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Nagareyama Onsen

Hokkaido · 流山温泉

Nagareyama Onsen is a hot spring town in Hokkaido, Japan. The water leaves the ground at 45.6°C, hot. Officially the water is classed as sulfate spring. Its sources put out around 410 litres a minute.

Getting there

From Sapporoabout 2 h
CarNot needed
JR PassCovers the train
  1. Train to Nagareyama-Onsen Station (JR)
  2. A short walk

Fly into New Chitose. Times are rough estimates worked out from station locations, not a timetable — check the exact route on Google Maps.

Sulfate spring

The water here

Sulfate spring 硫酸塩泉

Clear water with a faintly bitter taste. Known for holding heat.

More photographs

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Things to see nearby

Mount Hokkaido KomaMountain · 7.6 km
Hakodate Nanae SnowparkSki area · 3 km
ShiryōkakuCastle · 20.1 km
Hokuto City Hometown MuseumMuseum · 14.6 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.

Rooms with an open-air bath — HokkaidoInns with a private bath — Hokkaido

More on tattoos and onsen

Where to stay

Onsen inns — Nanae Town

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Hot spring towns nearby

Shikabe OnsenHokkaido · 鹿部温泉9 km east
Chloride springBicarbonate spring
Ōfune OnsenHokkaido · 大船温泉17.6 km east
Chloride springSulfur spring
Kakkumi OnsenHokkaido · 川汲温泉23.6 km southeast
Simple springSulfate spring
Yunokawa OnsenHokkaido · 湯の川温泉25.4 km south
Chloride springCarbon dioxide spring
Nigorikawa OnsenHokkaido · 濁川温泉25.7 km northwest
Chloride spring+2
Yachigashira OnsenHokkaido · 谷地頭温泉27.9 km south
Chloride spring

Similar water elsewhere

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

Yugashima OnsenShizuoka · 湯ヶ島温泉Also sulfate
Sulfate spring
Yamanaka OnsenIshikawa · 山中温泉Also sulfate
Sulfate spring
Raiden OnsenHokkaido · 雷電温泉Also sulfate
Sulfate spring
Hōshi OnsenGunma · 法師温泉Also sulfate
Sulfate spring
Hanamaki OnsenIwate · 花巻温泉Also sulfate
Sulfate spring
Yutagawa OnsenYamagata · 湯田川温泉Also sulfate
Sulfate spring

The numbers

Water temperature
45.6°C
Discharge
410 litres a minute
Address in Japanese
北海道亀田郡七飯町 字東大沼294番1 {{Location map many | Hokkaido South#Japan Hokkaido | relief

Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.

Where it is

42.0027, 140.7185 — 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.