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Samata-no-yu (Kumamoto): Location, Nearest Station & Distance from Tokyo

Last updated: 2026-09-17

Samata-no-yu is a hot spring (onsen) area in Shimomashiki district, Kumamoto Prefecture. It is about 890 km from Tokyo Station and 490 km from Osaka Station in a straight line.

Samata-no-yu
Photo: アラツク, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
TypeHot spring
Name in Japanese石段の郷 佐俣の湯
LocationShimomashiki district, Kumamoto Prefecture
Nearest station (straight line)Ogawa Station – about 12.3 km
From Hakata Stationabout 114 km (straight line)
From Hiroshima Stationabout 250 km (straight line)
From Osaka Stationabout 490 km (straight line)
Established2013
Coordinates32.62375, 130.82264
MapOpen in Google Maps
Official websitehttps://samatanoyu-misato.jp/

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