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Kitagawa Onsen

Kochi · 北川温泉

Kitagawa Onsen is a hot spring town in Kochi, Japan. Officially the water is classed as chloride spring and bicarbonate spring. 1 inns take visitors here.

Getting there

From Kyoto / Osakaabout 4 h

CarNot needed

JR PassNot a JR line

1. Train to Nahari Station
2. A short walk

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

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.

Bicarbonate spring 炭酸水素塩泉

Smooth, slightly slippery water. Often nicknamed bihada-no-yu, the water for beautiful skin.

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

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

Inns

1

Address in Japanese

高知県安芸郡北川村小島121

Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.

Where it is

33.4981, 134.1004 — open the map

Read more

Japanese Wikipedia