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Akiu Onsen

Miyagi · 秋保温泉

Akiu Onsen is a hot spring town in Miyagi, Japan. Officially the water is classed as chloride spring. 16 inns take visitors here with room for about 6,172 guests. About 810,000 people a year come to bathe.

Getting there

From Tokyoabout 2½ h

CarNot needed

JR PassCovers the train

1. Train to Sendai station (JR)
2. Many inns send a car to the station — ask when you book

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

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.

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

Inns

16

Guest capacity

6,172

Visitors a year

810,000

Address in Japanese

宮城県仙台市太白区秋保町湯元

Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.

Where it is

38.2251, 140.7200 — open the map

Read more

Japanese Wikipedia