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Yugawa Onsen

Ishikawa · 湯川温泉

Yugawa Onsen is a hot spring town in Ishikawa, Japan. The water leaves the ground at 51.3°C, hot. It measures pH 7.1 — close to neutral. Officially the water is classed as chloride spring. Its sources put out around 71 litres a minute. 1 inns take visitors here.

Getting there

From Kyoto / Osakaabout 3½ h

CarNot needed

JR PassCovers the train

1. Train to Nanao Station (JR)
2. Local bus, about 30 min

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

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

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.

More on tattoos and onsen

Where to stay

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Hot spring towns nearby

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

51.3°C

pH

7.1 (close to neutral)

Discharge

71 litres a minute

Inns

1

Address in Japanese

石川県七尾市

Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.

Where it is

37.0821, 137.0388 — open the map

Read more

Japanese Wikipedia