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Amihari Onsen

Iwate · 網張温泉

Amihari Onsen is a hot spring town in Iwate, Japan. The water leaves the ground at 73°C, hot. It measures pH 4.1 — mildly acidic. Officially the water is classed as sulfur spring.

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

Mount IwateMountain · 6.4 km
Morioka CastleCastle · 22.6 km
Iwatekogen SnowparkSki area · 2.4 km
Appi Kogen Ski ResortSki area · 19.4 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 — Iwate

More on tattoos and onsen

Where to stay

Onsen inns — Shizukuishi Town

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Hot spring towns nearby

Minamiamihariarine OnsenIwate · 南網張ありね温泉3.2 km south
Chloride spring+2
Matsukawa OnsenIwate · 松川温泉6.1 km northwest
Sulfur spring
Higashi-Hachimantai OnsenIwate · 東八幡平温泉10.2 km north
Sulfur spring
Kuroyu OnsenAkita · 黒湯温泉11.5 km west
Sulfur spring
Ganiba OnsenAkita · 蟹場温泉11.6 km west
Sulfur spring
Magoroku OnsenAkita · 孫六温泉12 km west
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.

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
73°C
pH
4.1 (mildly acidic)
Address in Japanese
岩手県岩手郡雫石町長山小松倉

Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.

Where it is

39.8215, 140.9381 — 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.