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Akinomiya Hot Springs

Akita · 秋ノ宮温泉郷

Akinomiya Hot Springs is a hot spring town in Akita, Japan. Officially the water is classed as chloride spring and iron spring. 6 inns take visitors here. About 24,865 people a year come to bathe.

Getting there

From Tokyoabout 4 h

CarTaxi from the station

JR PassCovers the train

1. Train to Yokobori Station (JR)
2. Taxi

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

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.

Iron spring 含鉄泉

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.

More on tattoos and onsen

Where to stay

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Hot spring towns nearby

Similar water elsewhere

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

The numbers

Inns

6

Visitors a year

24,865

Address in Japanese

秋田県湯沢市秋ノ宮

Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.

Where it is

38.9600, 140.5403 — open the map

Read more

English Wikipedia · Japanese Wikipedia