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Okudōgo Onsen

Ehime · 奥道後温泉

Okudōgo Onsen is a hot spring town in Ehime, Japan. The water leaves the ground at 38.4°C, comfortably warm. Officially the water is classed as sulfur spring.

Sulfur spring

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.

Things to see nearby

Matsuyama CastleCastle · 5.9 km
Ishite-ji TempleTemple · 3.3 km
Hōgon-ji TempleTemple · 3.6 km
Museum of Art, EhimeArt museum · 6.4 km
Isaniwa ShrineShrine · 3.7 km
Saka no Ue no Kumo MuseumMuseum · 5.8 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 — Matsuyama City

More on tattoos and onsen

Where to stay

Onsen inns — Matsuyama City

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Hot spring towns nearby

Dōgo OnsenEhime · 道後温泉3.9 km southwest
Simple spring
Himehiko OnsenEhime · 媛彦温泉4.8 km southwest
Simple spring
Hoshinōka OnsenEhime · 星乃岡温泉6.4 km southwest
Simple spring
Gonge OnsenEhime · 権現温泉6.5 km northwest
Simple spring
Minamidōgo OnsenEhime · 南道後温泉9.5 km south
Chloride spring
Minara OnsenEhime · 見奈良温泉9.7 km southeast
Chloride springBicarbonate spring

Similar water elsewhere

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

Umegashima OnsenShizuoka · 梅ヶ島温泉Also sulfur
Sulfur spring
Iya OnsenTokushima · 祖谷温泉Also sulfur
Sulfur spring
Kutsukake OnsenNagano · 沓掛温泉Also sulfur
Sulfur spring
Tazawa OnsenNagano · 田沢温泉Also sulfur
Sulfur spring
Bukō OnsenSaitama · 武甲温泉Also sulfur
Sulfur spring
Nuruyu OnsenKumamoto · 奴留湯温泉Also sulfur
Sulfur spring

The numbers

Water temperature
38.4°C
Address in Japanese
愛媛県松山市

Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.

Where it is

33.8656, 132.8250 — 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.