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Tarapokki Onsen

Aomori · たらポッキ温泉

Tarapokki Onsen is a hot spring town in Aomori, Japan. Officially the water is classed as chloride spring and bicarbonate spring.

Getting there

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

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 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

Aomori Museum of ArtArt museum · 5.8 km
Namioka CastleCastle · 8.9 km
Mount BonjuMountain · 5 km
Utō ShrineShrine · 9.8 km
Renge-ji TempleTemple · 10.2 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 — Aomori City

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Hot spring towns nearby

Sannai OnsenAomori · 三内温泉4.9 km northeast
Chloride springSulfur spring
Namioka OnsenAomori · 浪岡温泉8.9 km southwest
Simple spring
Takamasu OnsenAomori · 高増温泉15 km southwest
Chloride spring
Nuruyu OnsenAomori · 温湯温泉21 km south
Chloride spring
Ochiai OnsenAomori · 落合温泉21.1 km south
Chloride springSulfate spring
Itadome OnsenAomori · 板留温泉21.3 km south
Chloride springSulfate spring

Similar water elsewhere

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

Ureshino OnsenSaga · 嬉野温泉Also bicarbonate and chloride
Chloride springBicarbonate spring
Hijiori OnsenYamagata · 肘折温泉Also bicarbonate and chloride
Chloride springBicarbonate spring
Minoh OnsenOsaka · 箕面温泉Also bicarbonate and chloride
Chloride springBicarbonate spring
Totsukawa OnsenNara · 十津川温泉Also bicarbonate and chloride
Chloride springBicarbonate spring
Hoshino OnsenNagano · 星野温泉Also bicarbonate and chloride
Chloride springBicarbonate spring
Hirayu OnsenGifu · 平湯温泉Also bicarbonate and chloride
Chloride springBicarbonate spring

The numbers

Address in Japanese
青森県青森市鶴ケ坂田川88-3

Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.

Where it is

40.7940, 140.6349 — 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.