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Settsukyo Hot Spring

Osaka · 摂津峡温泉

Settsukyo Hot Spring is a hot spring town in Osaka, Japan. The water leaves the ground at 21–42°C, hot. Officially the water is classed as bicarbonate spring.

Getting there

From Kyoto / Osakaabout 1 h
CarNot needed
JR PassCovers the train
  1. Train to Takatsuki Station (JR)
  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.

Bicarbonate spring

The water here

Bicarbonate spring 炭酸水素塩泉

Smooth, slightly slippery water. Often nicknamed bihada-no-yu, the water for beautiful skin.

More photographs

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

Things to see nearby

Osaka CastleCastle · 21.4 km
Iwashimizu HachimangūShrine · 10 km
ArashiyamaMountain · 16.7 km
Katsuō-ji TempleTemple · 9.1 km
Kabusan-ji TempleTemple · 3.3 km
Minase JingūShrine · 7.7 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 — Takatsuki City

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Hot spring towns nearby

Takatsukikashida OnsenOsaka · 高槻樫田温泉7.8 km north
Simple spring
Minoh OnsenOsaka · 箕面温泉11.7 km west
Chloride springBicarbonate spring
Kyōtotakenosato OnsenKyoto · 京都竹の郷温泉12.9 km northeast
Simple springBicarbonate spring
Fushio OnsenOsaka · 伏尾温泉13.6 km west
Radioactive spring
Arashiyama OnsenKyoto · 嵐山温泉17.5 km northeast
Simple spring
Yunohana OnsenKyoto · 湯の花温泉17.9 km northwest
Radioactive spring

Similar water elsewhere

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

Takeo OnsenSaga · 武雄温泉Also bicarbonate
Bicarbonate spring
Shiobitashi OnsenKagoshima · 塩浸温泉Also bicarbonate
Bicarbonate spring
Kitagō OnsenMiyazaki · 北郷温泉Also bicarbonate
Bicarbonate spring
Sasakura OnsenNiigata · 笹倉温泉Also bicarbonate
Bicarbonate spring
Ukenokuchi OnsenOita · 筌の口温泉Also bicarbonate
Bicarbonate spring
Kōfu OnsenYamanashi · 甲府温泉Also bicarbonate
Bicarbonate spring

The numbers

Water temperature
21–42°C
Address in Japanese
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Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.

Where it is

34.8725, 135.5903 — 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.