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Daigo Onsen

Ibaraki · 大子温泉

Daigo Onsen is a hot spring town in Ibaraki, Japan. Officially the water is classed as sulfate spring.

Getting there

From Tokyoabout 2 h
CarNot needed
JR PassCovers the train
  1. Train to Hitachi-Daigo 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.

Sulfate spring

The water here

Sulfate spring 硫酸塩泉

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

Things to see nearby

Fukuroda FallsWaterfall · 6.3 kmTsukimachi FallsWaterfall · 2.4 km
Junisho ShrineShrine · 2.8 km
Mount Namase-FujiMountain · 5.1 km
Karasuyama CastleCastle · 23.5 kmRyūjin kyōGorge · 16.4 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.

More on tattoos and onsen

Where to stay

Onsen inns — Daigo Town

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Hot spring towns nearby

Fukuroda OnsenIbaraki · 袋田温泉5.6 km southeast
Chloride springSulfate spring
Tsukiori OnsenIbaraki · 月居温泉6.8 km southeast
Simple spring
Shihonoyu OnsenFukushima · 志保の湯温泉16.7 km northeast
Simple spring
Kurobane OnsenTochigi · 黒羽温泉21.8 km northwest
Simple spring
Ashino Hot spaTochigi · 芦野温泉27.9 km northwest
Simple spring
Nishinasuno OnsenTochigi · 西那須野温泉36.4 km west
Chloride springBicarbonate spring

Similar water elsewhere

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

Ikaho OnsenGunma · 伊香保温泉Also sulfate
Sulfate spring
Yugashima OnsenShizuoka · 湯ヶ島温泉Also sulfate
Sulfate spring
Yamanaka OnsenIshikawa · 山中温泉Also sulfate
Sulfate spring
Minakami OnsenGunma · 水上温泉Also sulfate
Sulfate spring
Awazu OnsenIshikawa · 粟津温泉Also sulfate
Sulfate spring
Raiden OnsenHokkaido · 雷電温泉Also sulfate
Sulfate spring

The numbers

Address in Japanese
茨城県久慈郡大子町

Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.

Where it is

36.7986, 140.3511 — 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.