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Tsukahara Onsen

Oita · 塚原温泉

Tsukahara Onsen is a hot spring town in Oita, Japan. Officially the water is classed as sulfate spring and iron spring. 1 inns take visitors here.

Getting there

From Fukuokaabout 2 h
CarTaxi from the station
JR PassCovers the train
  1. Train to Yufuin Station (JR)
  2. Taxi, about 20 min

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

Sulfate springIron spring

The water here

Sulfate spring 硫酸塩泉

Clear water with a faintly bitter taste. Known for holding heat.

Iron spring 含鉄泉

Turns reddish brown as the iron meets air. The water is clear at the source.

More photographs

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

Things to see nearby

Hiji CastleCastle · 11.8 km
Higashishiiya FallsWaterfall · 6.2 km
Mount ŌhiraMountain · 1.9 km
Honoo-Honome ShrineShrine · 3.1 km
Lake KagurameLake · 7.5 km
Fukino FallsWaterfall · 9.5 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.

Rooms with an open-air bath — Yufu CityInns with a private bath — Yufu City

More on tattoos and onsen

Where to stay

Onsen inns — Yufu City

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Hot spring towns nearby

Yufuin OnsenOita · 由布院温泉7.2 km southwest
Simple spring
Beppu OnsenOita · 別府温泉8.1 km southeast
Chloride spring+4
Hamawaki OnsenOita · 浜脇温泉9.4 km southeast
Simple spring
Yunohira OnsenOita · 湯平温泉16.2 km southwest
Chloride springSulfate spring
Yamaga OnsenOita · 山香温泉17.8 km northeast
Chloride springBicarbonate spring
Kyūsuikei OnsenOita · 九酔渓温泉24.7 km southwest
Bicarbonate springIron spring

Similar water elsewhere

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

Sasaya Hot spaMiyagi · 笹谷温泉Also iron and sulfate
Sulfate springIron spring
Dokusawa OnsenNagano · 毒沢温泉Also iron and sulfate
Sulfate springIron spring
Nigorigo OnsenGifu · 濁河温泉Also iron and sulfate
Sulfate springIron spring
Jikkoku OnsenYamanashi · 十谷温泉Also iron and sulfate
Sulfate springIron spring
Nuruyu OnsenFukushima · 微温湯温泉Also iron and sulfate
Sulfate spring+2
Shiriuchi OnsenHokkaido · 知内温泉Also iron and sulfate
Chloride spring+2

The numbers

Inns
1
Address in Japanese
大分県由布市湯布院町塚原

Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.

Where it is

33.3133, 131.4220 — 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.