Kyukamura Shikanoshima Onsen

Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan

Location: Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan
Water type: sodium chloride
Temperature: 40 °C
pH: 7.3

Water profile

Thermicity

Sedative

40 °C

LowHigh

Relaxing — deep, immediate muscle release.

Mineralisation

Restorative

LowHigh

Loaded with major ions — the essential minerals (Ca, Mg).

Buoyancy

Effortless float

LowHigh

Dense, salty water — you float without effort.

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Kyukamura Shikanoshima Onsen is a hot spring facility on Shikanoshima island in Fukuoka Prefecture, Kyushu, located on a remarkable tombolo connected to the mainland of Hakata Bay by a narrow sand spit that creates one of the most distinctive island settings in northern Kyushu. Shikanoshima is historically famous as the site where the Kin-in gold seal was discovered in 1784, an ancient Chinese imperial seal presented to the king of Na, a Japanese kingdom that sent an embassy to the Han Emperor Guangwu in 57 CE, making the island one of the oldest documented points of contact between Japan and China. The onsen facility on this historically charged island offers bathers the combination of warm mineral waters and sweeping views across Hakata Bay toward the skyline of Fukuoka, Japan's sixth largest city, creating a unique setting where ancient history and modern thermal hospitality intersect.

Insider tip — Shikanoshima is a small island connected to Fukuoka by a narrow sandbar, famous as the place where Japan's most important archaeological treasure — the golden seal granted by a Han Chinese emperor in 57 AD, the oldest written evidence of Japan — was discovered in a field in 1784. Kyukamura Shikanoshima Onsen draws sodium-chloride seawater-influenced springs on this historic island in Hakata Bay, where Japan's earliest documented contact with the Chinese empire is commemorated.

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