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Narutaki Onsen

Yamaguchi · 鳴滝温泉

Narutaki Onsen is a hot spring town in Yamaguchi, Japan. The water leaves the ground at 25.6°C, cool enough that the baths here are usually reheated. Officially the water is classed as radioactive spring.

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

Kōnomine CastleCastle · 8.3 km
Yamaguchi Prefectural Museum of ArtArt museum · 7.2 km
Rurikō-ji TempleTemple · 8.2 km
Hōfu TenmangūShrine · 8.8 km
Tamanooya ShrineShrine · 8.3 km
Mount MigitaMountain · 5.7 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 — YamaguchiInns with a private bath — Yamaguchi

More on tattoos and onsen

Where to stay

Onsen inns — Yamaguchi City

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Hot spring towns nearby

Yuda OnsenYamaguchi · 湯田温泉7.4 km northwest
Simple spring
Yuno OnsenYamaguchi · 湯野温泉14.3 km east
Sulfur springRadioactive spring
Yunokuchi OnsenYamaguchi · 湯の口温泉17 km west
Abugawa OnsenYamaguchi · 阿武川温泉25.7 km north
Simple spring
Jiseiji OnsenYamaguchi · 持世寺温泉26.9 km southwest
Radioactive spring
Kusunoki OnsenYamaguchi · くすのき温泉26.9 km west
Simple spring

Similar water elsewhere

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

Yuki OnsenHiroshima · 湯来温泉Also radioactive
Radioactive spring
Yunohana OnsenKyoto · 湯の花温泉Also radioactive
Radioactive spring
Nekodaki OnsenFukushima · 猫啼温泉Also radioactive
Radioactive spring
Deyu OnsenNiigata · 出湯温泉Also radioactive
Radioactive spring
Murasugi OnsenNiigata · 村杉温泉Also radioactive
Radioactive spring
Tomada OnsenOkayama · 苫田温泉Also radioactive
Radioactive spring

The numbers

Water temperature
25.6°C
Address in Japanese
山口県山口市下小鯖1331-1 {{Location map many | Japan Yamaguchi Prefecture | relief = 1 |

Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.

Where it is

34.1318, 131.5269 — 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.