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Yanagida Onsen

Ishikawa · 柳田温泉

Yanagida Onsen is a hot spring town in Ishikawa, Japan. The water leaves the ground at 27°C, cool enough that the baths here are usually reheated. It measures pH 8.6 — mildly alkaline, the slippery kind. Officially the water is classed as sulfate spring. 1 inns take visitors here.

Getting there

From Kyoto / Osakaabout 4½ h

CarNot needed

JR PassNot a JR line

1. Train to Anamizu Station
2. Local bus, about 50 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

Sulfate spring 硫酸塩泉

Clear water with a faintly bitter taste. Known for holding heat.

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

27°C

pH

8.6 (mildly alkaline)

Inns

1

Address in Japanese

石川県鳳珠郡能登町柳田知部

Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.

Read more

Japanese Wikipedia