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Ōtemachi Onsen

Tokyo · 大手町温泉

Ōtemachi Onsen is a hot spring town in Tokyo, Japan. The water leaves the ground at 36.5°C, comfortably warm. It measures pH 7.3 — close to neutral. Officially the water is classed as chloride spring. Its sources put out around 1 litres a minute. 1 inns take visitors here.

Getting there

From Tokyounder 1 h
From Kyoto / Osakaabout 2½ h
CarNot needed
JR PassNot a JR line
  1. Train to Ōtemachi Station
  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.

Chloride 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.

Things to see nearby

Yasukuni ShrineShrine · 2.1 km
National Museum of Western ArtArt museum · 3.2 km
Sensō-ji TempleTemple · 4.1 km
Meiji JingūShrine · 6.1 km
Zōjō-ji TempleTemple · 3.7 km
BunkamuraMuseum · 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.

More on tattoos and onsen

Where to stay

Onsen inns — Tokyo

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Hot spring towns nearby

Asakusa Kannon OnsenTokyo · 浅草観音温泉4 km northeast
Bicarbonate spring
Tsunashima OnsenKanagawa · 綱島温泉20.6 km southwest
Bicarbonate spring
Kawasakiarima OnsenKanagawa · 川崎有馬温泉20.7 km southwest
Iron spring
Saitama Seikawadera OnsenSaitama · さいたま清河寺温泉31.9 km northwest
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.

Handeki OnsenGunma · 半出来温泉Also chloride, similar pH
Chloride spring
Nanporo OnsenHokkaido · 南幌温泉Also chloride, similar pH
Chloride spring
Autumn Tennen Onsen Shiawase no Yu IIIshikawa · オータム天然温泉 しあわせの湯IIAlso chloride, similar pH
Chloride spring
Nanno OnsenGifu · 南濃温泉Also chloride, similar pH
Chloride spring
Akayu OnsenNiigata · 赤湯温泉Also chloride, similar pH
Chloride spring
Hashima OnsenGifu · 羽島温泉Also chloride, similar pH
Chloride spring

The numbers

Water temperature
36.5°C
pH
7.3 (close to neutral)
Discharge
1 litres a minute
Inns
1
Address in Japanese
東京都千代田区大手町一丁目7番18及び19

Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.

Where it is

35.6884, 139.7647 — 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.