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Yunoyama Onsen

Hiroshima · 湯の山温泉

Yunoyama Onsen is a hot spring town in Hiroshima, Japan. Officially the water is classed as radioactive spring.

Getting there

From Kyoto / Osakaabout 3½ h
CarNot needed
JR PassCovers the train
  1. Train to Itsukaichi Station (JR)
  2. Local bus, about 60 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 · 19.3 km
Ryūzu-kyōGorge · 5.8 km
Mount OsorakanMountain · 17.8 km
Woodone Museum of ArtArt museum · 12.8 km
Okazaki ShrineShrine · 11.7 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 — Hiroshima

More on tattoos and onsen

Where to stay

Onsen inns — Hiroshima City

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Hot spring towns nearby

Yuki OnsenHiroshima · 湯来温泉4.8 km southwest
Radioactive spring
Miyahama OnsenHiroshima · 宮浜温泉25 km south
Radioactive spring
Sōzukyō OnsenYamaguchi · 雙津峡温泉33.8 km southwest
Chloride spring+2
Kintaikyō OnsenYamaguchi · 錦帯橋温泉37.8 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.

Yunoyama OnsenMie · 湯の山温泉Also radioactive
Radioactive spring
Futsukaichi OnsenFukuoka · 二日市温泉Also radioactive
Radioactive spring
Bobata OnsenFukushima · 母畑温泉Also radioactive
Radioactive spring
Yunohana OnsenKyoto · 湯の花温泉Also radioactive
Radioactive spring
Sekigane OnsenTottori · 関金温泉Also radioactive
Radioactive spring
Nekodaki OnsenFukushima · 猫啼温泉Also radioactive
Radioactive spring

The numbers

Address in Japanese
広島県広島市佐伯区湯来町大字和田

Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.

Where it is

34.4971, 132.2830 — 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.