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Shirakabaonsen'yu

Hokkaido · しらかば温泉湯

Shirakabaonsen'yu is a hot spring town in Hokkaido, Japan. The water leaves the ground at 17.1°C, cool enough that the baths here are usually reheated. It measures pH 8.3 — mildly alkaline, the slippery kind.

Getting there

From Sapporoabout 1 h

CarNot needed

JR PassCovers the train

1. Train to Itoi Station (JR)
2. A short walk

Fly into New Chitose. Times are rough estimates worked out from station locations, not a timetable — check the exact route on Google Maps.

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.

More on tattoos and onsen

Where to stay

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Hot spring towns nearby

The numbers

Water temperature

17.1°C

pH

8.3 (mildly alkaline)

Address in Japanese

北海道苫小牧市しらかば町1丁目6-8 2階

Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.

Where it is

42.6233, 141.5461 — open the map

Read more

Japanese Wikipedia