Overview
A bath in a basin ringed by hills. Recorded in Kamakura-period writings, it has over 800 years of history, and Takamori Saigo favoured it.
About this place
A hot spring village in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. About 12 km from the city center, in a small basin surrounded by mountains on all sides, it has a history of more than 800 years recorded even in books from the Kamakura period. It is said to have been favored by Saigo Takamori and was selected in 1990 (Heisei 2) as one of the 100 Famous Hot Springs of Japan, and the Sendai Takajo Onsen Yoka-yu Council, made up of local hot spring inns, holds events.
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