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Wakkanai Onsen
Wakkanai Onsen is a hot spring town in Hokkaido, Japan. The water leaves the ground at 34.4°C, comfortably warm. It measures pH 7.6 — mildly alkaline, the slippery kind. Officially the water is classed as chloride spring and bicarbonate spring. Its sources put out around 51 litres a minute. 2 inns take visitors here.
Getting there
- Train to Wakkanai Station (JR)
- Local bus, about 15 min
The water here
Chloride spring
Salty water. The salt leaves a thin film on the skin, so you stay warm well after leaving the bath.
Bicarbonate spring
Smooth, slightly slippery water. Often nicknamed bihada-no-yu, the water for beautiful skin.
More photographs
From Wikimedia Commons. Tap a photo for the photographer and licence.
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.
Where to stay
Hot spring towns nearby
Similar water elsewhere
The numbers
- Water temperature
- 34.4°C
- pH
- 7.6 (mildly alkaline)
- Discharge
- 51 litres a minute
- Inns
- 2
- Address in Japanese
- 北海道稚内市富士見4丁目1487 {{Location map many | Japan Hokkaido#Japan&neighbours | relief
Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.
Where it is
45.4214, 141.6379 — open the map
Read more
Planning a first soak? Read how an onsen stay works, and what to do if you have tattoos.