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Ashinomaki Onsen

Fukushima · 芦ノ牧温泉

Ashinomaki Onsen is a hot spring town in Fukushima, Japan. The water leaves the ground at 60°C, hot. Officially the water is classed as chloride spring. 8 inns take visitors here.

Getting there

From Tokyoabout 2½ h
CarNot needed
JR PassNot a JR line
  1. Train to Ashinomaki-Onsen Station
  2. Local bus, about 15 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 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

Aizuwakamatsu CastleCastle · 13.7 km
Mount ŌtoMountain · 4.7 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 — FukushimaInns with a private bath — Aizuwakamatsu City

More on tattoos and onsen

Where to stay

Onsen inns — Aizuwakamatsu City

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Hot spring towns nearby

Yunokami OnsenFukushima · 湯野上温泉7.6 km south
Simple spring
Aizuhongō OnsenFukushima · 会津本郷温泉9 km north
Chloride springSulfate spring
Iwaseyumoto OnsenFukushima · 岩瀬湯本温泉11.8 km southeast
Chloride springSulfate spring
Higashiyama OnsenFukushima · 東山温泉13.4 km north
Chloride springSulfate spring
Futamata OnsenFukushima · 二岐温泉15.2 km southeast
Sulfate spring
Niitsuru OnsenFukushima · 新鶴温泉18.5 km northwest
Simple spring

Similar water elsewhere

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

Kaike OnsenTottori · 皆生温泉Also chloride
Chloride spring
Wakura OnsenIshikawa · 和倉温泉Also chloride
Chloride spring
Katayamazu OnsenIshikawa · 片山津温泉Also chloride
Chloride spring
Obama OnsenNagasaki · 小浜温泉Also chloride
Chloride spring
Senami OnsenNiigata · 瀬波温泉Also chloride
Chloride spring
Yunohama OnsenYamagata · 湯野浜温泉Also chloride
Chloride spring

The numbers

Water temperature
60°C
Inns
8
Address in Japanese
福島県会津若松市

Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.

Where it is

37.3653, 139.9144 — 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.