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Noji Onsen

Fukushima · 野地温泉

Noji Onsen is a hot spring town in Fukushima, Japan. The water leaves the ground at 50.3°C, hot. It measures pH 6.18 — close to neutral. Officially the water is classed as sulfur spring. Its sources put out around 108 litres a minute. 1 inns take visitors here with room for about 318 guests.

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.

Things to see nearby

Nihonmatsu CastleCastle · 15.9 km
Namekawa Great FallsWaterfall · 13 km
Mount KimenMountain · 1.1 km
Adatara ResortSki area · 6.9 km
Chōshi FallsWaterfall · 9.7 km
ALTS Bandai Snow ResortSki area · 22.9 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 — Fukushima City

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Hot spring towns nearby

Shin-Noji onsenFukushima · 新野地温泉0.3 km northwest
Sulfur spring
Akayu Onsen (Fukushima)Fukushima · 赤湯温泉0.7 km northwest
Simple spring+2
Washikura OnsenFukushima · 鷲倉温泉0.8 km west
Sulfate spring+3
Yokomuki OnsenFukushima · 横向温泉1.8 km southwest
Simple spring+2
Makukawa OnsenFukushima · 幕川温泉2.9 km northwest
Simple springSulfur spring
Kurogane OnsenFukushima · くろがね温泉4.5 km southeast
Acidic spring

Similar water elsewhere

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

Takamagahara OnsenToyama · 高天原温泉Also sulfur, similar pH
Sulfur spring
Yumata OnsenNagano · 湯俣温泉Also sulfur, similar pH
Sulfur spring
Amehatako OnsenYamanashi · 雨畑湖温泉Also sulfur, similar pH
Sulfur spring
Okuyamada OnsenNagano · 奥山田温泉Also sulfur, similar pH
Sulfur spring
Awasuno OnsenToyama · 粟巣野温泉Also sulfur
Sulfur spring
Okuyama OnsenYamanashi · 奥山温泉Also sulfur
Sulfur spring

The numbers

Water temperature
50.3°C
pH
6.18 (close to neutral)
Discharge
108 litres a minute
Inns
1
Guest capacity
318
Address in Japanese
福島県福島市土湯温泉町字野地

Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.

Where it is

37.6686, 140.2692 — 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.