Sekisui-ji Onsen

Yamanashi · 積翠寺温泉

Sekisui-ji Onsen is a hot spring town in Yamanashi, Japan. The water leaves the ground at 25.6°C, cool enough that the baths here are usually reheated. It measures pH 7.8 — mildly alkaline, the slippery kind. Officially the water is classed as chloride spring. Its sources put out around 84 litres a minute. 1 inns take visitors here.

Getting there

From Tokyoabout 3 h

CarNot needed

JR PassCovers the train

Train to Kōfu Station (JR)
Local bus, about 15 min

Fly into Haneda or Narita. 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

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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 — Yamanashi Inns with a private bath — Yamanashi