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Ukenokuchi Onsen

Oita · 筌の口温泉

Ukenokuchi Onsen is a hot spring town in Oita, Japan. The water leaves the ground at 48.5°C, hot. Officially the water is classed as bicarbonate spring. 1 inns take visitors here.

Getting there

From Fukuokaabout 2½ h
CarNot needed
JR PassCovers the train
  1. Train to Bungo-Nakamura Station (JR)
  2. Local bus

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

Bicarbonate spring

The water here

Bicarbonate spring 炭酸水素塩泉

Smooth, slightly slippery water. Often nicknamed bihada-no-yu, the water for beautiful skin.

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

Sujiyu OnsenOita · 筋湯温泉Same area
Chloride spring
Hōsenji OnsenOita · 宝泉寺温泉Same area
Simple spring
Kannojigoku OnsenOita · 寒の地獄温泉Same area
Sulfur spring
Hosshō OnsenOita · 星生温泉Same area
Iron spring+2
Kawazoko OnsenOita · 川底温泉Same area
Simple spring
Chōjabaru OnsenOita · 長者原温泉Same area
Bicarbonate springSulfur spring

Similar water elsewhere

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

Takeo OnsenSaga · 武雄温泉Also bicarbonate
Bicarbonate spring
Shiobitashi OnsenKagoshima · 塩浸温泉Also bicarbonate
Bicarbonate spring
Kitagō OnsenMiyazaki · 北郷温泉Also bicarbonate
Bicarbonate spring
Sasakura OnsenNiigata · 笹倉温泉Also bicarbonate
Bicarbonate spring
Settsukyo Hot SpringOsaka · 摂津峡温泉Also bicarbonate
Bicarbonate spring
Kōfu OnsenYamanashi · 甲府温泉Also bicarbonate
Bicarbonate spring

The numbers

Water temperature
48.5°C
Inns
1
Address in Japanese
大分県玖珠郡九重町

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.