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Kannojigoku Onsen

Oita · 寒の地獄温泉

Kannojigoku Onsen is a hot spring town in Oita, Japan. The water leaves the ground at 14°C, cool enough that the baths here are usually reheated. Officially the water is classed as sulfur spring. Its sources put out around 2,160 litres a minute.

Getting there

From Fukuokaabout 3 h

CarNot needed

JR PassCovers the train

1. Train to Yufuin 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.

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.

Things to see nearby

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.

More on tattoos and onsen

Where to stay

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Hot spring towns nearby

Similar water elsewhere

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

The numbers

Water temperature

14°C

Discharge

2,160 litres a minute

Address in Japanese

大分県玖珠郡九重町

Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.

Where it is

33.1135, 131.2271 — open the map

Read more

Japanese Wikipedia