湯らっくす

"Yurax" is very famous in the sauna community. This place is said to be the holy land of the west in Japan, therefore there were a lot of cars parked with license plates from outside of Kumamoto prefecture. The cold bath after sauna is particularly unique! When you press the button, water falls on your head directly like a waterfall, it definitely feels super amazing!

A very nice facility, with great staff, very good restaurant and even the sleeping area is quite, clean and cosy. But in the bath, lots of men go straight from the sauna, full sweating, to the bath. And that is honestly disgusting. The staff was around and said nothing. A shame as it's a great place otherwise. Maybe put bigger signs or be stricter as it's not good. Thanks for having me anyway.

I went on a weekday evening for the sauna experience. Not only do they have two sauna rooms (one with a TV and bigger and one meditation sauna which was smaller and quiet). I enjoyed them both.

Well this YuRelax onsen was the best out of a few I reviewed in Kumamoto, and wow!!! No wonder Rakuten Travel ranked it #1 status. Huge main pool (circular) with fountain in the middle (of the womens of course), 3 other pools, inc. Outdoor air and sky view, linear spa jet pool and rectangular cold plunge pool too, huge womens change room with lots of lockers and hair dryers for each lady with seats and mirrors to match! As long as you manage to be lucky and go at a non peak time like 3pm on a Thursday, you will absolutely love it.. Sure it doesn’t have the 1000 years of history like Dogo Onsen, but if you really want a great natural spring water onsen, this has to be it!! And its accessible via a short JR train ride or Taxi depending on where u r staying!!!!!👍👍👍👍

For over a year now I’ve been onsening almost weekly sometimes visiting two different onsens in the same day. From hotel spas to private baths to super duper sentos, I’ve enjoyed all levels of onsens. But this past week, I was at a loss for words with what i experienced at Yulax. With two decks of options, the first being the bathing area and the second level housing the restaurant, resting area, reading area and here’s where it blew my mind…it had TWO yoga rooms and capsule hotel like dormitories! Had I known how to read in Japanese I would’ve booked a full stay here, this place is open 24 hours a day! We spent 4 hours here and I could easily stay here for a week! But my favorite experience was the ryoryu, we came on Christmas Eve and they blasted holiday songs as we were being scorched with the heated steam! It was a damn party in there! Such a fun and relaxing time, I’m about to become a regular!