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Shikibidani Onsen

Tokushima · 四季美谷温泉

Shikibidani Onsen is a hot spring town in Tokushima, Japan. The water leaves the ground at 16.7°C, cool enough that the baths here are usually reheated. It measures pH 9.2 — strongly alkaline. Officially the water is classed as sulfur spring. Its sources put out around 51 litres a minute. 1 inns take visitors here with room for about 44 guests.

The water here

Sulfur spring 硫黄泉

The classic rotten-egg smell and milky white water. It can tarnish silver jewellery, so take it off.

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.

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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

16.7°C

pH

9.2 (strongly alkaline)

Discharge

51 litres a minute

Inns

1

Guest capacity

44

Address in Japanese

徳島県那賀郡那賀町横谷夏切3-3

Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.

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Japanese Wikipedia