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Iwai Onsen
Iwai Onsen is a hot spring town in Tottori, Japan. The water leaves the ground at 50°C, hot. Officially the water is classed as sulfate spring. 3 inns take visitors here. About 12,249 people a year come to bathe.
Getting there
- Train to Iwami Station (JR)
- Local bus, about 10 min
The water here
Sulfate spring
Clear water with a faintly bitter taste. Known for holding heat.
More photographs
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Things to see nearby
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.
Where to stay
Hot spring towns nearby
Similar water elsewhere
The numbers
- Water temperature
- 50°C
- Inns
- 3
- Visitors a year
- 12,249
- Address in Japanese
- 鳥取県岩美郡岩美町 {{Location map many | Japan Tottori Prefecture | relief = 1 | caption
Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.
Where it is
35.5552, 134.3629 — open the map
Read more
Planning a first soak? Read how an onsen stay works, and what to do if you have tattoos.