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Akasaki Onsen

Ishikawa · 赤崎温泉

Akasaki Onsen is a hot spring town in Ishikawa, Japan. The water leaves the ground at 27.5°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 bicarbonate spring. Its sources put out around 65 litres a minute.

Getting there

From Kyoto / Osakaabout 3 h

JR PassCovers the train

1. Train to Nanao Station (JR)

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.

The water here

Bicarbonate spring 炭酸水素塩泉

Smooth, slightly slippery water. Often nicknamed bihada-no-yu, the water for beautiful skin.

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.

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Where to stay

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Similar water elsewhere

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

The numbers

Water temperature

27.5°C

pH

8.2 (mildly alkaline)

Discharge

65 litres a minute

Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.

Read more

Japanese Wikipedia

Other towns in Ishikawa