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Yakushiyu Onsen

Kagawa · 薬師湯温泉

Yakushiyu Onsen is a hot spring town in Kagawa, Japan. The water leaves the ground at 16.7°C, cool enough that the baths here are usually reheated. It measures pH 8.8 — mildly alkaline, the slippery kind. Officially the water is classed as bicarbonate spring. 1 inns take visitors here.

Getting there

From Kyoto / Osakaabout 3 h

CarNot needed

JR PassNot a JR line

1. Train to Nagao Station
2. Local bus, about 30 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.

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.

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

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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

8.8 (mildly alkaline)

Inns

1

Address in Japanese

香川県さぬき市多和竹屋敷

Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.

Read more

Japanese Wikipedia

Other towns in Kagawa