Things to do in Tamana, Kumamoto

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• Kusamakura Onsen Tensui

  

  Tamana, Kumamoto · 0968-82-4500

  Hilltop onsen among mandarin orchards, with baths overlooking the Ariake Sea and Mount Unzen Fugen.

• Tamana Onsen

  

  Tamana, Kumamoto · 0968-74-2961

  Weakly alkaline radium simple onsen near Hino Shrine, flowing for 1,300 years after a white-heron healing legend.

• Shogen Sanso

  

  Tamana, Kumamoto · 0968-72-2266

  Healing inn with a seasonal Japanese garden, Tamana Onsen, and kaiseki; all 12 rooms overlook the garden.

• Mountain Maple Inn Happoen

  

  Tamana, Kumamoto · 0968-72-2161

  Century-old luxury ryokan in Tamana Onsen amid autumn leaves; every room has a semi-open-air bath and in-room meals.

• Satsuki Inn

  

  Tamana, Kumamoto · 0968-72-3157

  Hilltop Tamana Onsen inn with unheated free-flowing spring water, a large flower garden, and four room types.

• Kinpoen

  

  Tamana, Kumamoto · 0968-72-2501

  Small Tamana onsen ryokan with round-the-clock free-flowing baths, family baths, and a spacious group room.

• Oama Onsen Nagoikan

  

  Tamana, Kumamoto · 0968-82-2035

  Oama Onsen ryokan founded in Meiji 1, tied to Soseki's Kusamakura, renovated in 2018 retaining late-Edo beams.

• Jagatani Park

  

  Tamana, Kumamoto · 0968-72-5655

  Large park near Tamana Onsen with sports grounds, a lookout, a 130-meter slide, cherries, and azaleas.

• Mizumoto Orange Garden

  

  Tamana, Kumamoto · 0968-82-2126

  Mikan orchard over 120 years old, with seasonal citrus picking and barbecue facilities.

• Mount Shodai Hometown Nature Park

  

  Tamana, Kumamoto · 0968-73-3900

  Recreation area on Mount Shodai with camping, hiking trails, picnic grounds, and views of Ariake Sea.

• Genyama Observation Park

  

  Tamana, Kumamoto · 0968-75-1122

  Hilltop park at 198 meters with play equipment, lawns, flowers, and views of the Ariake Sea.

• Okunoin Giant Tea Ceremony

  

  Tamana, Kumamoto · 0968-74-3533

  Tea ritual using a 40-cm bowl weighing about 6 kg, transmitted from Saidaiji in Nara.

• Tamana Onsen Tsukasa-no-Yu

  

  Tamana, Kumamoto · 0968-72-7777

  Among western Japan's largest onsen resorts, with cypress and family baths, a mildly alkaline simple spring and women's salt sauna.

• Tamana Flower Park

  

  Tamana, Kumamoto · 0968-51-2727

  Hilltop flower farm, free to enter, with 400 varieties, BBQ, camping, and wide views.

• Nagoikan Bettei Tamayura Family Bath

  

  Tamana, Kumamoto · 0968-71-2615

  Family bath opened in 2022 in Tamana Onsen, with 10 free-flowing rooms and Finnish saunas in five.

• Private Spa Kurage

  

  Tamana, Kumamoto · 0968-79-7726

  Family bath east of Tamana Onsen with seven indoor-only rooms, free-flowing spring, and a large VIP room.

• Tamana Onsen Family Bath Jun no Toki Yugan

  

  Tamana, Kumamoto · 0968-73-1126

  Family bath in Tamana Onsen with fresh water each visit; all 10 different rooms have indoor and outdoor baths.

• Kusamakura Sanso Campsite

  

  Tamana, Kumamoto · 0968-82-4500

  Campsite on Kusamakura Onsen Tensui grounds, on terraced mandarin fields with Unzen sunsets, toilets, and a private sauna.