Fukuoka · Futsukaichi Onsen
Futsukaichi Onsen Hakatayu
二日市温泉 博多湯
Thirty minutes by train from Fukuoka, next to Dazaifu, this communal bath belongs to Futsukaichi Onsen, a spring with 1,300 years of history. A single tub in a wooden building, but 100% free-flowing alkaline water leaves skin slick and smooth, and locals keep coming. ¥350 weekdays, ¥450 weekends. Upstairs rest room, plus onsen coffee and hot-spring eggs. Increasingly paired with a visit to Dazaifu Tenmangu.
- Price (adult)
- ¥350
- Hours
- 10:00–21:30 (last entry 21:00)
- Closed
- Open daily
- Access
- 7 min walk from JR Futsukaichi Station / 12 min from Nishitetsu-Futsukaichi
- Water type
- Alkaline simple
- Tattoos
- Ask ahead
- Admission
- Weekdays adults ¥350 / weekends ¥400, children ¥200. Buy a ticket from the machine (cash). Shoe locker and locker ¥100 (refundable). Towels and soap sold from the machine. Bottled source water also sold. No tattoos
- Baths
- Founded 1860; a wooden communal bathhouse in the Futsukaichi spa street. One stone indoor tub per gender (no rotenburo, sauna or private bath). Large rest area upstairs with a women-only section. 100 % source water
- Water
- Simple spring (mildly alkaline, high temperature) — unusually rich in radon for a hot source; free-flowing without heating or dilution. Clear and colourless, said to leave skin moist. The “Suita no yu” sung of in the Man’yoshu anthology
- Parking
- No own car park — use nearby paid parking. 8–10 min on foot from JR Futsukaichi Station, 15 min from Nishitetsu Futsukaichi, right by the “Futsukaichi Onsen” bus stop
- Phone
- 092-922-2119
- Official site
- hakatayu.jp ↗
- Open in Google Maps
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Why go
- 30 min from Fukuoka, next to Dazaifu
- 100% free-flowing spring
- ¥350 on weekdays
¥350 on the way to Dazaifu — a wooden communal bath in a 1,300-year-old spa town
Futsukaichi Onsen, 20 minutes by train from central Fukuoka and right beside Dazaifu Tenmangu shrine, is the oldest hot spring in Fukuoka Prefecture — sung of as “Suita no yu” in the 8th-century Man’yoshu and home to the Kuroda lords’ private bath in the Edo period. In the middle of its spa street stands Hakata-yu, a communal bath in business since 1860. Buy a ¥350 ticket (¥400 at weekends) from the machine in the old wooden building and you find a plain bathroom with a single stone tub per gender — but it holds 100 % source water, neither heated nor diluted. It is an unusual simple spring, very hot yet rich in radon, clear and colourless, and widely reputed to leave skin moist, so it is always busy with locals and onsen pilgrims. Upstairs a large tatami rest area with a women-only section lets you lie down afterwards, and bottled source water is sold to take home. There is no rotenburo, sauna or private bath, tattoos are not admitted and there is no car park — but for warming up on foot from Nishitetsu or JR Futsukaichi Station in combination with Dazaifu sightseeing, nothing beats the value. Pair it with the city-run Gozen-yu nearby (¥250, closed 3rd Wednesday) for a two-bath stroll.
Tips & cautions
- Open daily 10:00–21:30 (last entry 21:00). +¥50 at weekends.
- Ticket machine takes cash — bring coins and ¥1,000 notes. Lockers and shoe lockers ¥100, refundable.
- The water is hot (straight from the source) — short soaks, several times.
- With a single tub it gets crowded in the evening — weekday afternoons are best.
- No tattoos (official policy).
- No car park — use public transport; change to the Dazaifu line at Nishitetsu Futsukaichi.
- Dazaifu Tenmangu is 2 stops / 5 min from Nishitetsu Futsukaichi — shrine first, bath after is the classic order.
- Nearby Gozen-yu (¥250, 9:00–21:00, closed 3rd Wednesday) is also free-flowing source water.
Getting there
8–10 min on foot from JR Futsukaichi Station (Kagoshima main line), 15 min from Nishitetsu-Futsukaichi (Tenjin-Omuta line); Yumachi 1-14-5, Chikushino. ~15 min by JR rapid from Hakata. Right by the “Futsukaichi Onsen” bus stop. No parking. Tel. 092-922-2119.
Before you go
- No official tattoo policy is published — ask at reception.
- Payment is usually by ticket machine in cash — bring coins.
- Last entry is 30–60 minutes before closing.
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✔ Verified operating: 2026-09 Operating status and rates cross-checked against the official site and onsen guides (full source notes in Japanese on the JA page)
Prices and hours change. Check official sources before visiting.
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