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Oze Tokura Onsen

Gunma · 尾瀬戸倉温泉

Oze Tokura Onsen is a hot spring town in Gunma, Japan. The water leaves the ground at 38°C, comfortably warm. Officially the water is classed as chloride spring and sulfate spring.

Getting there

From Tokyoabout 2 h
CarNot needed
JR PassCovers the train
  1. Train to Numata Station (JR)
  2. Local bus

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

Chloride springSulfate spring

The water here

Chloride spring 塩化物泉

Salty water. The salt leaves a thin film on the skin, so you stay warm well after leaving the bath.

Sulfate spring 硫酸塩泉

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

More photographs

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

Things to see nearby

Mount ShibutsuMountain · 9.5 km
Sanjō FallsWaterfall · 14.2 km
Katashina Kogen Ski ResortSki area · 3.4 km
OzenumaLake · 11.4 km
White World Oze IwakuraSki area · 3.5 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 — GunmaInns with a private bath — Gunma

More on tattoos and onsen

Where to stay

Onsen inns — Katashina Village

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Hot spring towns nearby

Katashina OnsenGunma · 片品温泉3 km south
Bicarbonate spring
Okukinu OnsenkyōTochigi · 奥鬼怒温泉郷13.9 km east
Nikkō Yumoto OnsenTochigi · 日光湯元温泉16.5 km east
Sulfur spring
Meotobuchi OnsenTochigi · 女夫渕温泉17.4 km east
Chloride spring
Oigami OnsenGunma · 老神温泉18.7 km south
Simple spring
Kawamata OnsenTochigi · 川俣温泉19.8 km east
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.

Kirizumi OnsenGunma · 霧積温泉Also sulfate and chloride
Chloride springSulfate spring
Shingen-no-Yu Yumura OnsenYamanashi · 信玄の湯 湯村温泉Also sulfate and chloride
Chloride springSulfate spring
Kirinzan OnsenNiigata · 麒麟山温泉Also sulfate and chloride
Chloride springSulfate spring
Yunotai OnsenAkita · 湯ノ岱温泉Also sulfate and chloride
Chloride springSulfate spring
Yakushi OnsenGunma · 薬師温泉Also sulfate and chloride
Chloride springSulfate spring
Kyōgoku SpaHokkaido · 京極温泉Also sulfate and chloride
Chloride springSulfate spring

The numbers

Water temperature
38°C
Address in Japanese
群馬県利根郡片品村

Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.

Where it is

36.8376, 139.2429 — 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.