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Mitsuo Onsen

Yamaguchi · 三丘温泉

Mitsuo Onsen is a hot spring town in Yamaguchi, Japan. The water leaves the ground at 34°C, comfortably warm. Officially the water is classed as sulfur spring and radioactive spring. 3 inns take visitors here.

Getting there

From Kyoto / Osakaabout 3 h

CarNot needed

JR PassCovers the train

1. Train to Shimata Station (JR)
2. Local bus, about 10 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.

The water here

Sulfur spring 硫黄泉

The classic rotten-egg smell and milky white water. It can tarnish silver jewellery, so take it off.

Radioactive spring 放射能泉

Contains trace radon that leaves the water quickly. Also called radium or radon springs.

Things to see nearby

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.

More on tattoos and onsen

Where to stay

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Hot spring towns nearby

Similar water elsewhere

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

The numbers

Water temperature

34°C

Inns

3

Address in Japanese

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Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.

Where it is

34.0324, 131.9940 — open the map

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Japanese Wikipedia