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Kamoenai Onsen
Kamoenai Onsen is a hot spring town in Hokkaido, Japan. The water leaves the ground at 60.7°C, hot. It measures pH 7.7 — mildly alkaline, the slippery kind. Officially the water is classed as chloride spring. Its sources put out around 148 litres a minute.
The water here
Chloride spring
Salty water. The salt leaves a thin film on the skin, so you stay warm well after leaving the bath.
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
- 60.7°C
- pH
- 7.7 (mildly alkaline)
- Discharge
- 148 litres a minute
- Address in Japanese
- 北海道古宇郡神恵内村
Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.
Read more
Planning a first soak? Read how an onsen stay works, and what to do if you have tattoos.