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Kakishita Onsen

Fukuoka · 柿下温泉

Kakishita Onsen is a hot spring town in Fukuoka, Japan. The water leaves the ground at 15.7°C, cool enough that the baths here are usually reheated. Officially the water is classed as radioactive spring.

Getting there

From Fukuokaabout 1 h
CarNot needed
JR PassNot a JR line
  1. Train to Kakishita Onsen Guchi Station
  2. A short walk

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

Radioactive spring

The water here

Radioactive spring 放射能泉

Contains trace radon that leaves the water quickly. Also called radium or radon springs.

Things to see nearby

Goshogotani KōgoishiCastle · 6.8 km
Mount KawaraMountain · 4.5 km
Fūji HachimangūShrine · 4.3 km
Tagawa City Museum of ArtArt museum · 5.2 km
Senbutsu-shōnyūdōCave · 11.8 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.

Inns with a private bath — Fukuoka

More on tattoos and onsen

Where to stay

Onsen inns — Kawara Town

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Hot spring towns nearby

Matsubara OnsenFukuoka · 松原温泉4.9 km west
Simple spring
Genjiinomori OnsenFukuoka · 源じいの森温泉5.3 km southeast
Simple spring
Hōjō OnsenFukuoka · 方城温泉8.6 km northwest
Chloride springBicarbonate spring
Hinōnoyu OnsenFukuoka · 日王の湯温泉9.9 km west
Simple spring
Kubote OnsenFukuoka · 求菩提温泉19.1 km southeast
Simple spring
Wakita OnsenFukuoka · 脇田温泉25.5 km west
Simple spring

Similar water elsewhere

Towns further away with the same kind of water — useful if this one is hard to reach or fully booked.

Yuki OnsenHiroshima · 湯来温泉Also radioactive
Radioactive spring
Yunohana OnsenKyoto · 湯の花温泉Also radioactive
Radioactive spring
Nekodaki OnsenFukushima · 猫啼温泉Also radioactive
Radioactive spring
Deyu OnsenNiigata · 出湯温泉Also radioactive
Radioactive spring
Murasugi OnsenNiigata · 村杉温泉Also radioactive
Radioactive spring
Tomada OnsenOkayama · 苫田温泉Also radioactive
Radioactive spring

The numbers

Water temperature
15.7°C
Address in Japanese
福岡県田川郡香春町柿下

Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.

Where it is

33.6541, 130.8614 — 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.