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Miyashita Onsen

Fukushima · 宮下温泉

Miyashita Onsen is a hot spring town in Fukushima, Japan. The water leaves the ground at 64°C, hot. It measures pH 6.8–8.2 — close to neutral. Officially the water is classed as bicarbonate spring and sulfate spring. Its sources put out around 192 litres a minute. 2 inns take visitors here.

Getting there

From Tokyoabout 3 h

CarNot needed

JR PassCovers the train

1. Train to Aizu-Miyashita Station (JR)
2. Walk, about 10 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.

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.

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

64°C

pH

6.8–8.2 (close to neutral)

Discharge

192 litres a minute

Inns

2

Address in Japanese

福島県大沼郡三島町大字宮下字塩水4113

Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.

Where it is

37.4763, 139.6501 — open the map

Read more

Japanese Wikipedia