Kurehayama Onsen is a hot spring town in Toyama, Japan. The water leaves the ground at 18°C, cool enough that the baths here are usually reheated. Officially the water is classed as bicarbonate spring.
Smooth, slightly slippery water. Often nicknamed bihada-no-yu, the water for beautiful skin.






Places from Wikidata, photographs from Wikimedia Commons. Distances are in a straight line from the town.
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.





Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.
36.7067, 137.1811 — open the map
Planning a first soak? Read how an onsen stay works, and what to do if you have tattoos.