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Sōdayama Onsen

Kochi · 桑田山温泉

Sōdayama Onsen is a hot spring town in Kochi, Japan. The water leaves the ground at 18.3°C, cool enough that the baths here are usually reheated. It measures pH 9.5 — strongly alkaline. Officially the water is classed as sulfur spring. Its sources put out around 360 litres a minute. 1 inns take visitors here.

Getting there

From Kyoto / Osakaabout 4 h

CarTaxi from the station

JR PassCovers the train

1. Train to Asō Station (JR)
2. By car or taxi, about 10 min

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

Sulfur spring 硫黄泉

The classic rotten-egg smell and milky white water. It can tarnish silver jewellery, so take it off.

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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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

Water temperature

18.3°C

pH

9.5 (strongly alkaline)

Discharge

360 litres a minute

Inns

1

Address in Japanese

高知県須崎市桑田山乙1122

Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.

Read more

Japanese Wikipedia

Other towns in Kochi