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Wasezawa Onsen

Fukushima · 早稲沢温泉

Wasezawa Onsen is a hot spring town in Fukushima, Japan. The water leaves the ground at 70.3°C, hot. It measures pH 7.8 — mildly alkaline, the slippery kind. Officially the water is classed as sulfate spring. Its sources put out around 535 litres a minute.

Getting there

From Tokyoabout 3½ h

CarNot needed

JR PassCovers the train

1. Train to Inawashiro Station (JR)
2. Change for Kitakata Station
3. Local bus

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

The water here

Sulfate spring 硫酸塩泉

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

Things to see nearby

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.

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

70.3°C

pH

7.8 (mildly alkaline)

Discharge

535 litres a minute

Address in Japanese

福島県耶麻郡北塩原村檜原早稲沢を中心とした地域

Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.

Where it is

37.7258, 140.0663 — open the map

Read more

Japanese Wikipedia