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Ogawa Onsen

Saitama · 小川温泉

Ogawa Onsen is a hot spring town in Saitama, Japan. The water leaves the ground at 27.8°C, cool enough that the baths here are usually reheated. It measures pH 10.1 — strongly alkaline. Officially the water is classed as simple spring. Its sources put out around 100 litres a minute. 1 inns take visitors here.

Getting there

From Tokyoabout 1½ h

CarNot needed

JR PassCovers the train

1. Train to Ogawamachi 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.

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.

More photographs

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

Things to see nearby

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

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Hot spring towns nearby

Similar water elsewhere

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

The numbers

Water temperature

27.8°C

pH

10.1 (strongly alkaline)

Discharge

100 litres a minute

Inns

1

Address in Japanese

埼玉県比企郡小川町角山26-2

Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.

Where it is

36.0597, 139.2692 — open the map

Read more

Japanese Wikipedia