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Ibusuki Onsen
Ibusuki Onsen is a hot spring town in Kagoshima, Japan. The water leaves the ground at 82°C, hot enough that it has to be cooled before anyone can get in. Officially the water is classed as chloride spring. Its sources put out around 12 litres a minute. 53 inns take visitors here.
Getting there
- Train to Kagoshima‐Chūō Station (Shinkansen)
The water here
Chloride spring
Salty water. The salt leaves a thin film on the skin, so you stay warm well after leaving the bath.
More photographs
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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.
Where to stay
Hot spring towns nearby
Similar water elsewhere
The numbers
- Water temperature
- 82°C
- Discharge
- 12 litres a minute
- Inns
- 53
- Address in Japanese
- 鹿児島県指宿市東部
Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.
Where it is
31.2231, 130.6551 — open the map
Read more
English Wikipedia · Japanese Wikipedia
Planning a first soak? Read how an onsen stay works, and what to do if you have tattoos.