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Sekigane Onsen

Tottori · 関金温泉

Sekigane Onsen is a hot spring town in Tottori, Japan. The water leaves the ground at 40–62°C, hot. Officially the water is classed as radioactive spring. Its sources put out around 337 litres a minute. 5 inns take visitors here. About 23,410 people a year come to bathe.

Getting there

From Kyoto / Osakaabout 4 h

CarNot needed

JR PassCovers the train

1. Train to Kurayoshi Station (JR)
2. Local bus, about 35 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.

The water here

Radioactive spring 放射能泉

Contains trace radon that leaves the water quickly. Also called radium or radon springs.

More photographs

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

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.

More on tattoos and onsen

Where to stay

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Hot spring towns nearby

Similar water elsewhere

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

The numbers

Water temperature

40–62°C

Discharge

337 litres a minute

Inns

5

Visitors a year

23,410

Address in Japanese

鳥取県倉吉市関金町関金宿

Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.

Where it is

35.3625, 133.7628 — open the map

Read more

Japanese Wikipedia