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Ushitaki Onsen

Osaka · 牛滝温泉

Ushitaki Onsen is a hot spring town in Osaka, Japan. The water leaves the ground at 52.3°C, hot. Officially the water is classed as chloride spring. Its sources put out around 52 litres a minute.

Getting there

From Kyoto / Osakaabout 1½ h
CarNot needed
JR PassNot a JR line
  1. Train to Kishiwada Station
  2. Local bus

Fly into Kansai (KIX) or Itami. Times are rough estimates worked out from station locations, not a timetable — check the exact route on Google Maps.

Chloride spring

The water here

Chloride spring 塩化物泉

Salty water. The salt leaves a thin film on the skin, so you stay warm well after leaving the bath.

Things to see nearby

Kishiwada CastleCastle · 11.7 km
Mount Izumi KatsuragiMountain · 3.4 km
Kōon-ji TempleTemple · 5.6 km
Sefuku-ji TempleTemple · 6 km
Kubosō Memorial Museum of ArtsArt museum · 7.7 km
Mitami ShrineShrine · 11.5 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.

More on tattoos and onsen

Where to stay

Onsen inns — Kishiwada City

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Hot spring towns nearby

Okumizuma OnsenOsaka · 奥水間温泉4.3 km west
Chloride springBicarbonate spring
Inunakiyama OnsenOsaka · 犬鳴山温泉8 km southwest
Bicarbonate spring
Amami OnsenOsaka · 天見温泉13.5 km east
Radioactive spring
Nagano OnsenOsaka · 長野温泉14.1 km northeast
Chloride springCarbon dioxide spring
Yamanakadani OnsenOsaka · 山中渓温泉17.5 km west
Sulfur spring
Shigisan OnsenNara · 信貴山温泉32.6 km northeast
Simple spring

Similar water elsewhere

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

Lake Toya Hot SpringHokkaido · 洞爺湖温泉Also chloride
Chloride spring
Ōmaki OnsenToyama · 大牧温泉Also chloride
Chloride spring
Akayu OnsenNiigata · 赤湯温泉Also chloride
Chloride spring
Asarigawa OnsenHokkaido · 朝里川温泉Also chloride
Chloride spring
Yunokuchi OnsenMie · 湯ノ口温泉Also chloride
Chloride spring
Oga Onsen VillagesAkita · 男鹿温泉郷Also chloride
Chloride spring

The numbers

Water temperature
52.3°C
Discharge
52 litres a minute
Address in Japanese
大阪府岸和田市大沢町 {{Location map many | Japan Osaka Prefecture | relief = 1 | caption =

Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.

Where it is

34.3760, 135.4497 — 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.