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Akakura Onsen

Yamagata · 赤倉温泉

Akakura Onsen is a hot spring town in Yamagata, Japan. Officially the water is classed as sulfate spring. 8 inns take visitors here.

Getting there

From Tokyoabout 3 h
JR PassCovers the train
  1. Train to Akakura-Onsen Station (JR)

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

Sulfate spring

The water here

Sulfate spring 硫酸塩泉

Clear water with a faintly bitter taste. Known for holding heat.

Things to see nearby

Shinjō CastleCastle · 23.5 km
Mount KamuroMountain · 11.8 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 — Yamagata

More on tattoos and onsen

Where to stay

Onsen inns — Mogami Town

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Hot spring towns nearby

Nakayama Daira OnsenMiyagi · 中山平温泉10.7 km east
Chloride spring+2
Semi OnsenYamagata · 瀬見温泉13.3 km west
Chloride springSulfate spring
Onikōbe OnsenMiyagi · 鬼首温泉14.4 km northeast
Chloride springBicarbonate spring
Naruko OnsenMiyagi · 鳴子温泉14.5 km east
Chloride spring+3
Ginzan OnsenYamagata · 銀山温泉15.7 km south
Chloride springSulfur spring
Higashi-Naruko OnsenMiyagi · 東鳴子温泉16.3 km east
Chloride spring+2

Similar water elsewhere

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

Yamanaka OnsenIshikawa · 山中温泉Also sulfate
Sulfate spring
Awazu OnsenIshikawa · 粟津温泉Also sulfate
Sulfate spring
Yutagawa OnsenYamagata · 湯田川温泉Also sulfate
Sulfate spring
Asahidake OnsenHokkaido · 旭岳温泉Also sulfate
Sulfate spring
Futamata OnsenFukushima · 二岐温泉Also sulfate
Sulfate spring
Itamuro OnsenTochigi · 板室温泉Also sulfate
Sulfate spring

The numbers

Inns
8
Address in Japanese
山形県最上郡最上町

Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.

Where it is

38.7094, 140.5550 — 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.