Ureshino

Ureshino (嬉野市) is a city known for hot springs in Saga Prefecture, Japan.

Yoshida Hyakunen-zakura

Understand

Tourist information sites

• The city government's official site has a Japanese-only tourism section with integrated Google Translate.
• The Onsen area's tourist association has a Japanese-only guide site with integrated Google Translate. By the way, the Onsen-looking kid on the banner and the favicon of the website is the city's official mascot, Yutsurakun (ゆっつらくん). You will see him in Ureshino.

Get in

• 1 Ureshino Onsen Station (嬉野温泉駅). This is a stop on the Nishi-Kyushu Shinkansen. It is an isolated station with no connections to any JR Lines. By bus, it can be reached from Takeo-Onsen Station in Takeo or Hizen-Kashima Station in Kashima. Some Fukuoka-Nagasaki buses also stop here. (updated Jul 2024)

See

• 1 Yoshida Hyakunen-zakura (吉田の百年桜, 納戸料の百年桜, Nandoryo no Hyakunen Sakura), ☏ 嬉野町大字下野甲716-1FORMATNOCC. A tree lives a hundred years. (updated Dec 2024)
• 2 Hizen Yume Kaido (元祖忍者村 肥前夢街道), ☏ 嬉野町大字下野甲716-1FORMATNOCC. M, W-F 9:30 – 16:00; Sa, Su, holidays 9:30 - 17:00. A theme park of ninjas. If you visit Ureshino and your children are interested in ninjas, it won't hurt to visit the park. ¥600 for children, ¥1,100 for adults. (updated Dec 2024)
• 3 Toyotamahime Shrine (豊玉姫神社), ☏ 嬉野町大字下宿乙2231-2FORMATNOCC. A small shrine worships Toyotamahime. There's a white statue called Namasu, which says that you will have beautiful skin if you touch the statue. (updated Dec 2024)

Do

• 1 Siebold no Yu (シーボルトの湯), ☏ +81 954-43-1426. Th-Tu 06:00-22:00. A public bath. ¥220 for children, ¥450 for adults, ¥340 for elders. (updated Dec 2024)

Sleep

There are plenty of ryokans to choose from, as the town is famous for hot springs. Travellers can expect hot springs in a ryokan.

• 1 Wataya Besso (和多屋別荘), 738 Shimoshuku Otsu, Ureshino-cho (嬉野町下宿乙738), ☏ +81 954-42-0210, fax: +81 954-42-0108. Check-in: 15:00, check-out: 10:00. The 118-room ryokan has 20,000 Pyeong (66,116 m² (711,670 ft²)). It has a museum, a library, Japanese traditional experience programs, and many other leisure facilities. Four restaurants and a bar in the hotel serve different cuisines at different times. No shuttles from any sites. Visitors should come to the ryokan by themselves. ¥12,000~¥36,000. (updated Dec 2024)

Go next

• Takeo
• Kashima
• Omura
• Hasami
• Kawatana
• Higashisonosogi
• Shiroishi
• Isahaya
• Arita

Routes through Ureshino

Saga ← Takeo ←

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→ Nagasaki