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Yakeyama Onsen

Aomori · 焼山温泉

Yakeyama Onsen is a hot spring town in Aomori, Japan. The water leaves the ground at 57–68°C, hot. Officially the water is classed as sulfur spring.

Getting there

From Tokyoabout 6 h
CarNot needed
JR PassCovers the train
  1. Train to Aomori Station (JR)
  2. Local bus, about 120 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.

Sulfur spring

The water here

Sulfur spring 硫黄泉

The classic rotten-egg smell and milky white water. It can tarnish silver jewellery, so take it off.

Things to see nearby

Matsumi FallsWaterfall · 7.8 km
Shichinohe CastleCastle · 18.6 km
Towada mountainMountain · 15.1 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 — Towada City

More on tattoos and onsen

Where to stay

Onsen inns — Towada City

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Hot spring towns nearby

Oirasekeiryū OnsenAomori · 奥入瀬渓流温泉0 km southwest
Chloride spring+2
Tsuta OnsenAomori · 蔦温泉4.1 km northwest
Chloride spring+2
Yachi OnsenAomori · 谷地温泉8.5 km northwest
Sulfur spring
Sarukura OnsenAomori · 猿倉温泉9 km northwest
Sulfate springSulfur spring
Arakawa OnsenAomori · 荒川温泉14.2 km northwest
Chloride springSulfate spring
Sukayu OnsenAomori · 酸ヶ湯14.6 km northwest
Chloride spring+4

Similar water elsewhere

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

Kurokawa OnsenKumamoto · 黒川温泉Also sulfur
Sulfur spring
Nozawa OnsenNagano · 野沢温泉Also sulfur
Sulfur spring
Onneyu OnsenHokkaido · 温根湯温泉Also sulfur
Sulfur spring
Nakabusa OnsenNagano · 中房温泉Also sulfur
Sulfur spring
Harazuru OnsenFukuoka · 原鶴温泉Also sulfur
Sulfur spring
Babadani OnsenToyama · 祖母谷温泉Also sulfur
Sulfur spring

The numbers

Water temperature
57–68°C
Address in Japanese
青森県十和田市

Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.

Where it is

40.5789, 140.9951 — 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.