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Tomada Onsen

Okayama · 苫田温泉

Tomada Onsen is a hot spring town in Okayama, Japan. The water leaves the ground at 22°C, cool enough that the baths here are usually reheated. Officially the water is classed as radioactive spring.

Getting there

From Kyoto / Osakaabout 1 h
CarNot needed
JR PassCovers the train
  1. Train to Okayama Station (Shinkansen)
  2. A short walk

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.

Radioactive spring

The water here

Radioactive spring 放射能泉

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

Things to see nearby

Okayama CastleCastle · 2.3 km
Okayama Prefectural Museum of ArtArt museum · 1.7 km
Kibitsu ShrineShrine · 6.1 km
Okayama Prefectural MuseumMuseum · 1.9 km
Bizen-no-Kuni SōjagūShrine · 4.3 km
Okayama-ji TempleTemple · 1.6 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 — OkayamaInns with a private bath — Okayama

More on tattoos and onsen

Where to stay

Onsen inns — Okayama City

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Hot spring towns nearby

KurashikiyugaonsenhoterusantōkaOkayama · 倉敷由加温泉20.5 km south
Radioactive spring
Washūzanfukiage OnsenOkayama · 鷲羽山吹上温泉28.1 km south
Radioactive spring
Shodoshima OnsenKagawa · 小豆島温泉32.4 km southeast
Simple spring+4
Aji OnsenKagawa · 庵治温泉36.9 km southeast
Radioactive spring
Hanajukai OnsenKagawa · 花樹海温泉38.5 km south
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.

Yuki OnsenHiroshima · 湯来温泉Also radioactive
Radioactive spring
Yunohana OnsenKyoto · 湯の花温泉Also radioactive
Radioactive spring
Nekodaki OnsenFukushima · 猫啼温泉Also radioactive
Radioactive spring
Deyu OnsenNiigata · 出湯温泉Also radioactive
Radioactive spring
Murasugi OnsenNiigata · 村杉温泉Also radioactive
Radioactive spring
Awakura OnsenOkayama · あわくら温泉Also radioactive
Radioactive spring

The numbers

Water temperature
22°C
Address in Japanese
岡山県岡山市北区 {{Location map many | Japan Okayama Prefecture | relief = 1 | caption =

Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.

Where it is

34.6779, 133.9164 — 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.