【タイムスリップ】宿場町のレトロな温泉街と神秘的な秘境の絶景を巡る旅。熊本県山鹿市「山鹿温泉」と観光スポット

【タイムスリップ】宿場町のレトロな温泉街と神秘的な秘境の絶景を巡る旅。熊本県山鹿市「山鹿温泉」と観光スポット

A post town on the Buzen Kaido. A hot spring area boasting a history of about 800 years. Yamaga Onsen, a post town on the Buzen Kaido. Press the subtitle button or CC button to enjoy the full subtitles. Hello everyone, this is Watatabi. This time, I’m heading to Yamaga Onsen in Kumamoto Prefecture, which is said to be the birthplace of “family baths.” I think it’s a hot spring area that is irresistible for those who like post towns and retro. The location is Yamaga City in the northern part of Kumamoto Prefecture . The hot springs spring up in the center of Yamaga City, and it is a hot spring area where you can also enjoy the entertainment district. It’s been a long time since I’ve visited a post town, as well as a hot spring. Yamaga City flourished as a hot spring and post town, but its rich nature is also one of its attractions. We have arrived. This is a post town on the Buzen Kaido in Yamaga City. It has been designated as a Japanese Heritage Site because the historic townscape still remains. There are quite a few hot springs around here, so I would like to take a stroll around the town and take a bath in a hot spring. For now, I would like to see what the townscape is like. Yamaga flourished as a post town and cultural center, and the townscape still retains a dignified presence. The road that starts from Kumamoto and heads north, passing through Ueki-cho and Nankan-cho to Buzen and Kokura, is called the “Buzen Kaido.” It flourished as a route for alternate attendance and as a post town for feudal lord processions, and local industries and cultures developed there. It is said that in 1157, the hot springs were discovered when a wounded deer was seen bathing in the hot springs to heal its wounds. There are many restaurants and other establishments. It is 5am, so there are hardly any people around. The shops are not open, though. There are quite a few shops, so I think it would be quite lively during the day. I came out onto the main street. It looks like this. If you go straight ahead, the townscape continues. It seems that Yamaga has the largest chestnut production in western Japan. It seems to be called “Yamaga Japanese chestnut.” This is Yamaga Onsen’s “Sakurayu.” It was founded about 370 years ago when the first lord of the Higo Hosokawa clan liked the hot spring and built it as a lodging facility. It was demolished in 1973. This building was rebuilt in 2012. It is said to be one of the largest wooden hot springs in Kyushu. It is open, and customers are coming in one after another. There are many customers, so I would like to come back later. There is a lot of traffic. This looks like a foot bath. It is 6am, but it is not open now. And here is Kumamon. This is a guide map of the area, and it seems that in addition to Yamaga Onsen, there are also Kikuchi Onsen and Tamana Onsen. There are quite a lot of tourist attractions. This is the “Yachiyoza”. It is a theater built by a Yamaga merchant in 1910, Meiji 43, and is a playhouse that still carries the style of a kabuki theater from the Edo period. It looks like the inside is like this. Amazing. If you want to go in, customers will come in one after another, so I would like to come around noon when there are fewer customers. So I would like to go to the tourist spots around here. By the way, I parked in this parking lot. It’s 100 yen for 50 minutes. I’m heading to a place called “Iwakumayama Kiridoshi”. Iwakumayama Kiridoshi is about 17 minutes by car from Yamaga Onsen. The Kiridoshi is on the road right next to this shrine. It seems to be here. I actually drove past Iwakumayama Kiridoshi earlier… I thought it was a bit of a strange place, but when you actually stand here, it’s quite mystical. I was overwhelmed by the steep rock walls. There’s a bamboo forest on top. There are a lot of Jizo statues lined up here. There are a lot of stone monuments. It’s quite old. Eiroku 2 → 1559 This one is headless. A man named Matsumoto Chohei was a very religious man and made 88 stone Buddha statues. It is said that the Jizo statues lined up over there may be one of the 88 stone Buddha statues. It seems that this monument was made in 1915. There is a road over here, but what is there? Let’s go for a bit… It’s really old, isn’t it… There are some tire tracks, but where does it lead? This is open. There is nothing. The road ends here. There is also a road over here. Ah! Is this road also a road? Let’s go for a bit. It doesn’t seem like people go there. It’s full of spider webs. Ah, but it seems to end here. What is this place… It feels like there was a road ahead, but it’s so overgrown that I can’t go. I turned back. I looked at Google Maps and there was a single ruin-like house ahead. Further in, it seems that there used to be a castle. It says “Kino Castle Site”. I don’t know if it’s read as “Kinojoshi”. It’s information from Google Maps, so I don’t know if it’s true or not. (It was true) Is this on the camera? There is a fox. Oh, it ran away… There was a fox. It’s pretty big. There are a lot of mysterious insects. Like flying water striders. I thought it was shabby, but it was surprisingly impressive… There’s nothing special about it, but it felt like an otherworldly place. We head to our next destination. There seems to be a scenic view point from about 8km from here where you can get a panoramic view of the city, so we head in that direction. It looks like we’ll be climbing from here. It’s so narrow. We’re climbing up some amazing place. The road is rough. Wow! Amazing view! Amazing! We’re going up and up. The road is getting narrower and narrower. We’re hitting the grass and trees because the car is so high. The road isn’t very good. No good… The view from the rearview camera was amazing. Have we arrived? This is it! Amazing! This rock is even more amazing than the view! Fudo Rock? There is a proper parking lot. You can park 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6… 7 cars. We arrived at a place called Fudo Rock. There are rocks here called Maefudo, Nakafudo, and Atofudo. There is a toilet at the edge of the parking lot. It’s a bit unusual. The view is amazing, but I’ll show it to you later. This is Fudo Rock. It’s a short walk from the parking lot. This is Maefudo… it’s amazing, how many meters tall is it? In front of Fudo Rock is… a shrine? It looks like Fudo Shrine. There is a donation box on top of the torii gate. Can you put your offering in it properly? I’ll try it later. The view is like this. It’s amazing. You can see the whole city. Fudo Rock protrudes from the middle of the mountain at an altitude of 389m to the top, and the rock is about 80m high and 100m in circumference. Fudo Rock was formed from metagabbro from the Paleozoic Era (Ordovician period) more than 500 million years ago, when the shape of the Japanese archipelago had not yet been formed. Metagabbro has been broken down and eroded over the years into pebbles, which pile up thickly on the seabed and become a huge boulder under strong pressure. The edge of the rock was scraped away, forming the “pebbles rock” mentioned in the lyrics of the national anthem “Kimigayo.” It is also popular as a power spot, and at night you can enjoy the stars and the night view of the village. How far can you see? I don’t know the area, so I don’t know where anything is. I think that area is probably a post town. Oh, maybe this way? Which way? Well, you can see it all like this. It’s a little far, but I’ll give it a try. No good… I got in! I managed to get in on the third try. There is a place to climb up this side of Fudo Shrine. No, I didn’t climb it, but if you’re interested, please climb it. I don’t know where it will lead to, though. lol You can see the view better from the parking lot. It’s the road that goes up from before, but it seems that there is a shrine called Konpira Shrine up ahead, and it might be connected to it. There is a separate parking lot for Konpira Shrine, so I’d like to go that way. I’m heading towards Konpira Shrine. It’s 4 minutes from here to the parking lot. I came from the road on the left earlier, but I’ll keep going. It’s pitch black. The road is bad. It’s a really bad road. I’ve arrived. It’s up here. The parking lot is quite large. I’ve arrived. The atmosphere is completely different from before. It feels a bit mystical. The shrine is above. Let’s go. This stone monument looks very old. It looks like this. Beyond this torii gate and further back there is a building. There is something like a cave. Is it called Ana Kannon? Oh, it’s amazing. Something is enshrined in the back. It seems to be a famous shrine as a power spot, but even after researching, I couldn’t find any definite history or information. Konpira Shrine Miyajidake Shrine I wonder when this shrine was established. This stone lantern has also collapsed. The tiles seem to be the same as they were back then. It looks like it will collapse due to aging. It’s a very atmospheric place. The building itself seems new. It was a very mystical shrine. Now I’d like to go to the hot spring. It seems to be a very well-received hot spring, so I’m looking forward to it. I’ve come to Sakurayu in Yamaga Onsen. I would like to take a bath here. It is a hot spring with a natural hot spring. It is open from 6am to midnight, and the bathing fee is 350 yen. I’m a JAF member, so I can enter for 300 yen. This is the drinking fountain. It seems like you can drink it. It’s pretty lukewarm. It smells a bit like rotten eggs. This is the hot spring information room. In front of Sakurayu is Yakushido. It’s next to the reception, but there’s some kind of building. It seems like you can freely look around here, so I’ll go. There’s a hot spring here. There are lockers too. This is… Is it called “Ryu no Yu”? Is it called “Tatsu no Yu”? During the Edo period, “Gozen no Yu” used by the lord of Higo Hosokawa to bathe, and it’s amazing . There’s a dragon painted on it. There seems to be a shower here. There’s no sign that bathing is prohibited, so is it okay to go in? Well, I don’t have the courage to go in. This is “Ikenoma”. There’s some exhibits. There’s history written on it. It’s the history of Sakurayu. There are pictures and explanations written to make it easier to understand. It’s open from 6am to midnight. I’m going in. I went in. The water was very slippery. (Alkaline simple hot spring, ph value 9.62) The spring temperature is 40 degrees, so you can soak in it for a long time. Air bubbles will stick to your body. There is no shampoo or conditioner provided, so you need to bring your own or buy them inside. Lockers cost 10 yen. The inside of the building looks like this. The men’s bath looked like this. The hot spring is right next to the changing room, and there were many showers to the right. I won’t go there this time, but it seems there is a hot spring information room on the second floor. Let’s go. It’s so hot. It’s 29 degrees outside. Yesterday it was 21 degrees. When I was driving around here, I saw many restaurants called “Udon West” and I was curious, so I decided to go. We arrived. Besides udon, there was also motsunabe and other dishes, which were only 390 yen and incredibly cheap. There were motsunabe and other snacks. There were a lot of things like tamagoyaki, satsumaage, fried shrimp, and chicken wings. There are a lot of menu items. I chose this. I ordered the Kakiage Donburi Set, and for an additional 100 yen I got cold udon. This is the most popular dish in this restaurant, the Kakiage Set Meal…I forgot the name though. It looks like a “Kakiage Donburi Set”. Wow, the udon is so shiny. I ate it. It was really delicious. The udon is very chewy, but even within the chewy texture there is a bit of a chewiness. It doesn’t have the chewiness of Shikoku udon. There was a unique roadside station nearby, so I decided to go there. I arrived. This is a roadside station called “Shichijo Melon Dome”. There are many melon ornaments. The melon bread was sold out. “Ikinari Dango”…it’s not a dango, is it? What is this? A dango? It seems to have bean paste inside. It’s only 4 o’clock, but almost everything is half price. There is also a fish shop. Is this a restaurant? Melon somen, melon cheesecake, and this is melon agar jelly. Oh, it’s all melon! There are also melon bussees and melon assortments. They sell melons. Two for 3,500 yen. I don’t know if they’re cheap or expensive. As expected from Kumamoto. They also sell watermelons. They’re huge. I bought a melon soft serve ice cream. It’s like a sorbet. They poured it in so fast. It’s definitely melon. It’s like eating melon. It’s frozen melon in it. (Flesh) That’s why it tastes so much like melon. It’s really delicious. I wonder if it’s a Kumamoto specialty? I bought some dumplings called “Ikinari Dango”. They’re warm. I’ll try them. Sorry for the teeth marks. There’s bean paste and sweet potato inside, and they’re really delicious! It looked… sorry, it didn’t look very appetizing, but it was really delicious when I ate it. I recommend this, it’s really delicious. It may be different depending on where you buy it, but the Ikinari Dango at this roadside station is incredibly delicious. If you come to this roadside station, please try some. They sell them here. They were closed, but I wanted to try them. The restaurant was open until 2 o’clock. I bought the melon cider that is only available at this roadside station. Something like a melon has settled. Is it visible? So, I’m going to head in the right direction now. See you in the next video! Thank you for watching until the end.

今回は家族湯発祥の地といわれる熊本県山鹿市にある山鹿温泉を訪れます。
宿場町として栄えた街で、文化や歴史が色濃く残る温泉街です。

▶︎今回訪れた温泉
熊本県山鹿温泉「さくらの湯」
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【チャプター】
0:00 オープニング
0:55 山鹿温泉へ
2:03 宿場町のレトロな街並み
5:16 温泉街を散策
7:45 岩隈山の切り通し
12:54 不動岩
20:55 金毘羅神社
23:26 山鹿温泉「さくら湯」
27:38 うどんウエスト
29:32 道の駅「七城メロンドーム」

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