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Tenninkyō Onsen

Hokkaido · 天人峡温泉

Tenninkyō Onsen is a hot spring town in Hokkaido, Japan. The water leaves the ground at 47–50°C, hot. Officially the water is classed as chloride spring, bicarbonate spring and sulfate spring. 1 inns take visitors here.

Chloride springBicarbonate 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.

Bicarbonate spring 炭酸水素塩泉

Smooth, slightly slippery water. Often nicknamed bihada-no-yu, the water for beautiful skin.

Sulfate spring 硫酸塩泉

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

More photographs

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Things to see nearby

Hagoromo FallsWaterfall · 0.9 km
SounkyoGorge · 18.1 km
Mount HakuunMountain · 11 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 — HokkaidoInns with a private bath — Hokkaido

More on tattoos and onsen

Where to stay

Onsen inns — Higashikawa Town

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Hot spring towns nearby

Asahidake OnsenHokkaido · 旭岳温泉3.1 km north
Sulfate spring
Nakadake OnsenHokkaido · 中岳温泉9.3 km northeast
Sulfur spring
Yūdoku OnsenHokkaido · 有毒温泉10.6 km northeast
Sulfur spring
Aizankei OnsenHokkaido · 愛山渓温泉11.2 km north
Bicarbonate springSulfate spring
Daisetsu Kōgen OnsenHokkaido · 大雪高原温泉12.1 km east
Acidic spring
Sounkyo OnsenHokkaido · 層雲峡温泉17.8 km northeast
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.

Marukoma OnsenHokkaido · 丸駒温泉Also sulfate and bicarbonate
Chloride spring+2
Ryūjin OnsenWakayama · 龍神温泉Also sulfate and bicarbonate
Chloride spring+2
Tsuta OnsenAomori · 蔦温泉Also sulfate and bicarbonate
Chloride spring+2
Shikotsukoitō OnsenHokkaido · 支笏湖いとう温泉Also sulfate and bicarbonate
Chloride spring+2
Kogane OnsenHokkaido · 黄金温泉Also sulfate and bicarbonate
Chloride spring+2
Tsumagoi OnsenGunma · つま恋温泉Also sulfate and bicarbonate
Chloride spring+2

The numbers

Water temperature
47–50°C
Inns
1
Address in Japanese
北海道上川郡東川町天人峡温泉

Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.

Where it is

43.6215, 142.7806 — 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.