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Fukumitsuhanayama Onsen

Toyama · 福光華山温泉

Fukumitsuhanayama Onsen is a hot spring town in Toyama, Japan. The water leaves the ground at 29.5–43°C, hot. It measures pH 2–8.53 — strongly acidic, the kind that stings on a cut. Officially the water is classed as chloride spring and sulfate spring. Its sources put out around 88 litres a minute. 1 inns take visitors here.

Getting there

From Kyoto / Osakaabout 2½ h
CarTaxi from the station
JR PassCovers the train
  1. Train to Fukumitsu Station (JR)
  2. By car or taxi, about 8 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.

Chloride springSulfate spring

The water here

Chloride spring 塩化物泉

Salty water. The salt leaves a thin film on the skin, so you stay warm well after leaving the bath.

Sulfate spring 硫酸塩泉

Clear water with a faintly bitter taste. Known for holding heat.

Things to see nearby

Kanazawa CastleCastle · 17.8 km
Nanto Fukumitsu Art MuseumArt museum · 0.5 km
Takase ShrineShrine · 8 km
IōzenMountain · 8.6 km
IOX-AROSASki area · 7.2 km
Zentoku-ji TempleTemple · 7.4 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 — Nanto City

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Hot spring towns nearby

Kawaida OnsenToyama · 川合田温泉0.8 km northwest
Chloride spring
Hōrinji OnsenToyama · 法林寺温泉1.9 km west
Chloride springSulfate spring
Rindō OnsenToyama · 林道温泉10 km southeast
Carbon dioxide spring
Shōgawa Onsen VillagesToyama · 庄川温泉郷12.2 km east
Bicarbonate spring
Yuwaku OnsenIshikawa · 湯涌温泉13.2 km southwest
Chloride springSulfate spring
YudanionsenToyama · 湯谷温泉13.3 km east
Chloride springSulfur spring

Similar water elsewhere

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

Fukiage OnsenHokkaido · 吹上温泉Also sulfate and chloride, similar pH
Chloride spring+2
Furutōbe OnsenAomori · 古遠部温泉Also sulfate and chloride
Chloride springSulfate spring
Kanose OnsenNiigata · かのせ温泉Also sulfate and chloride
Chloride springSulfate spring
Sakasamaki OnsenNiigata · 逆巻温泉Also sulfate and chloride
Chloride springSulfate spring
Matsukawakeikoku OnsenNagano · 松川渓谷温泉Also sulfate and chloride
Chloride springSulfate spring
Iwakura OnsenAkita · 岩倉温泉Also sulfate and chloride
Chloride springSulfate spring

The numbers

Water temperature
29.5–43°C
pH
2–8.53 (strongly acidic)
Discharge
88 litres a minute
Inns
1
Address in Japanese
富山県南砺市川西588-1

Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.

Where it is

36.5724, 136.8582 — 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.