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Nakatsugawaonsenkuarizōtoyubunesawa

Gifu · 中津川温泉クアリゾート湯舟沢

Nakatsugawaonsenkuarizōtoyubunesawa is a hot spring town in Gifu, Japan. The water leaves the ground at 37.4°C, comfortably warm. Officially the water is classed as bicarbonate spring. Its sources put out around 210 litres a minute. 1 inns take visitors here.

Getting there

From Nagoyaabout 1½ h

From Kyoto / Osakaabout 2 h

CarNot needed

JR PassCovers the train

1. Train to Nakatsugawa Station (JR)
2. Many inns send a car to the station — ask when you book

Fly into Chubu Centrair. Times are rough estimates worked out from station locations, not a timetable — check the exact route on Google Maps.

The water here

Bicarbonate spring 炭酸水素塩泉

Smooth, slightly slippery water. Often nicknamed bihada-no-yu, the water for beautiful skin.

More photographs

From Wikimedia Commons. Tap a photo for the photographer and licence.

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.

More on tattoos and onsen

Where to stay

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Hot spring towns nearby

Similar water elsewhere

Towns further away with the same kind of water — useful if this one is hard to reach or fully booked.

The numbers

Water temperature

37.4°C

Discharge

210 litres a minute

Inns

1

Address in Japanese

岐阜県中津川市神坂280番地

Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.

Where it is

35.5092, 137.5742 — open the map

Read more

Japanese Wikipedia