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Aoidake Onsen

Miyazaki · 青井岳温泉

Aoidake Onsen is a hot spring town in Miyazaki, Japan. The water leaves the ground at 37.3°C, comfortably warm. It measures pH 7.5 — close to neutral. Officially the water is classed as chloride spring and bicarbonate spring. 1 inns take visitors here with room for about 27 guests.

Getting there

From Fukuokaabout 3½ h
CarNot needed
JR PassCovers the train
  1. Train to Aoidake Station (JR)
  2. A short walk

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Chloride springBicarbonate 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.

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

Aya CastleCastle · 19.5 km
Mount WanitsukaMountain · 8 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 — Miyakonojo City

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Hot spring towns nearby

Kiyotake OnsenMiyazaki · 清武温泉14.1 km east
Bicarbonate spring
Aoshima Hot spaMiyazaki · 青島温泉23.1 km east
Bicarbonate spring
Yunomoto OnsenMiyazaki · 湯之元温泉23.1 km west
Bicarbonate spring
Yunotani OnsenKagoshima · 湯之谷温泉37.2 km west
Sulfur spring
RyokukeitouenKagoshima · 栄之尾温泉37.4 km west
Acidic spring
Maruo OnsenKagoshima · 丸尾温泉38 km west
Chloride 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.

Shionoha OnsenNara · 入之波温泉Also bicarbonate and chloride, similar pH
Chloride springBicarbonate spring
Ōshio OnsenFukushima · 大塩温泉Also bicarbonate and chloride, similar pH
Chloride springBicarbonate spring
Chihasegawa OnsenHokkaido · 千走川温泉Also bicarbonate and chloride, similar pH
Chloride springBicarbonate spring
Yamaga OnsenOita · 山香温泉Also bicarbonate and chloride, similar pH
Chloride springBicarbonate spring
Furanui OnsenHokkaido · フラヌイ温泉Also bicarbonate and chloride, similar pH
Chloride springBicarbonate spring
Chirihamayawaragi OnsenIshikawa · 千里浜やわらぎ温泉Also bicarbonate and chloride, similar pH
Chloride springBicarbonate spring

The numbers

Water temperature
37.3°C
pH
7.5 (close to neutral)
Inns
1
Guest capacity
27
Address in Japanese
宮崎県都城市山之口町山之口2132

Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.

Where it is

31.8294, 131.2250 — 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.