Chikurin Onsen

Chikurin Onsen is a hot spring facility in Tokiyoshi, Satsuma Town, Kagoshima Prefecture. It has a public bath, private family baths and a lodging building, so it works for a quick soak or a longer stay. It stands near the roadside station Miyanojo Chikurinkan and is one of the best-known bathing facilities in the Miyanojo area of Satsuma.

The water is a sodium bicarbonate-chloride spring that flows freely from the source. It is said to wash the skin clean while leaving it moist, and visitors often describe their skin as smooth after bathing. A drinking fountain for the spring water stands in front of the entrance.

The public bath consists of separate men's and women's indoor baths, with no open-air bath. The family baths are lined up in a long-house style building with 9 rooms in all; each tub is small and suits about two people. Admission is 300 yen for adults (junior high school age and up) and 100 yen for elementary school children, and a family bath costs 900 yen per room for one hour. The public bath is open from 6:00 to 22:00 and the family baths from 10:00 to 22:00, closed on the 2nd and 4th Monday of each month (the next day if it is a holiday). Rooms are room-only, from 4,000 yen per night.