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Amakazari Onsen

Niigata · 雨飾温泉

Amakazari Onsen is a hot spring town in Niigata, Japan. Officially the water is classed as chloride spring and bicarbonate spring. 1 inns take visitors here.

Getting there

From Tokyoabout 3 h
CarNot needed
JR PassCovers the train
  1. Train to Nechi Station (JR)
  2. Local bus, about 15 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.

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.

Things to see nearby

Mount AmakazariMountain · 2.2 km
Hakuba Cortina Snow ResortSki area · 17 km
Myoko Suginohara Ski ResortSki area · 19.2 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.

Inns with a private bath — Niigata

More on tattoos and onsen

Where to stay

Onsen inns — Itoigawa City

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Hot spring towns nearby

Otari OnsenNagano · 小谷温泉6.9 km south
Chloride springBicarbonate spring
Himekawa OnsenNiigata · 姫川温泉9 km southwest
Chloride spring+2
Sasakura OnsenNiigata · 笹倉温泉9.2 km northeast
Bicarbonate spring
Yakeyama OnsenNiigata · 焼山温泉9.6 km northeast
Chloride spring+2
Bunō OnsenNagano · 奉納温泉12.3 km south
Chloride springBicarbonate spring
Tsubame OnsenNiigata · 燕温泉17.2 km east
Chloride spring+3

Similar water elsewhere

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

Goshiki OnsenYamagata · 五色温泉Also bicarbonate and chloride
Chloride springBicarbonate spring
Teshiogawa OnsenHokkaido · 天塩川温泉Also bicarbonate and chloride
Chloride springBicarbonate spring
Tomuraushi OnsenHokkaido · トムラウシ温泉Also bicarbonate and chloride
Chloride springBicarbonate spring
Shionoha OnsenNara · 入之波温泉Also bicarbonate and chloride
Chloride springBicarbonate spring
Shoya OnsenNagano · 初谷温泉Also bicarbonate and chloride
Chloride springBicarbonate spring
Ōshio OnsenFukushima · 大塩温泉Also bicarbonate and chloride
Chloride springBicarbonate spring

The numbers

Inns
1
Address in Japanese
新潟県糸魚川市梶山

Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.

Where it is

36.9207, 137.9547 — 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.