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Onagawa Hot spa

Miyagi · 女川温泉

Onagawa Hot spa is a hot spring town in Miyagi, Japan. The water leaves the ground at 27.3°C, cool enough that the baths here are usually reheated. Officially the water is classed as chloride spring. 1 inns take visitors here.

Getting there

From Tokyoabout 3 h
CarNot needed
JR PassCovers the train
  1. Train to Onagawa 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.

Chloride 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.

Things to see nearby

Lake MangokuuraLake · 4.9 km
Hitsujisaki ShrineShrine · 6.4 km
Mount HiyoriMountain · 12.1 km
Hitsujisaki ShrineShrine · 8.9 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 — MiyagiInns with a private bath — Miyagi

More on tattoos and onsen

Where to stay

Onsen inns — Onagawa Town

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Hot spring towns nearby

Oiwake OnsenMiyagi · 追分温泉16.3 km northwest
Radioactive spring

Similar water elsewhere

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

Kagobō OnsenHyogo · 籠坊温泉Also chloride
Chloride spring
PonpiraHokkaido · ぽんぴら温泉Also chloride
Chloride spring
Sekisui-ji OnsenYamanashi · 積翠寺温泉Also chloride
Chloride spring
Sarufutsu OnsenHokkaido · さるふつ温泉Also chloride
Chloride spring
Kinoe OnsenHiroshima · きのえ温泉Also chloride
Chloride spring
Kōchi Sansuien OnsenKochi · 高知三翠園温泉Also chloride
Chloride spring

The numbers

Water temperature
27.3°C
Inns
1
Address in Japanese
宮城県牡鹿郡女川町

Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.

Where it is

38.4466, 141.4439 — open the map

Read more

Japanese Wikipedia

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