🌿 After Stories｜Healing and Prayer in Hioki City, Southern Kyushu – A journey to calm the soul with hot springs and pottery
**Hioki City** is located to the west of Kagoshima City.
It is known as a ``healing village'' in southern Satsuma, full of tranquility and warmth.
Famous as an ancient hot spring surrounded by magnificent natureFukiage Onsen Village、
And then there is the traditional craft town **Miyama**.
Both are places where you can feel the gentle culture of southern Kyushu, nurtured by "fire, earth, and water."
♨ Fukiage Onsenkyo – A time of “lukewarm” relaxing your mind and body
Fukiage Onsenkyo, located in the mountains, is a healing hot spring area that has been loved by many people since the Meiji period.
The water is colorless and transparent and has a soft texture, making it ideal for long baths.
Listening quietly in the steam,
The sounds of birds and the sound of the hot water intersect, giving you the feeling of ``time slowing down.''
This hot spring is warmed by the blessings of the volcano.
It is the healing essence of Nansatsu that truly symbolizes the “harmony of fire and water.”
🏺 Miyama - Art of warmth created by fire and soil
**Miyama** is located near Fukiage Onsen.
It has a history of over 400 years as the village of Satsuma ware.
The flame lit in the climbing kiln awakens the life in the soil,
Eventually, it will be reborn as a warm vessel.
The process is likenatural cycleAs if it had taken shape.
The prayers that potters put into each work are
It is filled with the desire to "calm the mind of the user."
💧 Hot Spring Water 99 - Bringing the gentleness of nature into your daily life
Hot spring water 99 gushes out through the Shirasu Plateau in Tarumi, Kagoshima.Natural alkaline ionized water (pH9.5)。
Its soft and clear taste calms the body from the inside out.
The power produced by fire and water,
And the wisdom of living together with nature.
The hot springs of Fukiage Onsen and the warmth of Miyama's ceramics.
Both have the same “power to heal from within” as Hot Spring Water 99.
🍃 Summary - The luxury of taking it easy
Hioki City is full of "quiet affluence" without flashiness.
A place where you can regain the ``time to get organized'' that you tend to forget in your busy days.
Listen to the sounds of nature,
Surrender yourself to the hot springs,
Devoting your heart to your handiwork.
For us today, it is
It may be the most luxurious form of healing.
This article is published as part of the "After Stories｜Healing and Prayer in Southern Kyushu" series.
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▶ Previous article: Makurazaki City – The power of life conveyed by the city of sea and fire
🕊 After Stories｜Healing and Prayer in Southern Kyushu - Series List
- Part 1: Minamikyushu City – A healing city of tea and prayer
- Part 2: Ibusuki City – A place of rebirth wrapped in steam and sand
- Part 3: Minamisatsuma City – A place where you can meet the sea breeze and the Cape of Prayer
- Part 4: Makurazaki City – The power of life conveyed by the city of sea and fire
- No. 5: Hioki City – Hot springs and pottery village, a journey to calm the soul
- No. 6: Kagoshima City – A city where water and fire exist together, overlooking Sakurajima
🌿 Discover Kagoshima Series by Onsensui99 – A journey through southern Kyushu of healing and prayer.
