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Imaita Onsen

Niigata · 今板温泉

Imaita Onsen is a hot spring town in Niigata, Japan. The water leaves the ground at 18.8°C, cool enough that the baths here are usually reheated. It measures pH 7.5 — close to neutral. Officially the water is classed as radioactive spring. Its sources put out around 91 litres a minute. 1 inns take visitors here with room for about 58 guests. About 6,562 people a year come to bathe.

Getting there

From Tokyoabout 3 h

CarNot needed

JR PassCovers the train

1. Train to Suibara Station (JR)
2. Local bus, about 25 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.

The water here

Radioactive spring 放射能泉

Contains trace radon that leaves the water quickly. Also called radium or radon springs.

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

18.8°C

pH

7.5 (close to neutral)

Discharge

91 litres a minute

Inns

1

Guest capacity

58

Visitors a year

6,562

Address in Japanese

新潟県阿賀野市

Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.

Where it is

37.8100, 139.2900 — open the map

Read more

Japanese Wikipedia