Kyukamura Ibusuki

Kyukamura Ibusuki is a lodging facility in Ibusuki City, Kagoshima Prefecture. Kyukamura facilities are stay-type resorts built within national parks or quasi-national parks, offering various activities. This one stands on Kinko Bay, and you can walk to Chiringashima island, visible nearby. A signature highlight is the sand bath hot spring, where you go into the sand and get buried to use it like a sauna. There are also open-air baths and reservable semi open-air baths, and day-use bathing is available. The hotel also has a footbath where you can soak while looking at the sea. Dinner is a half-buffet featuring carefully selected local ingredients, and breakfast is buffet-style with lots of sweets and fruits. You can even enjoy Kagoshima specialties like karukan and fukure-gashi from the morning. Activities such as sea kayaking and snorkeling are also available. Access: from JR Ibusuki-Makurazaki Line Ibusuki Station, take a car or bus and get off at the Kyukamura Ibusuki stop.