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Tsurunoyu Onsen
Tsurunoyu Onsen is a hot spring town in Hokkaido, Japan. The water leaves the ground at 14.8°C, cool enough that the baths here are usually reheated. It measures pH 8.3 — mildly alkaline, the slippery kind. Officially the water is classed as chloride spring, bicarbonate spring and sulfur spring. 1 inns take visitors here.
Getting there
- Train to Hayakita Station (JR)
- By car or taxi, about 5 min
The water here
Chloride spring
Salty water. The salt leaves a thin film on the skin, so you stay warm well after leaving the bath.
Bicarbonate spring
Smooth, slightly slippery water. Often nicknamed bihada-no-yu, the water for beautiful skin.
Sulfur spring
The classic rotten-egg smell and milky white water. It can tarnish silver jewellery, so take it off.
More photographs
From Wikimedia Commons. Tap a photo for the photographer and licence.
Things to see nearby
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.
Where to stay
Hot spring towns nearby
Similar water elsewhere
The numbers
- Water temperature
- 14.8°C
- pH
- 8.3 (mildly alkaline)
- Inns
- 1
- Address in Japanese
- 北海道勇払郡安平町早来北町5番地 {{Location map many | Hokkaido South#Japan Hokkaido | relief =
Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.
Where it is
42.7565, 141.7974 — open the map
Read more
Planning a first soak? Read how an onsen stay works, and what to do if you have tattoos.