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Momiji Onsen

Tokushima · 紅葉温泉

Momiji Onsen is a hot spring town in Tokushima, Japan. Officially the water is classed as bicarbonate spring.

Getting there

From Kyoto / Osakaabout 3 h
CarNot needed
JR PassCovers the train
  1. Train to Awa-Ikeda Station (JR)
  2. Local bus, about 25 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.

Bicarbonate spring

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.

Things to see nearby

Taki-ji TempleTemple · 0.2 km
Mannō LakeLake · 15.6 km
Yamato Okunitama Shrine, MimaShrine · 2.9 km
DaisenzanMountain · 7.8 km
Rurikō-ji TempleTemple · 7.5 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.

More on tattoos and onsen

Where to stay

Onsen inns — Miyoshi City

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Hot spring towns nearby

Mikado OnsenKagawa · 美霞洞温泉4.6 km northeast
Sulfur spring
Shionoe OnsenKagawa · 塩江温泉15.2 km northeast
Sulfur spring
Konpira OnsenkyōKagawa · こんぴら温泉郷21.3 km northwest
Chloride spring
Iya OnsenTokushima · 祖谷温泉21.8 km southwest
Sulfur spring
Shin'iya OnsenTokushima · 新祖谷温泉24.8 km southwest
Sulfur spring
Ōboke OnsenTokushima · 大歩危温泉28.6 km southwest
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.

Tsunashima OnsenKanagawa · 綱島温泉Also bicarbonate
Bicarbonate spring
Takeo OnsenSaga · 武雄温泉Also bicarbonate
Bicarbonate spring
Yunō OnsenKagoshima · 湯之尾温泉Also bicarbonate
Bicarbonate spring
Tateyama OnsenToyama · 立山温泉Also bicarbonate
Bicarbonate spring
Nitchū OnsenFukushima · 日中温泉Also bicarbonate
Bicarbonate spring
Yabuzuka OnsenGunma · 藪塚温泉Also bicarbonate
Bicarbonate spring

The numbers

Address in Japanese
徳島県三好市

Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.

Where it is

34.0577, 133.9878 — 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.