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Yuwaku Onsen
Yuwaku Onsen is a hot spring town in Ishikawa, Japan. The water leaves the ground at 32°C, cool enough that the baths here are usually reheated. It measures pH 8.2 — mildly alkaline, the slippery kind. Officially the water is classed as chloride spring and sulfate spring. 9 inns take visitors here.
Getting there
- Train to Kanazawa Station (Shinkansen)
- Local bus
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.
Sulfate spring
Clear water with a faintly bitter taste. Known for holding heat.
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
- 32°C
- pH
- 8.2 (mildly alkaline)
- Inns
- 9
- Address in Japanese
- 石川県金沢市湯涌荒屋町
Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.
Where it is
36.4867, 136.7561 — open the map
Read more
English Wikipedia · Japanese Wikipedia
Planning a first soak? Read how an onsen stay works, and what to do if you have tattoos.