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Kurashikiyugaonsenhoterusantōka

Okayama · 倉敷由加温泉

Kurashikiyugaonsenhoterusantōka is a hot spring town in Okayama, Japan. The water leaves the ground at 18.8°C, cool enough that the baths here are usually reheated. It measures pH 6.7 — close to neutral. Officially the water is classed as radioactive spring. 1 inns take visitors here.

Getting there

From Kyoto / Osakaabout 2 h
CarTaxi from the station
JR PassCovers the train
  1. Train to Kurashiki Station (JR)
  2. By car or taxi, 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.

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 · 19.9 km
Ohara Museum of ArtArt museum · 12.7 km
Rendai-ji Temple (Kurashiki)Temple · 0.5 km
Yuga ShrineShrine · 0.5 km
Washuzan HillMountain · 8.1 km
Goryu-sonryu-in TempleTemple · 4.7 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 — Kurashiki City

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Hot spring towns nearby

Washūzanfukiage OnsenOkayama · 鷲羽山吹上温泉7.8 km southwest
Radioactive spring
Tomada OnsenOkayama · 苫田温泉20.5 km north
Radioactive spring
Hanajukai OnsenKagawa · 花樹海温泉23.9 km southeast
Bicarbonate spring
Aji OnsenKagawa · 庵治温泉28.2 km southeast
Radioactive spring
Shodoshima OnsenKagawa · 小豆島温泉30.8 km east
Simple spring+4
Konpira OnsenkyōKagawa · こんぴら温泉郷34.9 km south
Chloride spring

Similar water elsewhere

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

Yuba OnsenOkayama · 湯迫温泉Also radioactive, similar pH
Radioactive spring
Ishikiri OnsenOsaka · 石切温泉Also radioactive, similar pH
Radioactive spring
Rōsoku OnsenGifu · ローソク温泉Also radioactive, similar pH
Radioactive spring
Yusaka Onsen VillagesHiroshima · 湯坂温泉郷Also radioactive, similar pH
Radioactive spring
Kintaikyō OnsenYamaguchi · 錦帯橋温泉Also radioactive, similar pH
Radioactive spring
Imaita OnsenNiigata · 今板温泉Also radioactive, similar pH
Radioactive spring

The numbers

Water temperature
18.8°C
pH
6.7 (close to neutral)
Inns
1
Address in Japanese
岡山県倉敷市児島由加3285

Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.

Where it is

34.5018, 133.8486 — open the map

Read more

Japanese Wikipedia

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