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Chikura Onsen

Chiba · 千倉温泉

Chikura Onsen is a hot spring town in Chiba, Japan. Officially the water is classed as chloride spring and sulfur spring.

Getting there

From Tokyoabout 2 h
JR PassCovers the train
  1. Train to Chikura Station (JR)

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 springSulfur 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.

Sulfur spring 硫黄泉

The classic rotten-egg smell and milky white water. It can tarnish silver jewellery, so take it off.

More photographs

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

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 — Chiba

More on tattoos and onsen

Where to stay

Onsen inns — Minamiboso City

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Hot spring towns nearby

Shirahama OnsenChiba · 白浜温泉Same area
Chloride spring+2

Similar water elsewhere

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

Ginzan OnsenYamagata · 銀山温泉Also sulfur and chloride
Chloride springSulfur spring
Nanki-Katsuura OnsenWakayama · 南紀勝浦温泉Also sulfur and chloride
Chloride springSulfur spring
Echigo Yuzawa OnsenNiigata · 越後湯沢温泉Also sulfur and chloride
Chloride springSulfur spring
Kitsuregawa OnsenTochigi · 喜連川温泉Also sulfur and chloride
Chloride springSulfur spring
Onogawa OnsenYamagata · 小野川温泉Also sulfur and chloride
Chloride springSulfur spring
Yudanaka OnsenNagano · 湯田中温泉Also sulfur and chloride
Chloride springSulfur spring

The numbers

Address in Japanese
千葉県南房総市

Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.

Read more

Japanese Wikipedia

Planning a first soak? Read how an onsen stay works, and what to do if you have tattoos.