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Murasugi Onsen
Murasugi Onsen is a hot spring town in Niigata, Japan. The water leaves the ground at 25°C, cool enough that the baths here are usually reheated. Officially the water is classed as radioactive spring. Its sources put out around 374 litres a minute. 7 inns take visitors here with room for about 457 guests. About 29,337 people a year come to bathe.
Getting there
- Train to Suibara Station (JR)
- Local bus, about 27 min
The water here
Radioactive spring
Contains trace radon that leaves the water quickly. Also called radium or radon springs.
More photographs
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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
- 25°C
- Discharge
- 374 litres a minute
- Inns
- 7
- Guest capacity
- 457
- Visitors a year
- 29,337
- Address in Japanese
- 新潟県阿賀野市
Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.
Where it is
37.8000, 139.2900 — open the map
Read more
Planning a first soak? Read how an onsen stay works, and what to do if you have tattoos.