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Ueki Onsen

Kumamoto · 植木温泉

Ueki Onsen is a hot spring town in Kumamoto, Japan. Officially the water is classed as sulfur spring.

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.

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.

Rooms with an open-air bath — KumamotoInns with a private bath — Kumamoto City

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Where to stay

Onsen inns — Kumamoto 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.

Yūdoku OnsenHokkaido · 有毒温泉Also sulfur
Sulfur spring
Bessho OnsenNagano · 別所温泉Also sulfur
Sulfur spring
Hirugami OnsenNagano · 昼神温泉Also sulfur
Sulfur spring
Kurokawa OnsenKumamoto · 黒川温泉Also sulfur
Sulfur spring
Togura-Kamiyamada OnsenNagano · 戸倉上山田温泉Also sulfur
Sulfur spring
Takamagahara OnsenToyama · 高天原温泉Also sulfur
Sulfur spring

The numbers

Address in Japanese
熊本県熊本市北区植木町

Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.

Read more

Japanese Wikipedia

Other towns in Kumamoto

Kurokawa OnsenKumamoto · 黒川温泉
Sulfur spring
Tsuetate OnsenKumamoto · 杖立温泉
Chloride spring
Hinagu OnsenKumamoto · 日奈久温泉
Simple spring
Tamana OnsenKumamoto · 玉名温泉
Simple spring
Yamaga OnsenKumamoto · 山鹿温泉
Simple spring
Yunoko OnsenKumamoto · 湯の児温泉
Chloride springBicarbonate spring
Jigoku OnsenKumamoto · 地獄温泉
Sulfur spring
Oama OnsenKumamoto · 小天温泉
Simple spring

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