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Sujiyu Onsen

Oita · 筋湯温泉

Sujiyu Onsen is a hot spring town in Oita, Japan. The water leaves the ground at 58–63°C, hot. Officially the water is classed as chloride spring.

Getting there

From Fukuokaabout 3 h
CarNot needed
JR PassCovers the train
  1. Train to Bungo-Nakamura Station (JR)
  2. Local bus, about 50 min

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

Chloride 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.

Things to see nearby

Shindō FallsWaterfall · 7.1 km
Mount KujuMountain · 6.2 km
Nabe FallsWaterfall · 14.3 km
Mangan-ji TempleTemple · 9.4 km
Oguni Ryo ShrineShrine · 10.6 km
Tsunomure CastleCastle · 21.9 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 — OitaInns with a private bath — Kokonoe Town

More on tattoos and onsen

Where to stay

Onsen inns — Kokonoe Town

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Hot spring towns nearby

Kannojigoku OnsenOita · 寒の地獄温泉3.8 km east
Sulfur spring
Chōjabaru OnsenOita · 長者原温泉3.9 km east
Bicarbonate springSulfur spring
Kurokawa OnsenKumamoto · 黒川温泉5.8 km southwest
Sulfur spring
Hagenoyu OnsenKumamoto · 峐の湯温泉6.2 km northwest
Chloride springSulfur spring
Kyūsuikei OnsenOita · 九酔渓温泉7.1 km northeast
Bicarbonate springIron spring
Yamakawa OnsenKumamoto · 山川温泉7.2 km northwest
Chloride spring+2

Similar water elsewhere

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

Kinosaki OnsenHyogo · 城崎温泉Also chloride
Chloride spring
Kaike OnsenTottori · 皆生温泉Also chloride
Chloride spring
Awara OnsenFukui · 芦原温泉Also chloride
Chloride spring
Wakura OnsenIshikawa · 和倉温泉Also chloride
Chloride spring
Katayamazu OnsenIshikawa · 片山津温泉Also chloride
Chloride spring
Atagawa OnsenShizuoka · 熱川温泉Also chloride
Chloride spring

The numbers

Water temperature
58–63°C
Address in Japanese
大分県玖珠郡九重町

Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.

Where it is

33.1144, 131.1863 — 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.