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Tojinbo Onsen

Fukui · 東尋坊三国温泉

Tojinbo Onsen is a hot spring town in Fukui, Japan. The water leaves the ground at 29–66°C, hot. Officially the water is classed as chloride spring.

Getting there

From Kyoto / Osakaabout 2 h
CarNot needed
JR PassCovers the train
  1. Train to Awaraonsen Station (Shinkansen)
  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.

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.

More photographs

From Wikimedia Commons. Tap a photo for the photographer and licence.

Things to see nearby

Maruoka CastleCastle · 14.4 km
Takidan-ji TempleTemple · 0.9 km
Shōkai-ji TempleTemple · 1.9 km
Mikuni ShrineShrine · 2.4 km
Brief Messages from the Heart MuseumMuseum · 14.5 km
Lake KitagataLake · 10.9 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 — Fukui

More on tattoos and onsen

Where to stay

Onsen inns — Sakai City

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Hot spring towns nearby

Awara OnsenFukui · 芦原温泉5.3 km east
Chloride spring
Sano OnsenFukui · 佐野温泉8.8 km south
Sulfate spring
Daianji OnsenFukui · 大安寺温泉11.1 km south
Takasu OnsenFukui · 鷹巣温泉12.4 km southwest
Simple spring
Katayamazu OnsenIshikawa · 片山津温泉25 km northeast
Chloride spring
Awazu OnsenIshikawa · 粟津温泉30.4 km northeast
Sulfate spring

Similar water elsewhere

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

Kinosaki OnsenHyogo · 城崎温泉Also chloride
Chloride spring
Kaike OnsenTottori · 皆生温泉Also chloride
Chloride spring
Wakura OnsenIshikawa · 和倉温泉Also chloride
Chloride spring
Atagawa OnsenShizuoka · 熱川温泉Also chloride
Chloride spring
Tsuetate OnsenKumamoto · 杖立温泉Also chloride
Chloride spring
Shirabu OnsenYamagata · 白布温泉Also chloride
Chloride spring

The numbers

Water temperature
29–66°C
Address in Japanese
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Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.

Where it is

36.2209, 136.1358 — 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.