and whether there is a sauna and whether tattoos are allowed are based on the Hot Spring page and the frequently asked questions on the official website of Hakata Onsen Fuji no En. The number of parking spaces, the approach road, the journey times from Hakata Station, Fukuoka Airport and Ohashi Station and the bus routes come from the transport access page of the same site, and the year of founding from the facility guide page. Opening hours, fees and closing days are subject to change, so please check the official information before you set out.