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Chihasegawa Onsen

Hokkaido · 千走川温泉

Chihasegawa Onsen is a hot spring town in Hokkaido, Japan. The water leaves the ground at 39.2°C, comfortably warm. It measures pH 6.5 — close to neutral. Officially the water is classed as chloride spring and bicarbonate spring. Its sources put out around 27 litres a minute. 1 inns take visitors here.

Getting there

From Sapporoabout 2 h
JR PassCovers the train
  1. Train to Kuromatsunai Station (JR)

Fly into New Chitose. Times are rough estimates worked out from station locations, not a timetable — check the exact route on Google Maps.

Chloride springBicarbonate spring

The water here

Chloride spring 塩化物泉

Salty water. The salt leaves a thin film on the skin, so you stay warm well after leaving the bath.

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

Garō FallsWaterfall · 6.5 km
Kariba-yamaMountain · 9 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 — HokkaidoInns with a private bath — Hokkaido

More on tattoos and onsen

Where to stay

Onsen inns — Hokkaido

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Hot spring towns nearby

Futamata-Radium OnsenHokkaido · 二股ラヂウム温泉17.9 km southeast
Chloride springRadioactive spring
Okupirika OnsenHokkaido · 奥美利河温泉20.9 km southeast
Simple spring
Kuromatsunai OnsenHokkaido · 黒松内温泉21.9 km east
Chloride spring
Pirika OnsenHokkaido · 美利河温泉23.6 km southeast
Chloride spring
Oshamanbe OnsenHokkaido · 長万部温泉30.8 km southeast
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.

Shionoha OnsenNara · 入之波温泉Also bicarbonate and chloride, similar pH
Chloride springBicarbonate spring
Ōshio OnsenFukushima · 大塩温泉Also bicarbonate and chloride, similar pH
Chloride springBicarbonate spring
Aoidake OnsenMiyazaki · 青井岳温泉Also bicarbonate and chloride, similar pH
Chloride springBicarbonate spring
Yamaga OnsenOita · 山香温泉Also bicarbonate and chloride, similar pH
Chloride springBicarbonate spring
Furanui OnsenHokkaido · フラヌイ温泉Also bicarbonate and chloride, similar pH
Chloride springBicarbonate spring
Chirihamayawaragi OnsenIshikawa · 千里浜やわらぎ温泉Also bicarbonate and chloride, similar pH
Chloride springBicarbonate spring

The numbers

Water temperature
39.2°C
pH
6.5 (close to neutral)
Discharge
27 litres a minute
Inns
1
Address in Japanese
北海道島牧郡島牧村字江ノ島 {{Location map many | Japan Hokkaido#Hokkaido South | relief = 1 |

Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.

Where it is

42.6453, 140.0419 — 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.