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Amagase Onsen

Oita · 天ヶ瀬温泉

Amagase Onsen is a hot spring town in Oita, 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.

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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 — Hita CityInns with a private bath — Oita

More on tattoos and onsen

Where to stay

Onsen inns — Hita City

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Hot spring towns nearby

Hita OnsenOita · 日田温泉Same area
Chloride springBicarbonate spring
Yunotsuru OnsenOita · 湯ノ釣温泉Same area
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.

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
大分県日田市

Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.

Read more

Japanese Wikipedia

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