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Yuki Onsen

Hiroshima · 湯来温泉

Yuki Onsen is a hot spring town in Hiroshima, Japan. The water leaves the ground at 29.8°C, cool enough that the baths here are usually reheated. Officially the water is classed as radioactive spring. 2 inns take visitors here.

Getting there

From Kyoto / Osakaabout 3½ h
CarNot needed
JR PassCovers the train
  1. Train to Itsukaichi Station (JR)
  2. Local bus, about 70 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

Hiroshima CastleCastle · 21.6 km
Ryūzu-kyōGorge · 8.3 km
Mount OsorakanMountain · 16.9 km
Woodone Museum of ArtArt museum · 9.2 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 — Hiroshima

More on tattoos and onsen

Where to stay

Onsen inns — Hiroshima City

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Hot spring towns nearby

Yunoyama OnsenHiroshima · 湯の山温泉4.8 km northeast
Radioactive spring
Miyahama OnsenHiroshima · 宮浜温泉22.3 km south
Radioactive spring
Sōzukyō OnsenYamaguchi · 雙津峡温泉29 km southwest
Chloride spring+2
Kintaikyō OnsenYamaguchi · 錦帯橋温泉34.4 km south
Radioactive spring

Similar water elsewhere

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

Deyu OnsenNiigata · 出湯温泉Also radioactive
Radioactive spring
Yutani OnsenYamaguchi · 湯谷温泉Also radioactive
Radioactive spring
Yano OnsenHiroshima · 矢野温泉Also radioactive
Radioactive spring
Yakuōji OnsenFukuoka · 薬王寺温泉Also radioactive
Radioactive spring
Kakino OnsenGifu · 柿野温泉Also radioactive
Radioactive spring
Sandankyō OnsenHiroshima · 三段峡温泉Also radioactive
Radioactive spring

The numbers

Water temperature
29.8°C
Inns
2
Address in Japanese
広島県広島市佐伯区湯来町大字多田

Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.

Where it is

34.4733, 132.2395 — 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.