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Genjiinomori Onsen

Fukuoka · 源じいの森温泉

Genjiinomori Onsen is a hot spring town in Fukuoka, Japan. The water leaves the ground at 30.4°C, cool enough that the baths here are usually reheated. It measures pH 10 — strongly alkaline. Officially the water is classed as simple spring. Its sources put out around 250 litres a minute. 1 inns take visitors here.

Getting there

From Fukuokaabout 1 h
CarNot needed
JR PassNot a JR line
  1. Train to Genjii No Mori Station
  2. A short walk

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Simple spring

The water here

Simple spring 単純温泉

Mild and low in dissolved minerals. Usually clear and gentle on the skin, which is why these baths are often recommended for first-timers.

Things to see nearby

Goshogotani KōgoishiCastle · 7.5 km
Mount HikoMountain · 15.4 km
Fūji HachimangūShrine · 7.9 km
Tagawa City Museum of ArtArt museum · 8.8 km
Senbutsu-shōnyūdōCave · 15.5 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

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Where to stay

Onsen inns — Fukuoka

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Hot spring towns nearby

Kakishita OnsenFukuoka · 柿下温泉5.3 km northwest
Radioactive spring
Matsubara OnsenFukuoka · 松原温泉8.8 km northwest
Simple spring
Hōjō OnsenFukuoka · 方城温泉13.8 km northwest
Chloride springBicarbonate spring
Kubote OnsenFukuoka · 求菩提温泉14.2 km southeast
Simple spring
Hinōnoyu OnsenFukuoka · 日王の湯温泉14.3 km northwest
Simple spring
Wakita OnsenFukuoka · 脇田温泉29.5 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.

Iwashita OnsenYamanashi · 岩下温泉Also simple, similar pH
Simple spring
Ogawa OnsenSaitama · 小川温泉Also simple, similar pH
Simple spring
Kuzuryū OnsenFukui · 九頭竜温泉Also simple, similar pH
Simple spring
Genkaisatsuki OnsenFukuoka · 玄海さつき温泉Also simple, similar pH
Simple spring
Nebuta OnsenIshikawa · ねぶた温泉Also simple, similar pH
Simple spring
Ryōkami OnsenSaitama · 両神温泉Also simple, similar pH
Simple spring

The numbers

Water temperature
30.4°C
pH
10 (strongly alkaline)
Discharge
250 litres a minute
Inns
1
Address in Japanese
福岡県田川郡赤村赤5251-3

Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.

Where it is

33.6149, 130.8943 — 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.