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Asakusa Kannon Onsen

Tokyo · 浅草観音温泉

Asakusa Kannon Onsen is a hot spring town in Tokyo, Japan. The water leaves the ground at 26.3°C, cool enough that the baths here are usually reheated. Officially the water is classed as bicarbonate spring.

Getting there

From Tokyounder 1 h

From Kyoto / Osakaabout 2½ h

CarNot needed

JR PassNot a JR line

1. Train to Asakusa 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.

The water here

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.

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

26.3°C

Address in Japanese

東京都台東区浅草2-7-26

Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.

Where it is

35.7149, 139.7950 — open the map

Read more

Japanese Wikipedia