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Yuni Onsen

Hokkaido · 由仁温泉

Yuni Onsen is a hot spring town in Hokkaido, Japan. The water leaves the ground at 18°C, cool enough that the baths here are usually reheated. Officially the water is classed as chloride spring and bicarbonate spring. 14 inns take visitors here.

Getting there

From Sapporoabout 1 h
CarTaxi from the station
JR PassCovers the train
  1. Train to Yuni Station (JR)
  2. Taxi, about 5 min

Fly into New Chitose. Times are rough estimates worked out from station locations, not a timetable — check the exact route on Google Maps.

Chloride springBicarbonate 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.

Bicarbonate spring 炭酸水素塩泉

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

Things to see nearby

Naganuma ShrineShrine · 6.1 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 — HokkaidoInns with a private bath — Hokkaido

More on tattoos and onsen

Where to stay

Onsen inns — Yuni Town

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Hot spring towns nearby

Nanporo OnsenHokkaido · 南幌温泉16.6 km northwest
Chloride spring
Takeyamakōgen OnsenHokkaido · 竹山高原温泉20.5 km west
Simple spring
Tsurunoyu OnsenHokkaido · 鶴の湯温泉26.9 km south
Chloride spring+2
Jukai OnsenHokkaido · 樹海温泉34.2 km southeast
Chloride spring
Shikotsuko OnsenHokkaido · 支笏湖温泉39.3 km southwest
Chloride springBicarbonate spring

Similar water elsewhere

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

Kasagi OnsenKyoto · 笠置温泉Also bicarbonate and chloride
Chloride springBicarbonate spring
Ōtaku no Kuroyu OnsenTokyo · 大田区の黒湯温泉Also bicarbonate and chloride
Chloride springBicarbonate spring
Teshiogawa OnsenHokkaido · 天塩川温泉Also bicarbonate and chloride
Chloride springBicarbonate spring
Totsukawa OnsenNara · 十津川温泉Also bicarbonate and chloride
Chloride springBicarbonate spring
Yōrō-keikoku OnsenChiba · 養老渓谷温泉Also bicarbonate and chloride
Chloride springBicarbonate spring
Hirayu OnsenGifu · 平湯温泉Also bicarbonate and chloride
Chloride springBicarbonate spring

The numbers

Water temperature
18°C
Inns
14
Address in Japanese
北海道夕張郡由仁町

Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.

Where it is

42.9977, 141.7766 — 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.