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Raiden Onsen

Hokkaido · 雷電温泉

Raiden Onsen is a hot spring town in Hokkaido, Japan. The water leaves the ground at 54°C, hot. Officially the water is classed as sulfate spring.

Sulfate spring

The water here

Sulfate spring 硫酸塩泉

Clear water with a faintly bitter taste. Known for holding heat.

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Things to see nearby

Niseko Tokyu Grand HIRAFUSki area · 25 km
Mount IwaoMountain · 19.8 km
Niseko Moiwa Ski ResortSki area · 20.3 km

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.

Rooms with an open-air bath — HokkaidoInns with a private bath — Hokkaido

More on tattoos and onsen

Where to stay

Onsen inns — Iwanai Town

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Hot spring towns nearby

Asahi OnsenHokkaido · 朝日温泉2 km southeast
Sulfate springSulfur spring
Iwanai OnsenHokkaido · いわない温泉9.5 km east
Chloride springBicarbonate spring
Niseko Niimi OnsenHokkaido · ニセコ新見温泉12.7 km east
Chloride springSulfate spring
Niseko Yumoto OnsenHokkaido · ニセコ湯本温泉17 km east
Iron spring+2
Niseko Yakushi OnsenHokkaido · ニセコ薬師温泉18.6 km southeast
Chloride springIron spring
Niseko Konbu OnsenHokkaido · ニセコ昆布温泉20.2 km southeast
Chloride springBicarbonate spring

Similar water elsewhere

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

Yugashima OnsenShizuoka · 湯ヶ島温泉Also sulfate
Sulfate spring
Yamanaka OnsenIshikawa · 山中温泉Also sulfate
Sulfate spring
Hōshi OnsenGunma · 法師温泉Also sulfate
Sulfate spring
Hanamaki OnsenIwate · 花巻温泉Also sulfate
Sulfate spring
Nagareyama OnsenHokkaido · 流山温泉Also sulfate
Sulfate spring
Yutagawa OnsenYamagata · 湯田川温泉Also sulfate
Sulfate spring

The numbers

Water temperature
54°C
Address in Japanese
北海道岩内郡岩内町

Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.

Where it is

42.9242, 140.4028 — open the map

Read more

Japanese Wikipedia

Planning a first soak? Read how an onsen stay works, and what to do if you have tattoos.