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Aoshima Hot spa

Miyazaki · 青島温泉

Aoshima Hot spa is a hot spring town in Miyazaki, Japan. The water leaves the ground at 25°C, cool enough that the baths here are usually reheated. Officially the water is classed as bicarbonate spring. 7 inns take visitors here.

Getting there

From Fukuokaabout 4 h
CarNot needed
JR PassCovers the train
  1. Train to Aoshima Station (JR)
  2. A short walk

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.

More photographs

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Things to see nearby

Aoshima ShrineShrine · 0.9 km
Obi CastleCastle · 22 km
Mount WanitsukaMountain · 19 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.

More on tattoos and onsen

Where to stay

Onsen inns — Miyazaki City

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Hot spring towns nearby

Kiyotake OnsenMiyazaki · 清武温泉10.2 km northwest
Bicarbonate spring
Aoidake OnsenMiyazaki · 青井岳温泉23.1 km west
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.

Tsunashima OnsenKanagawa · 綱島温泉Also bicarbonate
Bicarbonate spring
Yabuzuka OnsenGunma · 藪塚温泉Also bicarbonate
Bicarbonate spring
Inunakiyama OnsenOsaka · 犬鳴山温泉Also bicarbonate
Bicarbonate spring
Takeo OnsenSaga · 武雄温泉Also bicarbonate
Bicarbonate spring
Asakusa Kannon OnsenTokyo · 浅草観音温泉Also bicarbonate
Bicarbonate spring
Shishikui OnsenTokushima · 宍喰温泉Also bicarbonate
Bicarbonate spring

The numbers

Water temperature
25°C
Inns
7
Address in Japanese
宮崎県宮崎市青島

Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.

Where it is

31.8000, 131.4674 — 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.