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Makado Onsen

Aomori · 馬門温泉

Makado Onsen is a hot spring town in Aomori, Japan. The water leaves the ground at 37°C, comfortably warm. Officially the water is classed as sulfate spring. 1 inns take visitors here.

Getting there

From Tokyoabout 4 h
CarNot needed
JR PassCovers the train
  1. Train to Noheji Station (JR)
  2. Local bus, about 22 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.

Sulfate spring

The water here

Sulfate spring 硫酸塩泉

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

Things to see nearby

Eboshi-dakeMountain · 4.5 km
Shichinohe CastleCastle · 21.1 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 — Noheji Town

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Hot spring towns nearby

Asamushi OnsenAomori · 浅虫温泉17 km west
Chloride springSulfate spring
Hakkōda SpaAomori · 八甲田温泉23.7 km southwest
Sulfate spring
Yachi OnsenAomori · 谷地温泉29.5 km southwest
Sulfur spring
Sarukura OnsenAomori · 猿倉温泉30.6 km southwest
Sulfate springSulfur spring
Sukayu OnsenAomori · 酸ヶ湯30.9 km southwest
Chloride spring+4
Jōgakura OnsenAomori · 城ヶ倉温泉31 km southwest
Simple spring

Similar water elsewhere

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

Kawafuru OnsenGunma · 川古温泉Also sulfate
Sulfate spring
Fujisan OnsenYamanashi · 富士山温泉Also sulfate
Sulfate spring
Natsuse OnsenAkita · 夏瀬温泉Also sulfate
Sulfate spring
Ōshio OnsenNagano · 大塩温泉Also sulfate
Sulfate spring
Tairadatefurōfushi OnsenAomori · 平舘不老不死温泉Also sulfate
Sulfate spring
Kashi OnsenFukushima · 甲子温泉Also sulfate
Sulfate spring

The numbers

Water temperature
37°C
Inns
1
Address in Japanese
青森県上北郡野辺地町

Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.

Where it is

40.8762, 141.0632 — 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.