Kimita Onsen Mori no Izumi: Day-Use Hot Spring Prices

This hot spring and lodging facility sits in a nature-rich part of Kimita-cho, Miyoshi City. Loved since it opened in 1997, it was renewed in 2024 and reborn. It features one of the country foremost bicarbonate springs, which softens the skin and warms the body to its core.

Highlights

Known as one of the country leading bicarbonate springs, its rich and silky water is the main draw. In addition to a forest-ringed open-air bath and a large bath, the sauna and dining facilities are well equipped. In the hearth-side dining area you can also enjoy dishes made with local ingredients.

Enjoying the Seasons

Spring brings a peaceful rural landscape, and summer wraps you in abundant green. In autumn you can enjoy the harvest season, and in winter the luxury of bathing while gazing at snowscapes. Surrounded by quiet satoyama hills, you can feel the nature of each season just as it is.

Access and Basic Information

The facility is in Izumiyoshida, Kimita-cho, Miyoshi City, Hiroshima Prefecture. Day-use bathing reception runs roughly 10:00 to 20:30 (last entry around 20:00), with admission 800 yen for adults (junior high school age and up) and 400 yen for children ages 3 through elementary school, and Tuesday as the usual closing day. The gentle bicarbonate-type water is kind to the skin, and beyond day-use bathing the site offers lodging, a dog run, and an RV park. Hours and closing days may change, so check the official information before visiting.

Practical Travel Notes

The silky bicarbonate water is best enjoyed with a slow soak to savor how smooth your skin feels afterward, with a stay of about two hours for a bath and a meal. Since it is a drive out from central Miyoshi, pairing it with the Miyoshi winery, a sake brewery, or the Takatani-yama lookout known for its sea of clouds makes for a full day. The budget for day-use bathing and a meal is around two thousand yen. With a dog run and an RV park, it also suits pet owners and outdoor fans. In winter, watch for snow on the surrounding roads.

A Quick Tip

This is recommended for anyone who wants to enjoy a smooth bicarbonate spring. There is a dog run too, making it suitable for a trip with a pet. The renewed interior is comfortably appointed.

Practical Information for Your Visit

• Spring quality: Carbon dioxide-bearing sodium-calcium bicarbonate spring (a sodium bicarbonate spring). It is the only sodium bicarbonate spring in Hiroshima Prefecture
• Benefits: Cuts, burns, neuralgia, muscle pain, joint pain, motor paralysis, bruises, chronic digestive disorders, haemorrhoids and sensitivity to cold
• Source temperature and flow: A cold mineral spring with a source temperature of 17.5 degrees, with a flow of 610 litres per minute
• Day-trip bathing: 10:00-20:30 (last reception 20:00). Closed every Tuesday
• Bathing fee: 800 yen for adults (junior high school age and above), 400 yen for children (from age 3 to elementary school age), free for infants. The bathing tax is included
• Bathing hours for overnight guests: Guests staying in the main building can bathe from 15:00 to 22:00 and from 5:00 to 8:00 the following morning. Guests in the cottages, the Nagomi-kan and the Izumi-kan use the same hours as day visitors
• Towels: Face towels (150 yen) and toothbrushes (150 yen) are sold from a vending machine. Bath towels are not sold
• Open-air bath and sauna: Both the men's and women's baths have an open-air bath. There is a barrel sauna outdoors in the men's bath and a wooden sauna indoors in the women's bath
• With children: The women's changing room is fully equipped with a powder room, a nursing room and a nappy-changing table
• Parking: 54 free spaces. There is also an RV park with 14 spaces (telephone reservation required, 13:00 to 11:00 the next day)
• Access: About 5 minutes by car from the Kuchiwa IC on the Yamanami Kaido, about 25 minutes from the Miyoshi IC on the Chugoku Expressway, and about 20 minutes by car from JR Miyoshi Station. By public transport, take the Geibi Line Miyoshi Liner rapid service from Hiroshima Station to Miyoshi Station, then change to a bus bound for Kanose or Kuchiwa-cho and get off at Hitsudaguchi
• Opening hours of the adjoining facilities: The dining room "Irori" is open for lunch 11:00-15:00 (last order 14:30) and for dinner 17:00-20:00 (last order 19:30). Mori no Bakery 9:00-15:00, the Ohayo Market 8:30-16:00, the shop 9:00-18:00 and the dog run 9:00-17:00
• Hara Michiwo Art Museum: 9:30-17:00, closed every Tuesday (open when that day is a public holiday). The permanent exhibition costs 300 yen for adults and 150 yen for high school students, and is free for those of junior high school age and below. Admission is free on presentation of a disability certificate
• Time required: An hour for a bath alone, or half a day combined with a meal, the art museum and the farmers' market
• In winter: It lies in a valley in the Chugoku Mountains, so in winter come equipped for icy road surfaces and snow
• Address: 311-3 Izumi-Yoshida, Kimita-cho, Miyoshi City, Hiroshima Prefecture (telephone 0824-53-7021)

Information Sources

The day-trip bathing hours and fees, the sale of towels, the closing days, the spring quality and benefits, the layout of the open-air baths and saunas, the facilities in the women's changing room, the number of parking spaces and the access, and the opening hours of the adjoining facilities were confirmed in the visitor information, opening hours page and FAQ on the official website of Kimita Onsen Mori no Izumi. The opening hours and admission fees of the Hara Michiwo Art Museum come from the facility introduction page on the same site. The source temperature of 17.5 degrees and flow of 610 litres per minute, and the history from the drilling in 1988 to the opening in 1997, the closure in October 2023 and the renewal opening in August 2024, are compiled from published materials. A notice on the official website states that the open-air bath and barrel sauna were temporarily closed in February 2026 and reopened on March 1 of the same year. As details are subject to change, please check the official information before you set out.