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Sōbetsu Onsen

Hokkaido · 壮瞥温泉

Sōbetsu Onsen is a hot spring town in Hokkaido, Japan. The water leaves the ground at 91°C, hot enough that it has to be cooled before anyone can get in. Officially the water is classed as bicarbonate spring. Its sources put out around 67 litres a minute. 6 inns take visitors here.

Getting there

From Sapporoabout 2½ h

CarNot needed

JR PassCovers the train

1. Train to Nagawa Station (JR)
2. Local bus

Fly into New Chitose. Times are rough estimates worked out from station locations, not a timetable — check the exact route on Google Maps.

The water here

Bicarbonate spring 炭酸水素塩泉

Smooth, slightly slippery water. Often nicknamed bihada-no-yu, the water for beautiful skin.

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

91°C

Discharge

67 litres a minute

Inns

6

Address in Japanese

北海道有珠郡壮瞥町壮瞥温泉

Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.

Read more

Japanese Wikipedia