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Ashino Hot spa

Tochigi · 芦野温泉

Ashino Hot spa is a hot spring town in Tochigi, Japan. The water leaves the ground at 27.9–45°C, hot. Officially the water is classed as simple spring. 1 inns take visitors here.

Getting there

From Tokyoabout 1½ h
From Kyoto / Osakaabout 3 h
CarNot needed
JR PassCovers the train
  1. Train to Kurodahara Station (JR)
  2. A short walk

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

Simple spring

The water here

Simple spring 単純温泉

Mild and low in dissolved minerals. Usually clear and gentle on the skin, which is why these baths are often recommended for first-timers.

Things to see nearby

Komine CastleCastle · 17 km
Mount YamizoMountain · 12.9 km
Nasu Trick Art MuseumArt museum · 10.7 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 — Nasu TownInns with a private bath — Tochigi

More on tattoos and onsen

Where to stay

Onsen inns — Nasu Town

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Hot spring towns nearby

Kurobane OnsenTochigi · 黒羽温泉11.7 km south
Simple spring
Nishinasuno OnsenTochigi · 西那須野温泉18 km southwest
Chloride springBicarbonate spring
Nasu OnsenkyōTochigi · 那須温泉郷20.1 km northwest
Simple spring+6
Shinkashi OnsenFukushima · 新甲子温泉23.2 km northwest
Chloride springSulfate spring
Sandogoya OnsenTochigi · 三斗小屋温泉24.4 km northwest
Simple spring
Kashi OnsenFukushima · 甲子温泉25.4 km northwest
Sulfate spring

Similar water elsewhere

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

Kawaura OnsenYamanashi · 川浦温泉Also simple
Simple spring
Hanashiki OnsenGunma · 花敷温泉Also simple
Simple spring
Setose OnsenHokkaido · 瀬戸瀬温泉Also simple
Simple spring
Tsukiori OnsenIbaraki · 月居温泉Also simple
Simple spring
Marunuma OnsenGunma · 丸沼温泉Also simple
Simple spring
Maruseppu OnsenHokkaido · 丸瀬布温泉Also simple
Simple spring

The numbers

Water temperature
27.9–45°C
Inns
1
Address in Japanese
栃木県那須郡那須町芦野1461

Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.

Where it is

36.9890, 140.1476 — 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.