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Obama Onsen

Nagasaki · 小浜温泉

Obama Onsen is a hot spring town in Nagasaki, Japan. The water leaves the ground at 105°C, hot enough that it has to be cooled before anyone can get in. Officially the water is classed as chloride spring. Its sources put out around 15,000 litres a minute. 16 inns take visitors here.

Getting there

From Fukuokaabout 2 h

CarNot needed

JR PassCovers the train

1. Train to Isahaya Station (Shinkansen)
2. Local bus, about 60 min

Fly into Fukuoka. 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.

More photographs

From Wikimedia Commons. Tap a photo for the photographer and licence.

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

Water temperature

105°C

Discharge

15,000 litres a minute

Inns

16

Address in Japanese

長崎県雲仙市小浜町

Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.

Where it is

32.7282, 130.2071 — open the map

Read more

English Wikipedia · Japanese Wikipedia