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Hijiori Onsen

Yamagata · 肘折温泉

Hijiori Onsen is a hot spring town in Yamagata, Japan. Officially the water is classed as chloride spring and bicarbonate spring.

Getting there

From Tokyoabout 5 h
CarNot needed
JR PassCovers the train
  1. Train to Shinjō Station (JR)
  2. Local bus, about 60 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.

Chloride springBicarbonate 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.

Bicarbonate spring 炭酸水素塩泉

Smooth, slightly slippery water. Often nicknamed bihada-no-yu, the water for beautiful skin.

More photographs

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

Things to see nearby

Mount GassanMountain · 14.1 km
Shinjō CastleCastle · 20.7 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 — Okura Village

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Hot spring towns nearby

Imagami OnsenYamagata · 今神温泉3.4 km northwest
Chloride spring+2
Gassanshizu OnsenYamagata · 月山志津温泉19.6 km southwest
Chloride spring
Kusanagi OnsenYamagata · 草薙温泉20 km northwest
Sulfur spring
Hanesawa OnsenYamagata · 羽根沢温泉22.9 km north
Chloride springBicarbonate spring
Matsuyama OnsenYamagata · 松山温泉24.2 km northwest
Simple spring
Higashine OnsenYamagata · 東根温泉25.8 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.

Ureshino OnsenSaga · 嬉野温泉Also bicarbonate and chloride
Chloride springBicarbonate spring
Minoh OnsenOsaka · 箕面温泉Also bicarbonate and chloride
Chloride springBicarbonate spring
Totsukawa OnsenNara · 十津川温泉Also bicarbonate and chloride
Chloride springBicarbonate spring
Hoshino OnsenNagano · 星野温泉Also bicarbonate and chloride
Chloride springBicarbonate spring
Hirayu OnsenGifu · 平湯温泉Also bicarbonate and chloride
Chloride springBicarbonate spring
Tokachigawa OnsenHokkaido · 十勝川温泉Also bicarbonate and chloride
Chloride springBicarbonate spring

The numbers

Address in Japanese
山形県最上郡大蔵村

Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.

Where it is

38.6091, 140.1670 — 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.