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Yunoyama Onsen

Mie · 湯の山温泉

Yunoyama Onsen is a hot spring town in Mie, Japan. Officially the water is classed as radioactive spring. About 2.25 million people a year come to bathe.

Getting there

From Nagoyaabout 1½ h

From Kyoto / Osakaabout 2 h

CarNot needed

JR PassNot a JR line

1. Train to Yunoyama-Onsen Station
2. Local bus, about 10 min

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

Radioactive spring 放射能泉

Contains trace radon that leaves the water quickly. Also called radium or radon springs.

More photographs

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

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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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

Visitors a year

2,248,070

Address in Japanese

三重県三重郡菰野町

Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.

Read more

English Wikipedia · Japanese Wikipedia

Other towns in Mie