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Toshichi Onsen

Iwate · 藤七温泉

Toshichi Onsen is a hot spring town in Iwate, Japan. The water leaves the ground at 91°C, hot enough that it has to be cooled before anyone can get in. Officially the water is classed as sulfur spring. 1 inns take visitors here.

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.

More photographs

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Things to see nearby

HachimantaiMountain · 2 km
Appi Kogen Ski ResortSki area · 10.7 km
Iwatekogen SnowparkSki area · 16 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 — Hachimantai City

More on tattoos and onsen

Where to stay

Onsen inns — Hachimantai City

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Hot spring towns nearby

Appi OnsenIwate · 安比温泉5 km northeast
Sulfur spring
Ōfuka OnsenAkita · 大深温泉5.1 km northwest
Sulfur spring
Fukenoyu OnsenAkita · 蒸ノ湯温泉5.5 km northwest
Acidic spring
Goshougake OnsenAkita · 後生掛温泉6.2 km northwest
Acidic springSulfur spring
Matsukawa OnsenIwate · 松川温泉8.7 km southeast
Sulfur spring
Higashi-Hachimantai OnsenIwate · 東八幡平温泉10 km east
Sulfur spring

Similar water elsewhere

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

Babadani OnsenToyama · 祖母谷温泉Also sulfur
Sulfur spring
Watari OnsenIwate · 渡り温泉Also sulfur
Sulfur spring
Meiken OnsenToyama · 名剣温泉Also sulfur
Sulfur spring
Oyu OnsenAkita · 大湯温泉Also sulfur
Sulfur spring
Kurokawa OnsenKumamoto · 黒川温泉Also sulfur
Sulfur spring
Nozawa OnsenNagano · 野沢温泉Also sulfur
Sulfur spring

The numbers

Water temperature
91°C
Inns
1
Address in Japanese
岩手県八幡平市松尾寄木北の又

Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.

Where it is

39.9400, 140.8600 — 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.