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Miyahama Onsen

Hiroshima · 宮浜温泉

Miyahama Onsen is a hot spring town in Hiroshima, Japan. Officially the water is classed as radioactive spring. 7 inns take visitors here.

Getting there

From Kyoto / Osakaabout 3 h
CarNot needed
JR PassCovers the train
  1. Train to Ōnoura Station (JR)
  2. Local bus, about 5 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

Itsukushima ShrineShrine · 6.4 km
Hiroshima CastleCastle · 23.6 km
Mount MisenMountain · 6 km
Simose Art MuseumArt museum · 4.4 km
Daishō-in TempleTemple · 6.1 km
Hayatani ShrineShrine · 10.7 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 — Hatsukaichi City

More on tattoos and onsen

Where to stay

Onsen inns — Hatsukaichi City

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Hot spring towns nearby

Kintaikyō OnsenYamaguchi · 錦帯橋温泉13.6 km southwest
Radioactive spring
Yuki OnsenHiroshima · 湯来温泉22.3 km north
Radioactive spring
Sōzukyō OnsenYamaguchi · 雙津峡温泉24.8 km west
Chloride spring+2
Yunoyama OnsenHiroshima · 湯の山温泉25 km north
Radioactive spring
Mitsuo OnsenYamaguchi · 三丘温泉36 km southwest
Sulfur springRadioactive spring

Similar water elsewhere

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

Futsukaichi OnsenFukuoka · 二日市温泉Also radioactive
Radioactive spring
Murasugi OnsenNiigata · 村杉温泉Also radioactive
Radioactive spring
Tenryūkyō OnsenNagano · 天竜峡温泉Also radioactive
Radioactive spring
Kumanokawa OnsenSaga · 熊の川温泉Also radioactive
Radioactive spring
Yunoyama OnsenMie · 湯の山温泉Also radioactive
Radioactive spring
Bobata OnsenFukushima · 母畑温泉Also radioactive
Radioactive spring

The numbers

Inns
7
Address in Japanese
広島県廿日市市宮浜温泉

Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.

Where it is

34.2736, 132.2554 — 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.