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Yunota Onsen

Yamagata · 湯ノ田温泉

Yunota Onsen is a hot spring town in Yamagata, Japan. Officially the water is classed as chloride spring. 1 inns take visitors here.

Getting there

From Tokyoabout 5 h
CarNot needed
JR PassCovers the train
  1. Train to Fukura Station (JR)
  2. A short walk

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 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.

Things to see nearby

Naso no ShiratakiWaterfall · 12.3 km
Ashima ski resortSki area · 21.8 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 — Yuza Town

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Hot spring towns nearby

Nikaho OnsenAkita · 仁賀保温泉22.9 km north
Sarukura OnsenAkita · 猿倉温泉24.3 km east
Chloride springBicarbonate spring
Naganuma OnsenYamagata · 長沼温泉31.1 km south
Chloride spring
Matsuyama OnsenYamagata · 松山温泉34.7 km south
Simple spring
Yunohama OnsenYamagata · 湯野浜温泉35 km south
Chloride spring
Hanesawa OnsenYamagata · 羽根沢温泉38.5 km southeast
Chloride springBicarbonate spring

Similar water elsewhere

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

Ōmaki OnsenToyama · 大牧温泉Also chloride
Chloride spring
Ōtemachi OnsenTokyo · 大手町温泉Also chloride
Chloride spring
Kaikake OnsenNiigata · 貝掛温泉Also chloride
Chloride spring
Akayu OnsenNiigata · 赤湯温泉Also chloride
Chloride spring
Usuzumi OnsenGifu · うすずみ温泉Also chloride
Chloride spring
Minaminasuōgane OnsenTochigi · 大金温泉Also chloride
Chloride spring

The numbers

Inns
1
Address in Japanese
山形県飽海郡遊佐町

Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.

Where it is

39.0850, 139.8732 — 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.