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Nuruyu Onsen

Aomori · 温湯温泉

Nuruyu Onsen is a hot spring town in Aomori, Japan. The water leaves the ground at 60°C, hot. Officially the water is classed as chloride spring.

Getting there

From Tokyoabout 4 h
CarNot needed
JR PassNot a JR line
  1. Train to Kuroishi Station
  2. Local bus, about 20 min

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

Chloride 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.

Things to see nearby

Hirosaki CastleCastle · 17.1 km
Saruga ShrineShrine · 8.8 km
Kanehiranari-enGarden · 7.4 km
Mount MomijiMountain · 1.7 km
Kuroishi ShrineShrine · 7.2 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.

Inns with a private bath — Aomori

More on tattoos and onsen

Where to stay

Onsen inns — Kuroishi City

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Hot spring towns nearby

Ochiai OnsenAomori · 落合温泉0.9 km east
Chloride springSulfate spring
Itadome OnsenAomori · 板留温泉1.4 km east
Chloride springSulfate spring
Aoni OnsenAomori · 青荷温泉6.6 km southeast
Simple spring
Daibō OnsenAomori · 大坊温泉11.2 km west
Chloride spring
Owani OnsenAomori · 大鰐温泉12.2 km southwest
Chloride springSulfate spring
Sakaizeki OnsenAomori · 境関温泉13.8 km west

Similar water elsewhere

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

Kinosaki OnsenHyogo · 城崎温泉Also chloride
Chloride spring
Kaike OnsenTottori · 皆生温泉Also chloride
Chloride spring
Awara OnsenFukui · 芦原温泉Also chloride
Chloride spring
Wakura OnsenIshikawa · 和倉温泉Also chloride
Chloride spring
Katayamazu OnsenIshikawa · 片山津温泉Also chloride
Chloride spring
Atagawa OnsenShizuoka · 熱川温泉Also chloride
Chloride spring

The numbers

Water temperature
60°C
Address in Japanese
青森県黒石市

Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.

Where it is

40.6069, 140.6663 — 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.