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Tateyama Onsenkyō

Chiba · たてやま温泉郷

Tateyama Onsenkyō is a hot spring town in Chiba, Japan. Officially the water is classed as chloride spring and bicarbonate spring.

Getting there

From Tokyoabout 2 h
JR PassCovers the train
  1. Train to Tateyama 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 springBicarbonate 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.

Bicarbonate spring 炭酸水素塩泉

Smooth, slightly slippery water. Often nicknamed bihada-no-yu, the water for beautiful skin.

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 — Tateyama City

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Similar water elsewhere

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

Ureshino OnsenSaga · 嬉野温泉Also bicarbonate and chloride
Chloride springBicarbonate spring
Hijiori OnsenYamagata · 肘折温泉Also bicarbonate and chloride
Chloride springBicarbonate spring
Minoh OnsenOsaka · 箕面温泉Also bicarbonate and chloride
Chloride springBicarbonate spring
Totsukawa OnsenNara · 十津川温泉Also bicarbonate and chloride
Chloride springBicarbonate spring
Hoshino OnsenNagano · 星野温泉Also bicarbonate and chloride
Chloride springBicarbonate spring
Hirayu OnsenGifu · 平湯温泉Also bicarbonate and chloride
Chloride springBicarbonate spring

The numbers

Address in Japanese
千葉県館山市

Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.

Read more

Japanese Wikipedia

Other towns in Chiba

Kameyama OnsenChiba · 亀山温泉
Chloride spring+2
Shirako OnsenChiba · 白子温泉
Chloride springIodine spring
Yōrō-keikoku OnsenChiba · 養老渓谷温泉
Chloride springBicarbonate spring
Inubōsaki OnsenChiba · 犬吠埼温泉
Chloride spring
Kamogawa OnsenkyōChiba · 鴨川温泉郷
Chloride spring+2
Shirahama OnsenChiba · 白浜温泉
Chloride spring+2
Katsūra OnsenChiba · 勝浦温泉
Chloride spring
Chikura OnsenChiba · 千倉温泉
Chloride springSulfur spring

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