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Amehatako Onsen

Yamanashi · 雨畑湖温泉

Amehatako Onsen is a hot spring town in Yamanashi, Japan. The water leaves the ground at 14.7°C, cool enough that the baths here are usually reheated. It measures pH 7.1 — close to neutral. Officially the water is classed as sulfur spring. 1 inns take visitors here.

Getting there

From Tokyoabout 3 h
CarNot needed
JR PassCovers the train
  1. Train to Minobu Station (JR)
  2. Local bus, about 50 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.

Sulfur spring

The water here

Sulfur spring 硫黄泉

The classic rotten-egg smell and milky white water. It can tarnish silver jewellery, so take it off.

Things to see nearby

Abe Great FallsWaterfall · 12 km
Kuon-ji TempleTemple · 9.3 km
Mount AkaishiMountain · 16.5 km
Ryūun-ji TempleTemple · 9.8 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 — YamanashiInns with a private bath — Yamanashi

More on tattoos and onsen

Where to stay

Onsen inns — Hayakawa Town

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Hot spring towns nearby

Kōgennosato OnsenYamanashi · 光源の里温泉8 km north
Chloride spring+2
Umegashima OnsenShizuoka · 梅ヶ島温泉11.2 km south
Sulfur spring
Jikkoku OnsenYamanashi · 十谷温泉12.6 km northeast
Sulfate springIron spring
Shimobe SpaYamanashi · 下部温泉14.2 km east
Simple spring
Umegashimakon'ya OnsenShizuoka · 梅ヶ島コンヤ温泉15.6 km south
Sulfur spring
Jūmaisō OnsenYamanashi · 十枚荘温泉16.3 km southeast
Chloride spring

Similar water elsewhere

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

Takamagahara OnsenToyama · 高天原温泉Also sulfur, similar pH
Sulfur spring
Noji OnsenFukushima · 野地温泉Also sulfur, similar pH
Sulfur spring
Yumata OnsenNagano · 湯俣温泉Also sulfur, similar pH
Sulfur spring
Okuyamada OnsenNagano · 奥山田温泉Also sulfur, similar pH
Sulfur spring
Shin-Noji onsenFukushima · 新野地温泉Also sulfur, similar pH
Sulfur spring
Iwakura OnsenTokyo · 岩蔵温泉Also sulfur
Sulfur spring

The numbers

Water temperature
14.7°C
pH
7.1 (close to neutral)
Inns
1
Address in Japanese
山梨県南巨摩郡早川町雨畑

Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.

Where it is

35.4057, 138.3267 — 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.