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Imagami Onsen

Yamagata · 今神温泉

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

Getting there

From Tokyoabout 4½ h
CarTaxi from the station
JR PassCovers the train
  1. Train to Furukuchi Station (JR)
  2. Taxi, about 40 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 springSulfate 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.

Sulfate spring 硫酸塩泉

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

Things to see nearby

Mount GassanMountain · 13.8 km
Shinjō CastleCastle · 20 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 — Tozawa Village

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Hot spring towns nearby

Hijiori OnsenYamagata · 肘折温泉3.4 km southeast
Chloride springBicarbonate spring
Kusanagi OnsenYamagata · 草薙温泉16.7 km northwest
Sulfur spring
Gassanshizu OnsenYamagata · 月山志津温泉19.9 km southwest
Chloride spring
Hanesawa OnsenYamagata · 羽根沢温泉20.4 km north
Chloride springBicarbonate spring
Matsuyama OnsenYamagata · 松山温泉20.8 km northwest
Simple spring
Semi OnsenYamagata · 瀬見温泉27.2 km northeast
Chloride springSulfate spring

Similar water elsewhere

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

Yumura OnsenHyogo · 湯村温泉Also sulfate and bicarbonate
Chloride spring+2
Tenninkyō OnsenHokkaido · 天人峡温泉Also sulfate and bicarbonate
Chloride spring+2
Ryūjin OnsenWakayama · 龍神温泉Also sulfate and bicarbonate
Chloride spring+2
Tsuta OnsenAomori · 蔦温泉Also sulfate and bicarbonate
Chloride spring+2
Higashi-Naruko OnsenMiyagi · 東鳴子温泉Also sulfate and bicarbonate
Chloride spring+2
Marukoma OnsenHokkaido · 丸駒温泉Also sulfate and bicarbonate
Chloride spring+2

The numbers

Address in Japanese
山形県最上郡戸沢村大字角川字今神

Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.

Where it is

38.6321, 140.1414 — 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.