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Wakura Onsen
Wakura Onsen is a hot spring town in Ishikawa, Japan. The water leaves the ground at 89.1°C, hot enough that it has to be cooled before anyone can get in. It measures pH 7.6 — mildly alkaline, the slippery kind. Officially the water is classed as chloride spring. Its sources put out around 2,618 litres a minute. 22 inns take visitors here with room for about 9,171 guests. About 1.02 million people a year come to bathe.
Getting there
- Train to Wakura-Onsen Station (JR)
- A short walk
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
- 89.1°C
- pH
- 7.6 (mildly alkaline)
- Discharge
- 2,618 litres a minute
- Inns
- 22
- Guest capacity
- 9,171
- Visitors a year
- 1,022,000
- Address in Japanese
- 石川県七尾市（和倉町・奥原町・石崎町） {{Location map | Japan Ishikawa Prefecture#Japan
Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.
Where it is
37.0867, 136.9183 — 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.