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Suisui Onsen
Suisui Onsen is a hot spring town in Nagano, Japan. Officially the water is classed as bicarbonate spring.
The water here
Bicarbonate spring
Smooth, slightly slippery water. Often nicknamed bihada-no-yu, the water for beautiful skin.
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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.
Where to stay
Similar water elsewhere
Tsunashima OnsenKanagawa · 綱島温泉Also bicarbonate
Takeo OnsenSaga · 武雄温泉Also bicarbonate
Yunō OnsenKagoshima · 湯之尾温泉Also bicarbonate
Tateyama OnsenToyama · 立山温泉Also bicarbonate
Nitchū OnsenFukushima · 日中温泉Also bicarbonate
Yabuzuka OnsenGunma · 藪塚温泉Also bicarbonate
Where it is
23.4966, 121.3436 — open the map
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Other towns in Nagano
Bessho OnsenNagano · 別所温泉
Hirugami OnsenNagano · 昼神温泉
Togura-Kamiyamada OnsenNagano · 戸倉上山田温泉
Shirahone OnsenNagano · 白骨温泉
Kakeyu OnsenNagano · 鹿教湯温泉
Yudanaka-Shibu OnsenNagano · 湯田中渋温泉郷
Hoshino OnsenNagano · 星野温泉
Asama OnsenNagano · 浅間温泉
Planning a first soak? Read how an onsen stay works, and what to do if you have tattoos.