Sasaya Hot spa
Sasaya Hot spa is a hot spring town in Miyagi, Japan. The water leaves the ground at 32.5°C, cool enough that the baths here are usually reheated. It measures pH 7.8 — mildly alkaline, the slippery kind. Officially the water is classed as sulfate spring and iron spring. 1 inns take visitors here.
Getting there
- Train to Sendai station (Shinkansen)
- Local bus, about 45 min
The water here
Sulfate spring
Clear water with a faintly bitter taste. Known for holding heat.
Iron spring
Turns reddish brown as the iron meets air. The water is clear at the source.
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.
Where to stay
Hot spring towns nearby
Similar water elsewhere
The numbers
- Water temperature
- 32.5°C
- pH
- 7.8 (mildly alkaline)
- Inns
- 1
- Address in Japanese
- 宮城県柴田郡川崎町 大字今宿字スド15-3
Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.
Where it is
38.2228, 140.5177 — open the map
Read more
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