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Tsurunoyu Onsen

Tokyo · 鶴の湯温泉

Tsurunoyu Onsen is a hot spring town in Tokyo, Japan. Officially the water is classed as sulfur spring.

Getting there

From Tokyoabout 2 h
CarNot needed
JR PassCovers the train
  1. Train to Okutama Station (JR)
  2. Local bus, about 20 min

Fly into Haneda or Narita. Times are rough estimates worked out from station locations, not a timetable — check the exact route on Google Maps.

Sulfur spring

The water here

Sulfur spring 硫黄泉

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

Things to see nearby

Mount KumotoriMountain · 12.2 km
Hachiōji CastleCastle · 23.6 km
Mitō FallsWaterfall · 5.7 km
Okutama Mizu-to-Midori-no-FureaikanMuseum · 1.1 km
Musashi Mitake ShrineShrine · 9.4 km
Hyakuhiro FallsWaterfall · 9.1 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 — Okutama Town

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Hot spring towns nearby

Kazuma OnsenTokyo · 数馬温泉6.2 km south
Simple spring
Janoyu OnsenTokyo · 蛇の湯温泉6.4 km south
Simple springSulfur spring
Naguri OnsenSaitama · 名栗温泉15.1 km northeast
Sakeishi OnsenYamanashi · 裂石温泉22.3 km west
Simple spring
Iwakura OnsenTokyo · 岩蔵温泉22.5 km east
Sulfur spring
Bukō OnsenSaitama · 武甲温泉23.6 km north
Sulfur spring

Similar water elsewhere

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

Yūdoku OnsenHokkaido · 有毒温泉Also sulfur
Sulfur spring
Bessho OnsenNagano · 別所温泉Also sulfur
Sulfur spring
Hirugami OnsenNagano · 昼神温泉Also sulfur
Sulfur spring
Kurokawa OnsenKumamoto · 黒川温泉Also sulfur
Sulfur spring
Togura-Kamiyamada OnsenNagano · 戸倉上山田温泉Also sulfur
Sulfur spring
Takamagahara OnsenToyama · 高天原温泉Also sulfur
Sulfur spring

The numbers

Address in Japanese
東京都西多摩郡奥多摩町原

Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.

Where it is

35.7833, 139.0453 — 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.