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Chōmonkyō Onsen

Yamaguchi · 長門峡温泉

Chōmonkyō Onsen is a hot spring town in Yamaguchi, Japan. The water leaves the ground at 27°C, cool enough that the baths here are usually reheated. Officially the water is classed as radioactive spring. 1 inns take visitors here.

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.

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 — Hagi CityInns with a private bath — Yamaguchi

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Where to stay

Onsen inns — Hagi City

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Hot spring towns nearby

Hagihonjin OnsenYamaguchi · 萩本陣温泉Same area
Chloride spring
Abugawa OnsenYamaguchi · 阿武川温泉Same area
Simple spring
Senshunraku OnsenYamaguchi · 千春楽温泉Same area
Chloride springSulfur spring

Similar water elsewhere

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

Yuba OnsenOkayama · 湯迫温泉Also radioactive
Radioactive spring
Fushio OnsenOsaka · 伏尾温泉Also radioactive
Radioactive spring
Ishikiri OnsenOsaka · 石切温泉Also radioactive
Radioactive spring
Rōsoku OnsenGifu · ローソク温泉Also radioactive
Radioactive spring
Yusaka Onsen VillagesHiroshima · 湯坂温泉郷Also radioactive
Radioactive spring
Washūzanfukiage OnsenOkayama · 鷲羽山吹上温泉Also radioactive
Radioactive spring

The numbers

Water temperature
27°C
Inns
1
Address in Japanese
山口県萩市川上3919-61

Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.

Read more

Japanese Wikipedia

Planning a first soak? Read how an onsen stay works, and what to do if you have tattoos.