Rōsoku Onsen
Rōsoku Onsen is a hot spring town in Gifu, Japan. The water leaves the ground at 13°C, cool enough that the baths here are usually reheated. It measures pH 6.8 — close to neutral. Officially the water is classed as radioactive spring. 1 inns take visitors here.
Getting there
- Train to Ena Station (JR)
- Many inns send a car to the station — ask when you book
The water here
Radioactive spring
Contains trace radon that leaves the water quickly. Also called radium or radon springs.
Things to see nearby
Places from Wikidata, photographs from Wikimedia Commons. Distances are in a straight line from the town.
With tattoos
Many public baths still turn away visible tattoos, and the rule is set by each bath, not by the town. The reliable way round it is to bathe privately: a room with its own open-air bath, or an inn with a private bath you can book for yourselves.
Where to stay
Hot spring towns nearby
Similar water elsewhere
The numbers
- Water temperature
- 13°C
- pH
- 6.8 (close to neutral)
- Inns
- 1
- Address in Japanese
- 岐阜県中津川市 {{Location map many | Japan Gifu Prefecture | relief = 1 | caption = | w
Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.
Where it is
35.5142, 137.4244 — open the map
Read more
Planning a first soak? Read how an onsen stay works, and what to do if you have tattoos.