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Tokusa Onsen

Fukushima · 木賊温泉

Tokusa Onsen is a hot spring town in Fukushima, Japan. Officially the water is classed as sulfur spring. 8 inns take visitors here.

Getting there

From Tokyoabout 2 h
CarTaxi from the station
JR PassNot a JR line
  1. Train to Aizukōgen-Ozeguchi Station
  2. Taxi

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

Sulfur spring

The water here

Sulfur spring 硫黄泉

The classic rotten-egg smell and milky white water. It can tarnish silver jewellery, so take it off.

More photographs

From Wikimedia Commons. Tap a photo for the photographer and licence.

Things to see nearby

Mount Aizu-KomagatakeMountain · 11.9 kmOkutadami Maruyama Ski ResortSki area · 23.8 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 — FukushimaInns with a private bath — Fukushima

More on tattoos and onsen

Where to stay

Onsen inns — Minamiaizu Town

Opens Rakuten Travel, which lists inns in English. Onsen Guide earns a commission if you book through these links, at no extra cost to you.

Hot spring towns nearby

Yunohana OnsenFukushima · 湯ノ花温泉3.7 km east
Chloride spring
Azuki OnsenFukushima · 小豆温泉6.2 km west
Simple spring
Hinoemata OnsenFukushima · 檜枝岐温泉10.4 km southwest
Sulfur spring
Yunishigawa OnsenTochigi · 湯西川温泉14.7 km southeast
Simple spring
Kawamata OnsenTochigi · 川俣温泉20.4 km south
Chloride spring
Meotobuchi OnsenTochigi · 女夫渕温泉21.1 km south
Chloride spring

Similar water elsewhere

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

Takayu OnsenFukushima · 高湯温泉Also sulfur
Sulfur spring
Sounkyo OnsenHokkaido · 層雲峡温泉Also sulfur
Sulfur spring
Iwate Morioka Tsunagi Hot SpringIwate · 盛岡つなぎ温泉Also sulfur
Sulfur spring
Umegashima OnsenShizuoka · 梅ヶ島温泉Also sulfur
Sulfur spring
Harazuru OnsenFukuoka · 原鶴温泉Also sulfur
Sulfur spring
Ōshuku OnsenIwate · 鶯宿温泉Also sulfur
Sulfur spring

The numbers

Inns
8
Address in Japanese
福島県南会津郡南会津町宮里

Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.

Where it is

37.0637, 139.4859 — 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.