Photo: Miyuki Meinaka · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Arakuji Hot spring

Mie · 有久寺温泉

Arakuji Hot spring is a hot spring town in Mie, Japan. The water leaves the ground at 24°C, cool enough that the baths here are usually reheated. Officially the water is classed as sulfur spring.

Getting there

From Nagoyaabout 3 h

From Kyoto / Osakaabout 3 h

CarNot needed

JR PassCovers the train

Train to Kii-Nagashima Station (JR)
Local bus

Fly into Chubu Centrair. 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.

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.

Rooms with an open-air bath — Kihoku Town Inns with a private bath — Mie