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Yokokawa Onsen
Yokokawa Onsen is a hot spring town in Ibaraki, Japan. The water leaves the ground at 16°C, cool enough that the baths here are usually reheated. It measures pH 10.1 — strongly alkaline. Officially the water is classed as sulfur spring. 3 inns take visitors here.
The water here
Sulfur spring
The classic rotten-egg smell and milky white water. It can tarnish silver jewellery, so take it off.
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
- 16°C
- pH
- 10.1 (strongly alkaline)
- Inns
- 3
- Address in Japanese
- 茨城県常陸太田市折橋町
Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.
Read more
Planning a first soak? Read how an onsen stay works, and what to do if you have tattoos.