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Katayamazu Onsen
Katayamazu Onsen is a hot spring town in Ishikawa, Japan. The water leaves the ground at 72.5°C, hot. It measures pH 7.3 — close to neutral. Officially the water is classed as chloride spring. Its sources put out around 400 litres a minute. 13 inns take visitors here with room for about 4,734 guests. About 395,000 people a year come to bathe.
Getting there
- Train to Kagaonsen Station (Shinkansen)
The water here
Chloride spring
Salty water. The salt leaves a thin film on the skin, so you stay warm well after leaving the bath.
More photographs
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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
- 72.5°C
- pH
- 7.3 (close to neutral)
- Discharge
- 400 litres a minute
- Inns
- 13
- Guest capacity
- 4,734
- Visitors a year
- 395,000
- Address in Japanese
- 石川県加賀市
Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.
Where it is
36.3453, 136.3678 — open the map
Read more
Planning a first soak? Read how an onsen stay works, and what to do if you have tattoos.