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Usubetsu Onsen

Hokkaido · 薄別温泉

Usubetsu Onsen is a hot spring town in Hokkaido, Japan. Officially the water is classed as bicarbonate spring. 1 inns take visitors here.

Getting there

From Sapporoabout 1 h
CarNot needed
JR PassCovers the train
  1. Train to Sapporo Station (JR)
  2. Local bus, about 70 min

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

Bicarbonate spring

The water here

Bicarbonate spring 炭酸水素塩泉

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

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 — Sapporo CityInns with a private bath — Sapporo City

More on tattoos and onsen

Where to stay

Onsen inns — Sapporo City

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Hot spring towns nearby

Jōzankei OnsenHokkaido · 定山渓温泉Same area
Chloride spring
Hōheikyō OnsenHokkaido · 豊平峡温泉Same area
Chloride springBicarbonate spring
Koganeyu OnsenHokkaido · 小金湯温泉Same area
Sulfur spring

Similar water elsewhere

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

NakatsugawaonsenkuarizōtoyubunesawaGifu · 中津川温泉クアリゾート湯舟沢Also bicarbonate
Bicarbonate spring
Shishikui OnsenTokushima · 宍喰温泉Also bicarbonate
Bicarbonate spring
Sugatani OnsenShiga · 須賀谷温泉Also bicarbonate
Bicarbonate spring
Tsumagoi OnsenGunma · 嬬恋温泉Also bicarbonate
Bicarbonate spring
Takamine OnsenNagano · 高峰温泉Also bicarbonate
Bicarbonate spring
Gomi OnsenHokkaido · 五味温泉Also bicarbonate
Bicarbonate spring

The numbers

Inns
1
Address in Japanese
北海道札幌市南区定山渓857番地

Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.

Read more

Japanese Wikipedia

Planning a first soak? Read how an onsen stay works, and what to do if you have tattoos.