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Nanporo Onsen

Hokkaido · 南幌温泉

Nanporo Onsen is a hot spring town in Hokkaido, Japan. The water leaves the ground at 41.6°C, comfortably warm. It measures pH 7.5 — close to neutral. Officially the water is classed as chloride spring. 1 inns take visitors here.

Getting there

From Sapporoabout 1½ h
CarNot needed
JR PassCovers the train
  1. Train to Ebetsu Station (JR)
  2. Local bus, about 45 min

Fly into New Chitose. Times are rough estimates worked out from station locations, not a timetable — check the exact route on Google Maps.

Chloride 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.

Things to see nearby

Ebetsu ShrineShrine · 5.8 km
Bodai-ji TempleTemple · 4.1 km
Moerenuma ParkArt museum · 15 km
Nanporo ShrineShrine · 4.9 km
Mount TenjinMountain · 19.7 km
Sapporo Mt. Moiwa Ski ResortSki area · 22.4 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 — HokkaidoInns with a private bath — Hokkaido

More on tattoos and onsen

Where to stay

Onsen inns — Nanporo Town

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Hot spring towns nearby

Takeyamakōgen OnsenHokkaido · 竹山高原温泉14.1 km south
Simple spring
Yuni OnsenHokkaido · 由仁温泉16.6 km southeast
Chloride springBicarbonate spring
Shikotsuko OnsenHokkaido · 支笏湖温泉36.5 km southwest
Chloride springBicarbonate spring
Jōzankei OnsenHokkaido · 定山渓温泉37.3 km west
Chloride spring
Tsurunoyu OnsenHokkaido · 鶴の湯温泉38.4 km southeast
Chloride spring+2
Shikotsukoitō OnsenHokkaido · 支笏湖いとう温泉39.5 km southwest
Chloride spring+2

Similar water elsewhere

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

Ōtemachi OnsenTokyo · 大手町温泉Also chloride, similar pH
Chloride spring
Handeki OnsenGunma · 半出来温泉Also chloride, similar pH
Chloride spring
Autumn Tennen Onsen Shiawase no Yu IIIshikawa · オータム天然温泉 しあわせの湯IIAlso chloride, similar pH
Chloride spring
Nanno OnsenGifu · 南濃温泉Also chloride, similar pH
Chloride spring
Akayu OnsenNiigata · 赤湯温泉Also chloride, similar pH
Chloride spring
Hashima OnsenGifu · 羽島温泉Also chloride, similar pH
Chloride spring

The numbers

Water temperature
41.6°C
pH
7.5 (close to neutral)
Inns
1
Address in Japanese
北海道空知郡南幌町

Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.

Where it is

43.0692, 141.5978 — 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.