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Umegashimakon'ya Onsen

Shizuoka · 梅ヶ島コンヤ温泉

Umegashimakon'ya Onsen is a hot spring town in Shizuoka, Japan. The water leaves the ground at 31.7°C, cool enough that the baths here are usually reheated. It measures pH 10.3 — strongly alkaline. Officially the water is classed as sulfur spring. Its sources put out around 174 litres a minute. 4 inns take visitors here with room for about 90 guests.

Getting there

From Tokyoabout 3 h
CarNot needed
JR PassCovers the train
  1. Train to Shizuoka Station (Shinkansen)
  2. Local bus, about 90 min

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

Sulfur spring

The water here

Sulfur spring 硫黄泉

The classic rotten-egg smell and milky white water. It can tarnish silver jewellery, so take it off.

Things to see nearby

Abe Great FallsWaterfall · 4.7 km
Mount JūmaiMountain · 5.3 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 — ShizuokaInns with a private bath — Shizuoka

More on tattoos and onsen

Where to stay

Onsen inns — Shizuoka

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Hot spring towns nearby

Umegashima OnsenShizuoka · 梅ヶ島温泉4.5 km north
Sulfur spring
Jūmaisō OnsenYamanashi · 十枚荘温泉9.4 km east
Chloride spring
Nanbuarukadeia OnsenYamanashi · 南部アルカディア温泉13 km east
Simple spring
Amehatako OnsenYamanashi · 雨畑湖温泉15.6 km north
Sulfur spring
Sanogawa OnsenYamanashi · 佐野川温泉17.2 km east
Sulfur spring
Sumatakyō OnsenShizuoka · 寸又峡温泉20.9 km southwest
Sulfur spring

Similar water elsewhere

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

Yokokawa OnsenIbaraki · 横川温泉Also sulfur, similar pH
Sulfur spring
Kurami OnsenShizuoka · 倉真温泉Also sulfur, similar pH
Sulfur spring
Kamegai OnsenToyama · 亀谷温泉Also sulfur, similar pH
Sulfur spring
Tsurugatonneru OnsenFukui · 敦賀トンネル温泉Also sulfur, similar pH
Sulfur spring
Onneyu OnsenHokkaido · 温根湯温泉Also sulfur, similar pH
Sulfur spring
Rushin OnsenHokkaido · 留真温泉Also sulfur, similar pH
Sulfur spring

The numbers

Water temperature
31.7°C
pH
10.3 (strongly alkaline)
Discharge
174 litres a minute
Inns
4
Guest capacity
90
Address in Japanese
{{Location map | Japan Shizuoka

Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.

Where it is

35.2655, 138.3211 — 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.