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Harazuru Onsen

Fukuoka · 原鶴温泉

Harazuru Onsen is a hot spring town in Fukuoka, Japan. The water leaves the ground at 40–60°C, hot. Officially the water is classed as sulfur spring. 23 inns take visitors here.

Getting there

From Fukuokaabout 1 h
CarNot needed
JR PassCovers the train
  1. Train to Futsukaichi Station (JR)
  2. Local bus

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

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.

More photographs

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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.

Inns with a private bath — Fukuoka

More on tattoos and onsen

Where to stay

Onsen inns — Asakura City

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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.

Ōshuku OnsenIwate · 鶯宿温泉Also sulfur
Sulfur spring
Kitayuzawa OnsenHokkaido · 北湯沢温泉Also sulfur
Sulfur spring
Akanko OnsenHokkaido · 阿寒湖温泉Also sulfur
Sulfur spring
Shimofuro OnsenAomori · 下風呂温泉Also sulfur
Sulfur spring
Tōsenji OnsenNara · 湯泉地温泉Also sulfur
Sulfur spring
Ikenotaira OnsenNiigata · 池の平温泉Also sulfur
Sulfur spring

The numbers

Water temperature
40–60°C
Inns
23
Address in Japanese
福岡県朝倉市杷木久喜宮

Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.

Read more

Japanese Wikipedia

Other towns in Fukuoka

Futsukaichi OnsenFukuoka · 二日市温泉
Radioactive spring
Funagoya OnsenFukuoka · 船小屋温泉
Carbon dioxide springIron spring
Wakita OnsenFukuoka · 脇田温泉
Simple spring
Genjiinomori OnsenFukuoka · 源じいの森温泉
Simple spring
Kakishita OnsenFukuoka · 柿下温泉
Radioactive spring
Chikugogawa OnsenFukuoka · 筑後川温泉
Sulfur springRadioactive spring
Hakata OnsenFukuoka · 博多温泉
Chloride spring
Matsubara OnsenFukuoka · 松原温泉
Simple spring

Planning a first soak? Read how an onsen stay works, and what to do if you have tattoos.