Himiko Roman-no-yu

卑弥呼ロマンの湯ひみこロマンのゆ

Other
Kyushu & Okinawa·Fukuoka

Day Use

Yes

Bathing & Water

Natural onsen water

Uses natural hot spring water

卑弥呼ロマンの湯

Himiko Roman-no-yu Spring

Operated by · 朝倉市

Simple
Color
colorless and clear
Taste
tasteless
Odor
faint hydrogen sulfide

Sodium Chloride-Carbonate spring

pH 9.4AlkalineHot source · 48°CHigh silicaTop-decile alkaline
Composition fingerprint0.3 g/kg dissolved · Hypotonic
Na⁺98
Cl⁻42
CO₃²⁻33
CationsAnions
Sodium Na⁺
salt's cation — pairs with chloride to make the water salty.
Chloride Cl⁻
table-salt anion — coats the skin and holds heat in.
Known good for
  • Aches & jointsstiff shoulders
  • Smooth skindry, rough skin
  • Recoveryfatigue, stress

A hot (47.6 °C) alkaline simple thermal spring. At pH 9.44 the water has the slippery, skin-smoothing feel of Japan's beauty-water family. Mineralization is light at 350 mg/kg, but a generous 58.7 mg/kg of metasilicic acid leaves the kind of silica film that makes skin feel noticeably smoother afterwards. A faint hydrogen sulfide note hangs over the bath.

Sampled at wellhead·Analyzed Nov 8, 2022·株式会社CRC食品環境衛生研究所·Cert no. W202235573-001-ACE

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Sergey M
1 year ago

397. Himiko Roman-no-yu, Asakura, Fukuoka Onsen for 530. Operating hours stated as 10:00 to 21:30 (closed Mondays). They stamp the 88 Onsen of Kyushu book. Has a restaurant, a small gym, a stage, a gift shop, event rooms, and a hyperbaric chamber. Bath photos from the internet match reality. There's only an indoor bath zone. Breathing inside is fine, with a slight proper sulfurous onsen smell. 1. Bath with clear water, temperature 41-42. 2. Bath with clear slightly bluish water, slightly carbonated. Temperature 37-38. 3. Two utaseyu (waterfall showers). The baths are modest, but the interior is impressively spacious and has a great old-school atmosphere. Very popular with local elderly folks — it's turned into a kind of community club for them.