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Babadani Onsen
Babadani Onsen is a hot spring town in Toyama, Japan. The water leaves the ground at 77.5°C, hot. It measures pH 7.7 — mildly alkaline, the slippery kind. Officially the water is classed as sulfur spring. Its sources put out around 373 litres a minute. 1 inns take visitors here.
Getting there
- Train to Keyakidaira Station
- Walk, about 45 min
The water here
Sulfur spring
The classic rotten-egg smell and milky white water. It can tarnish silver jewellery, so take it off.
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
- 77.5°C
- pH
- 7.7 (mildly alkaline)
- Discharge
- 373 litres a minute
- Inns
- 1
- Address in Japanese
- 富山県黒部市宇奈月町黒部
Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.
Where it is
36.6989, 137.6800 — open the map
Read more
Planning a first soak? Read how an onsen stay works, and what to do if you have tattoos.