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Setose Onsen

Hokkaido · 瀬戸瀬温泉

Setose Onsen is a hot spring town in Hokkaido, Japan. The water leaves the ground at 42.8°C, hot. It measures pH 9.3 — strongly alkaline. Officially the water is classed as simple spring. Its sources put out around 180 litres a minute. 1 inns take visitors here.

Getting there

From Sapporoabout 5 h

CarNot needed

JR PassCovers the train

1. Train to Engaru Station (JR)
2. Local bus, about 40 min

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

The water here

Simple spring 単純温泉

Mild and low in dissolved minerals. Usually clear and gentle on the skin, which is why these baths are often recommended for first-timers.

More photographs

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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.

More on tattoos and onsen

Where to stay

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Hot spring towns nearby

Similar water elsewhere

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

The numbers

Water temperature

42.8°C

pH

9.3 (strongly alkaline)

Discharge

180 litres a minute

Inns

1

Address in Japanese

北海道紋別郡遠軽町字湯の里

Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.

Where it is

43.9394, 143.4292 — open the map

Read more

Japanese Wikipedia