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Asahidake Onsen

Hokkaido · 旭岳温泉

Asahidake Onsen is a hot spring town in Hokkaido, Japan. The water leaves the ground at 47–51°C, hot. Officially the water is classed as sulfate spring. 9 inns take visitors here.

Getting there

From Sapporoabout 2 h

JR PassCovers the train

1. Train to Asahikawa Station (JR)

Fly into New Chitose. Times are rough estimates worked out from station locations, not a timetable — check the exact route on Google Maps.

The water here

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

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.

More on tattoos and onsen

Where to stay

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Hot spring towns nearby

Similar water elsewhere

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

The numbers

Water temperature

47–51°C

Inns

9

Address in Japanese

北海道上川郡東川町旭岳温泉

Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.

Where it is

43.6485, 142.7911 — open the map

Read more

English Wikipedia · Japanese Wikipedia