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Tsubaki Onsen

Wakayama · 椿温泉

Tsubaki Onsen is a hot spring town in Wakayama, Japan. Officially the water is classed as sulfur spring. 8 inns take visitors here.

Getting there

From Kyoto / Osakaabout 3 h
CarNot needed
JR PassCovers the train
  1. Train to Tsubaki Station (JR)
  2. Walk, about 30 min

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.

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.

Things to see nearby

Tanabe CastleCastle · 14 km
ShirarahamaBeach · 9.8 km
Haso FallsWaterfall · 9.4 km
Tanabe City Museum of ArtArt museum · 10.5 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.

Rooms with an open-air bath — Shirahama TownInns with a private bath — Shirahama Town

More on tattoos and onsen

Where to stay

Onsen inns — Shirahama Town

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Hot spring towns nearby

Nanki-Shirahama OnsenWakayama · 南紀白浜温泉8 km north
Chloride spring+2
Yunohana OnsenWakayama · 湯の花温泉27.4 km east
Sulfur spring
Okukumano OnsenWakayama · 奥熊野温泉31.7 km northeast
Bicarbonate spring

Similar water elsewhere

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

Takayu OnsenFukushima · 高湯温泉Also sulfur
Sulfur spring
Nikkō Yumoto OnsenTochigi · 日光湯元温泉Also sulfur
Sulfur spring
Sounkyo OnsenHokkaido · 層雲峡温泉Also sulfur
Sulfur spring
Iwate Morioka Tsunagi Hot SpringIwate · 盛岡つなぎ温泉Also sulfur
Sulfur spring
Tokusa OnsenFukushima · 木賊温泉Also sulfur
Sulfur spring
Umegashima OnsenShizuoka · 梅ヶ島温泉Also sulfur
Sulfur spring

The numbers

Inns
8
Address in Japanese
和歌山県西牟婁郡白浜町椿

Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.

Where it is

33.6037, 135.3903 — 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.