Namegawa Onsen

Yamagata · 滑川温泉

Namegawa Onsen is a hot spring town in Yamagata, Japan. Officially the water is classed as bicarbonate spring, sulfate spring and sulfur spring. 1 inns take visitors here.

Getting there

From Tokyoabout 2½ h

CarNot needed

JR PassCovers the train

Train to Tōge Station (JR)
Many inns send a car to the station — ask when you book

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

Bicarbonate springSulfate springSulfur spring

The water here

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.

Sulfur spring 硫黄泉

The classic rotten-egg smell and milky white water. It can tarnish silver jewellery, so take it off.

Things to see nearby

Namekawa Great FallsWaterfall · 0.7 km

Yonezawa CastleCastle · 17.8 km

Mount AzumaMountain · 9.1 km

Adatara ResortSki area · 19.6 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 — Yonezawa City