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Geto Onsen

Iwate · 夏油温泉

Geto Onsen is a hot spring town in Iwate, Japan. Officially the water is classed as chloride spring and sulfate spring. 2 inns take visitors here.

Getting there

From Tokyoabout 3 h
CarNot needed
JR PassCovers the train
  1. Train to Kitakami Station (Shinkansen)
  2. Local bus

Access is cut off in winter. Check before planning a cold-season trip.

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 springSulfate 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.

Sulfate spring 硫酸塩泉

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

More photographs

From Wikimedia Commons. Tap a photo for the photographer and licence.

Things to see nearby

Mount YakeishiMountain · 7.4 km
Jeunesse Kurikoma Ski ResortSki area · 15 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 — Kitakami City

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Hot spring towns nearby

Senganishi Hot spaIwate · 千貫石温泉10.9 km east
Chloride springBicarbonate spring
Nagaoka Hot spaIwate · 永岡温泉12.8 km east
Chloride spring
Kamihata OnsenAkita · 上畑温泉22.9 km southwest
Sulfate spring
Shin'yu OnsenIwate · 真湯温泉23.8 km south
Sulfate springAcidic spring
Matsukura OnsenIwate · 松倉温泉24.4 km northeast
Simple spring
Shidodaira OnsenIwate · 志戸平温泉25.4 km northeast
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.

Sakunami OnsenMiyagi · 作並温泉Also sulfate and chloride
Chloride springSulfate spring
Kiriake OnsenNagano · 切明温泉Also sulfate and chloride
Chloride springSulfate spring
Tōgō OnsenTottori · 東郷温泉Also sulfate and chloride
Chloride springSulfate spring
Yutagami OnsenNiigata · 湯田上温泉Also sulfate and chloride
Chloride springSulfate spring
Iwaseyumoto OnsenFukushima · 岩瀬湯本温泉Also sulfate and chloride
Chloride springSulfate spring
Obara OnsenMiyagi · 小原温泉Also sulfate and chloride
Chloride springSulfate spring

The numbers

Inns
2
Address in Japanese
岩手県北上市和賀町岩崎新田

Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.

Where it is

39.2125, 140.8869 — open the map

Read more

English Wikipedia · Japanese Wikipedia

Planning a first soak? Read how an onsen stay works, and what to do if you have tattoos.