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Hanajukai Onsen

Kagawa · 花樹海温泉

Hanajukai Onsen is a hot spring town in Kagawa, Japan. The water leaves the ground at 19°C, cool enough that the baths here are usually reheated. It measures pH 9 — strongly alkaline. Officially the water is classed as bicarbonate spring. 1 inns take visitors here.

Getting there

From Kyoto / Osakaabout 2 h
CarTaxi from the station
JR PassCovers the train
  1. Train to Takamatsu Station (JR)
  2. By car or taxi, about 10 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.

More photographs

From Wikimedia Commons. Tap a photo for the photographer and licence.

Things to see nearby

Takamatsu CastleCastle · 2.7 km
The Kagawa MuseumArt museum · 2.8 km
Yashima-ji TempleTemple · 7.3 km
Ichinomiya-ji TempleTemple · 6.3 km
Tamura ShrineShrine · 6.3 km
Hanashita TenmangūShrine · 2.6 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.

Rooms with an open-air bath — KagawaInns with a private bath — Kagawa

More on tattoos and onsen

Where to stay

Onsen inns — Takamatsu City

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Hot spring towns nearby

Aji OnsenKagawa · 庵治温泉11.2 km northeast
Radioactive spring
Shionoe OnsenKagawa · 塩江温泉20.2 km south
Sulfur spring
Shodoshima OnsenKagawa · 小豆島温泉21.7 km northeast
Simple spring+4
Washūzanfukiage OnsenOkayama · 鷲羽山吹上温泉23.5 km northwest
Radioactive spring
KurashikiyugaonsenhoterusantōkaOkayama · 倉敷由加温泉23.9 km northwest
Radioactive spring
Konpira OnsenkyōKagawa · こんぴら温泉郷25.5 km southwest
Chloride spring

Similar water elsewhere

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

Miharu OnsenNara · 美榛温泉Also bicarbonate, similar pH
Bicarbonate spring
Yakushiyu OnsenKagawa · 薬師湯温泉Also bicarbonate, similar pH
Bicarbonate spring
Inamuragasaki OnsenKanagawa · 稲村ヶ崎温泉Also bicarbonate, similar pH
Bicarbonate spring
Nobi OnsenKanagawa · 野比温泉Also bicarbonate, similar pH
Bicarbonate spring
Ikeda OnsenGifu · 池田温泉Also bicarbonate, similar pH
Bicarbonate spring
Hinotani OnsenMie · 火の谷温泉Also bicarbonate, similar pH
Bicarbonate spring

The numbers

Water temperature
19°C
pH
9 (strongly alkaline)
Inns
1
Address in Japanese
香川県高松市西宝町

Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.

Where it is

34.3429, 134.0241 — 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.