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Teshiogawa Onsen

Hokkaido · 天塩川温泉

Teshiogawa Onsen is a hot spring town in Hokkaido, Japan. The water leaves the ground at 8.9°C, cool enough that the baths here are usually reheated. Officially the water is classed as chloride spring and bicarbonate spring. 1 inns take visitors here.

Getting there

From Sapporoabout 4 h
CarNot needed
JR PassCovers the train
  1. Train to Teshiogawa-Onsen Station (JR)
  2. Walk, about 10 min

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

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.

More photographs

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Things to see nearby

Mount HakoMountain · 12.5 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 — Otoineppu Village

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Hot spring towns nearby

Bifuka OnsenHokkaido · びふか温泉12.6 km southeast
Chloride springBicarbonate spring
PonpiraHokkaido · ぽんぴら温泉21.1 km northwest
Chloride spring
Pinneshiri OnsenHokkaido · ピンネシリ温泉24.2 km north
Chloride springBicarbonate spring
Utanobori OnsenHokkaido · 歌登温泉24.8 km northeast
Bicarbonate spring
Asahi OnsenHokkaido · 旭温泉31.2 km west
Chloride springBicarbonate spring
Esashi OnsenHokkaido · 枝幸温泉39.2 km northeast
Sulfate spring

Similar water elsewhere

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

Shoya OnsenNagano · 初谷温泉Also bicarbonate and chloride
Chloride springBicarbonate spring
Asahi OnsenHokkaido · 旭温泉Also bicarbonate and chloride
Chloride springBicarbonate spring
Okumizuma OnsenOsaka · 奥水間温泉Also bicarbonate and chloride
Chloride springBicarbonate spring
Koshibu OnsenNagano · 小渋温泉Also bicarbonate and chloride
Chloride springBicarbonate spring
Yunotani OnsenEhime · 湯之谷温泉Also bicarbonate and chloride
Chloride springBicarbonate spring
Hatogayu OnsenFukui · 鳩ヶ湯温泉Also bicarbonate and chloride
Chloride springBicarbonate spring

The numbers

Water temperature
8.9°C
Inns
1
Address in Japanese
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Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.

Where it is

44.6605, 142.2543 — 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.