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Oiwake Onsen

Miyagi · 追分温泉

Oiwake Onsen is a hot spring town in Miyagi, Japan. The water leaves the ground at 40°C, comfortably warm. Officially the water is classed as radioactive spring. 1 inns take visitors here.

Getting there

From Tokyoabout 3 h
CarTaxi from the station
JR PassCovers the train
  1. Train to Yanaizu Station (JR)
  2. By car or taxi, about 25 min

Fly into Haneda or Narita. Times are rough estimates worked out from station locations, not a timetable — check the exact route on Google Maps.

Radioactive spring

The water here

Radioactive spring 放射能泉

Contains trace radon that leaves the water quickly. Also called radium or radon springs.

Things to see nearby

Yokoyama FudōsonTemple · 5.9 km
Kōrin-ji TempleTemple · 9.7 km
Lake MangokuuraLake · 17.4 km
Toyoma KaikokanMuseum · 11 km
Mount HiyoriMountain · 18.2 km
Wakuya CastleCastle · 20.9 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 — Ishinomaki City

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Hot spring towns nearby

Onagawa Hot spaMiyagi · 女川温泉16.3 km southeast
Chloride spring

Similar water elsewhere

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

Nose OnsenOsaka · 能勢温泉Also radioactive
Radioactive spring
Yumen OnsenYamaguchi · 湯免温泉Also radioactive
Radioactive spring
Kumanokawa OnsenSaga · 熊の川温泉Also radioactive
Radioactive spring
Jiseiji OnsenYamaguchi · 持世寺温泉Also radioactive
Radioactive spring
Meihō OnsenGifu · 明宝温泉Also radioactive
Radioactive spring
Yuba OnsenOkayama · 湯迫温泉Also radioactive
Radioactive spring

The numbers

Water temperature
40°C
Inns
1
Address in Japanese
宮城県石巻市北上町

Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.

Where it is

38.5810, 141.3681 — 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.