Yukuhashi Onsen
- Location
- Yukuhashi, Fukuoka (Kyushu), Japan
- Water type
- sodium chloride
- Temperature
- 41 °C
- pH
- 7.3
Water profile
Relaxing — deep, immediate muscle release.
Loaded with major ions — the essential minerals (Ca, Mg).
Dense, salty water — you float without effort.
Yukuhashi Onsen is located in Yukuhashi, a city in northern Fukuoka Prefecture positioned in the Kitakyushu metropolitan area's eastern hinterland, serving as a residential and commercial center for communities between Kitakyushu's industrial core and the agricultural interior of northern Kyushu. The city's position on the Kyushu Odan Expressway and the JR Nippo Main Line makes it a minor but functional transit hub connecting Kitakyushu with Beppu and the Oita hot spring region, placing Yukuhashi at the beginning of the famous thermal spring corridor that runs across northern Kyushu to Japan's greatest onsen concentration at Beppu. The onsen here draw on silica-rich geothermal waters in the volcanic and thermally active geology of northern Kyushu, providing mineral bathing in a community that participates in the broader thermal spring culture for which Kyushu as a whole is famous, offering a quieter and more local alternative to the crowded resort experiences of Beppu just a short distance down the road.