Yunokuchi Onsen
Yunokuchi Onsen is a hot spring town in Yamaguchi, Japan. The water leaves the ground at 19.9°C, cool enough that the baths here are usually reheated. It measures pH 9.66 — strongly alkaline. Its sources put out around 34 litres a minute. 1 inns take visitors here.
Getting there
- Train to Shin-Yamaguchi Station (Shinkansen)
- By car or taxi, about 20 min
The water type for this town has not been identified yet. It is on the list to check.
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.
Where to stay
Hot spring towns nearby
The numbers
- Water temperature
- 19.9°C
- pH
- 9.66 (strongly alkaline)
- Discharge
- 34 litres a minute
- Inns
- 1
- Address in Japanese
- 山口県美祢市美東町真名 {{Location map many | Japan Yamaguchi Prefecture | relief = 1 | capt
Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.
Where it is
34.1600, 131.3452 — open the map
Read more
Planning a first soak? Read how an onsen stay works, and what to do if you have tattoos.