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Yunomoto Onsen

Miyazaki · 湯之元温泉

Yunomoto Onsen is a hot spring town in Miyazaki, Japan. Officially the water is classed as bicarbonate spring.

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.

Things to see nearby

Lake MiikeLake · 2.9 km
Sano ShrineShrine · 2.5 km
Mount TakachihoMountain · 7.2 km
Kirishima Higashi ShrineShrine · 3.1 km
Gassanhiwa CastleCastle · 17.2 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 — Takaharu Town

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Hot spring towns nearby

RyokukeitouenKagoshima · 栄之尾温泉14.7 km west
Acidic spring
Yunotani OnsenKagoshima · 湯之谷温泉14.8 km west
Sulfur spring
Ebino Highland Hot springMiyazaki · えびの高原温泉15.2 km west
Bicarbonate spring
Maruo OnsenKagoshima · 丸尾温泉15.4 km west
Chloride springSulfur spring
Kirishima OnsenKagoshima · 霧島温泉郷15.5 km west
Kurinodake OnsenKagoshima · 栗野岳温泉21.2 km west
Sulfate spring+4

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
Takeo OnsenSaga · 武雄温泉Also bicarbonate
Bicarbonate spring
Yunō OnsenKagoshima · 湯之尾温泉Also bicarbonate
Bicarbonate spring
Tateyama OnsenToyama · 立山温泉Also bicarbonate
Bicarbonate spring
Nitchū OnsenFukushima · 日中温泉Also bicarbonate
Bicarbonate spring
Yabuzuka OnsenGunma · 藪塚温泉Also bicarbonate
Bicarbonate spring

The numbers

Address in Japanese
宮崎県西諸県郡高原町蒲牟田7535

Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.

Where it is

31.8992, 130.9941 — 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.