Kaikake Onsen
Kaikake Onsen is a hot spring town in Niigata, Japan. The water leaves the ground at 37°C, comfortably warm. Officially the water is classed as chloride spring. Its sources put out around 400 litres a minute. 1 inns take visitors here with room for about 80 guests.
Getting there
- Train to Echigo-Yuzawa Station (Shinkansen)
- Local bus, about 20 min
The water here
Chloride spring
Salty water. The salt leaves a thin film on the skin, so you stay warm well after leaving the bath.
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.
Where to stay
Hot spring towns nearby
Similar water elsewhere
The numbers
- Water temperature
- 37°C
- Discharge
- 400 litres a minute
- Inns
- 1
- Guest capacity
- 80
- Address in Japanese
- 新潟県南魚沼郡湯沢町三俣686
Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.
Where it is
36.8722, 138.7697 — open the map
Read more
Planning a first soak? Read how an onsen stay works, and what to do if you have tattoos.