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Yunohira Onsen

Oita · 湯平温泉

Yunohira Onsen is a hot spring town in Oita, Japan. Officially the water is classed as chloride spring and sulfate spring.

Getting there

From Fukuokaabout 3 h
CarNot needed
JR PassCovers the train
  1. Train to Yunohira Station (JR)
  2. Walk, 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.

Chloride springSulfate spring

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.

Sulfate spring 硫酸塩泉

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

More photographs

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

Things to see nearby

Shindō FallsWaterfall · 9.6 km
Unaguhime ShrineShrine · 8.1 km
Mount MimataMountain · 12.3 km
Ryūmon FallsWaterfall · 14.4 km
Tsunomure CastleCastle · 20.5 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9.1 km northeast
Simple spring
Kyūsuikei OnsenOita · 九酔渓温泉10.4 km west
Bicarbonate springIron spring
Chōjabaru OnsenOita · 長者原温泉12.4 km southwest
Bicarbonate springSulfur spring
Kannojigoku OnsenOita · 寒の地獄温泉12.7 km southwest
Sulfur spring
Nagayu OnsenOita · 長湯温泉14.7 km south
Bicarbonate springCarbon dioxide spring
Bengaranoyu OnsenOita · 紅殻之湯温泉14.7 km south
Chloride springBicarbonate spring

Similar water elsewhere

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

Shima OnsenGunma · 四万温泉Also sulfate and chloride
Chloride springSulfate spring
Tamatsukuri OnsenShimane · 玉造温泉Also sulfate and chloride
Chloride springSulfate spring
Atami OnsenShizuoka · 熱海温泉Also sulfate and chloride
Chloride springSulfate spring
Asamushi OnsenAomori · 浅虫温泉Also sulfate and chloride
Chloride springSulfate spring
Yamashiro OnsenIshikawa · 山代温泉Also sulfate and chloride
Chloride springSulfate spring
Sarugakyō OnsenGunma · 猿ヶ京温泉Also sulfate and chloride
Chloride springSulfate spring

The numbers

Address in Japanese
大分県由布市湯布院町湯平

Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.

Where it is

33.1923, 131.3254 — 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.