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Fukenoyu Onsen

Akita · 蒸ノ湯温泉

Fukenoyu Onsen is a hot spring town in Akita, Japan. Officially the water is classed as acidic spring. 1 inns take visitors here.

Getting there

From Tokyoabout 5 h
CarNot needed
JR PassCovers the train
  1. Train to Hachimantai Station (JR)
  2. Local bus, about 65 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.

Acidic spring

The water here

Acidic spring 酸性泉

Strongly acidic, sometimes below pH 2. It stings on cuts and is not for long soaks.

More photographs

From Wikimedia Commons. Tap a photo for the photographer and licence.

Things to see nearby

HachimantaiMountain · 3.8 km
Appi Kogen Ski ResortSki area · 12.6 km
Hanawa Ski ResortSki area · 23.4 km
Kyukai FallsWaterfall · 13.6 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.

Inns with a private bath — Akita

More on tattoos and onsen

Where to stay

Onsen inns — Kazuno City

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Hot spring towns nearby

Ōfuka OnsenAkita · 大深温泉0.7 km south
Sulfur spring
Goshougake OnsenAkita · 後生掛温泉1.7 km west
Acidic springSulfur spring
Toshichi OnsenIwate · 藤七温泉5.5 km southeast
Sulfur spring
Appi OnsenIwate · 安比温泉6.8 km east
Sulfur spring
Tamagawa Hot SpringAkita · 玉川温泉7.8 km west
Chloride spring+3
Matsukawa OnsenIwate · 松川温泉14.1 km southeast
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.

Daisetsu Kōgen OnsenHokkaido · 大雪高原温泉Also acidic
Acidic spring
Dake OnsenFukushima · 岳温泉Also acidic
Acidic spring
JigokudaniToyama · 地獄谷Also acidic
Acidic spring
Kurogane OnsenFukushima · くろがね温泉Also acidic
Acidic spring
RyokukeitouenKagoshima · 栄之尾温泉Also acidic
Acidic spring
Iwao OnsenHokkaido · 岩尾温泉Also acidic
Acidic spring

The numbers

Inns
1
Address in Japanese
秋田県鹿角市八幡平

Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.

Where it is

39.9777, 140.8183 — 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.