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Dōgosaya Onsen

Ehime · 道後さや温泉

Dōgosaya Onsen is a hot spring town in Ehime, Japan. Officially the water is classed as chloride spring.

Chloride spring

The water here

Chloride spring 塩化物泉

Salty water. The salt leaves a thin film on the skin, so you stay warm well after leaving the bath.

More photographs

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

Things to see nearby

Matsuyama CastleCastle · 4.2 km
Taihō-ji TempleTemple · 2.1 km
Taisan-ji TempleTemple · 6.2 km
Museum of Art, EhimeArt museum · 3.7 km
Saka no Ue no Kumo MuseumMuseum · 4.3 km
Mount KatsuMountain · 4.2 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

Hoshinōka OnsenEhime · 星乃岡温泉5.9 km east
Simple spring
Dōgo OnsenEhime · 道後温泉6.2 km northeast
Simple spring
Himehiko OnsenEhime · 媛彦温泉7 km east
Simple spring
Gonge OnsenEhime · 権現温泉8.6 km northeast
Simple spring
Okudōgo OnsenEhime · 奥道後温泉10.1 km northeast
Sulfur spring
Minamidōgo OnsenEhime · 南道後温泉10.6 km southeast
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.

Kinosaki OnsenHyogo · 城崎温泉Also chloride
Chloride spring
Akiu OnsenMiyagi · 秋保温泉Also chloride
Chloride spring
AkusekijimaKagoshima · 悪石島Also chloride
Chloride spring
Kaike OnsenTottori · 皆生温泉Also chloride
Chloride spring
Awara OnsenFukui · 芦原温泉Also chloride
Chloride spring
Yunotsu OnsenShimane · 温泉津温泉Also chloride
Chloride spring

The numbers

Address in Japanese
愛媛県松山市

Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.

Where it is

33.8298, 132.7248 — 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.