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Ohōtsukuomui Onsen

Hokkaido · オホーツクオムイ温泉

Ohōtsukuomui Onsen is a hot spring town in Hokkaido, Japan. The water leaves the ground at 66°C, hot. It measures pH 7.6 — mildly alkaline, the slippery kind. Officially the water is classed as chloride spring. 1 inns take visitors here.

Getting there

From Sapporoabout 5½ h
CarNot needed
JR PassCovers the train
  1. Train to Nayoro Station (JR)
  2. Local bus, about 120 min

Fly into New Chitose. 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.

More photographs

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

Things to see nearby

Mount ToutsuMountain · 13 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 — HokkaidoInns with a private bath — Hokkaido

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Where to stay

Onsen inns — Hokkaido

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Similar water elsewhere

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

Minaminasuōgane OnsenTochigi · 大金温泉Also chloride, similar pH
Chloride spring
Wakura OnsenIshikawa · 和倉温泉Also chloride, similar pH
Chloride spring
Yunohama OnsenYamagata · 湯野浜温泉Also chloride, similar pH
Chloride spring
Ōmaki OnsenToyama · 大牧温泉Also chloride, similar pH
Chloride spring
Kamoenai OnsenHokkaido · 神恵内温泉Also chloride, similar pH
Chloride spring
Takanezawa OnsenTochigi · 高根沢温泉Also chloride, similar pH
Chloride spring

The numbers

Water temperature
66°C
pH
7.6 (mildly alkaline)
Inns
1
Address in Japanese
北海道紋別郡雄武町沢木

Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.

Where it is

44.5267, 143.0574 — open the map

Read more

Japanese Wikipedia

Other towns in Hokkaido

Yūdoku OnsenHokkaido · 有毒温泉
Sulfur spring
Noboribetsu OnsenHokkaido · 登別温泉
Chloride spring+5
Toyotomi OnsenHokkaido · 豊富温泉
Chloride spring+2
Jōzankei OnsenHokkaido · 定山渓温泉
Chloride spring
Tenninkyō OnsenHokkaido · 天人峡温泉
Chloride spring+2
Tokachigawa OnsenHokkaido · 十勝川温泉
Chloride springBicarbonate spring
Onneyu OnsenHokkaido · 温根湯温泉
Sulfur spring
Sounkyo OnsenHokkaido · 層雲峡温泉
Sulfur spring

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