Ryokan in Kurokawa Onsen
黒川温泉A small hot-spring village in a wooded valley north of Mount Aso, where a wooden pass (nyuto tegata) lets guests use the outdoor baths of three ryokan. Direct buses from Fukuoka take about three hours, a few times a day; the other way in is by train to Hita and a 70-minute bus.
Kurokawa Onsen through the year
Spring春
March to May
Cherry trees flower in early April, and everything else seems to open with them.
Summer夏
June to August
The trees grow thick over the village; on summer evenings the higurashi cicadas call.
Autumn秋
September to November
From mid-October the leaves begin to turn, and they colour the village until late November.
Winter冬
December to March
From late December to the end of March, the Yuakari lights the village after dark with bamboo and paper lanterns.
The ryokan
Listed stays
28 approved listings · 28 total in Kurokawa Onsen
Photo credits
veroyama, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Flickr