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Hanamaki Onsen

Iwate · 花巻温泉

Hanamaki Onsen is a hot spring town in Iwate, Japan. The water leaves the ground at 58.7°C, hot. It measures pH 7.8 — mildly alkaline, the slippery kind. Officially the water is classed as sulfate spring. Its sources put out around 251 litres a minute. 4 inns take visitors here with room for about 1,728 guests.

Getting there

From Tokyoabout 3 h

CarNot needed

JR PassCovers the train

1. Train to Hanamaki Station (JR)
2. A short walk

Fly into Haneda or Narita. 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

58.7°C

pH

7.8 (mildly alkaline)

Discharge

251 litres a minute

Inns

4

Guest capacity

1,728

Address in Japanese

岩手県花巻市湯本１－１２５

Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.

Where it is

39.4526, 141.0682 — open the map

Read more

Japanese Wikipedia