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Okukumano Onsen

Wakayama · 奥熊野温泉

Okukumano Onsen is a hot spring town in Wakayama, Japan. Officially the water is classed as bicarbonate spring.

Getting there

From Kyoto / Osakaabout 3 h
CarNot needed
JR PassCovers the train
  1. Train to Kii-Tanabe 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.

Things to see nearby

Kumanokodo Nakahechi Museum of ArtArt museum · 1 km
Hosshinmon Ōji ShrineShrine · 11 km
Takijiri Ōji ShrineShrine · 11.3 km
Tanabe CastleCastle · 24 kmMount ŌtōMountain · 14 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 — WakayamaInns with a private bath — Wakayama

More on tattoos and onsen

Where to stay

Onsen inns — Tanabe City

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Hot spring towns nearby

Yunomine OnsenWakayama · 湯の峰温泉13.4 km east
Chloride spring+2
Wataze OnsenWakayama · 渡瀬温泉14.2 km east
Chloride springBicarbonate spring
Kawayu onsenWakayama · 川湯温泉15 km east
Chloride springBicarbonate spring
Ryūjin OnsenWakayama · 龍神温泉15.8 km north
Chloride spring+2
Kamiyu OnsenNara · 上湯温泉16.7 km northeast
Bicarbonate springSulfur spring
Yunohana OnsenWakayama · 湯の花温泉25.3 km south
Sulfur spring

Similar water elsewhere

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

Tsunashima OnsenKanagawa · 綱島温泉Also bicarbonate
Bicarbonate spring
Takeo OnsenSaga · 武雄温泉Also bicarbonate
Bicarbonate spring
Yunō OnsenKagoshima · 湯之尾温泉Also bicarbonate
Bicarbonate spring
Tateyama OnsenToyama · 立山温泉Also bicarbonate
Bicarbonate spring
Nitchū OnsenFukushima · 日中温泉Also bicarbonate
Bicarbonate spring
Yabuzuka OnsenGunma · 藪塚温泉Also bicarbonate
Bicarbonate spring

The numbers

Address in Japanese
和歌山県田辺市中辺路町近露 {{Location map many | Japan Wakayama Prefecture | relief = 1 | cap

Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.

Where it is

33.8206, 135.6129 — 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.