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Terao Onsen

Toyama · 寺尾温泉

Terao Onsen is a hot spring town in Toyama, Japan. The water leaves the ground at 10°C, cool enough that the baths here are usually reheated. Officially the water is classed as sulfur spring. 1 inns take visitors here.

Getting there

From Kyoto / Osakaabout 3 h
CarNot needed
JR PassCovers the train
  1. Train to Tonami Station (JR)
  2. Local bus, about 20 min

Fly into Kansai (KIX) or Itami. Times are rough estimates worked out from station locations, not a timetable — check the exact route on Google Maps.

Sulfur spring

The water here

Sulfur spring 硫黄泉

The classic rotten-egg smell and milky white water. It can tarnish silver jewellery, so take it off.

Things to see nearby

Toyama CastleCastle · 19.7 km
Takase ShrineShrine · 7.4 km
Ushidake Ski & Spa ResortSki area · 4.3 km
Zuisen-ji TempleTemple · 6.5 km
Tonami Sankyoson MuseumMuseum · 6 km
Nishibo ShrineShrine · 7.3 km

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.

Rooms with an open-air bath — Toyama

More on tattoos and onsen

Where to stay

Onsen inns — Tonami City

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Hot spring towns nearby

Shōgawa Onsen VillagesToyama · 庄川温泉郷4.1 km southwest
Bicarbonate spring
YudanionsenToyama · 湯谷温泉4.8 km south
Chloride springSulfur spring
Otogawa OnsenToyama · 音川温泉4.9 km east
Simple spring
Yamada OnsenToyama · 山田温泉5.6 km southeast
Chloride spring
Shitanomyō OnsenToyama · 下の茗温泉8.3 km southeast
Simple spring+2
Ōmaki OnsenToyama · 大牧温泉11.4 km south
Chloride spring

Similar water elsewhere

Towns further away with the same kind of water — useful if this one is hard to reach or fully booked.

Iwakura OnsenTokyo · 岩蔵温泉Also sulfur
Sulfur spring
Tsurugatonneru OnsenFukui · 敦賀トンネル温泉Also sulfur
Sulfur spring
Nosegawa OnsenNara · 野迫川温泉Also sulfur
Sulfur spring
Osōshi OnsenHokkaido · オソウシ温泉Also sulfur
Sulfur spring
Shikibidani OnsenTokushima · 四季美谷温泉Also sulfur
Sulfur spring
Sanogawa OnsenYamanashi · 佐野川温泉Also sulfur
Sulfur spring

The numbers

Water temperature
10°C
Inns
1
Address in Japanese
富山県砺波市井栗谷

Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.

Where it is

36.6004, 137.0228 — open the map

Read more

Japanese Wikipedia

Planning a first soak? Read how an onsen stay works, and what to do if you have tattoos.