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Utanobori Onsen
Utanobori Onsen is a hot spring town in Hokkaido, Japan. The water leaves the ground at 12.2°C, cool enough that the baths here are usually reheated. It measures pH 5.9 — mildly acidic. Officially the water is classed as bicarbonate spring. Its sources put out around 100 litres a minute. 1 inns take visitors here.
Getting there
- Train to Otoineppu Station (JR)
- By car or taxi, about 50 min
The water here
Bicarbonate spring
Smooth, slightly slippery water. Often nicknamed bihada-no-yu, the water for beautiful skin.
More photographs
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Things to see nearby
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.
Where to stay
Hot spring towns nearby
Similar water elsewhere
The numbers
- Water temperature
- 12.2°C
- pH
- 5.9 (mildly acidic)
- Discharge
- 100 litres a minute
- Inns
- 1
- Address in Japanese
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Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.
Where it is
44.7840, 142.5158 — open the map
Read more
Planning a first soak? Read how an onsen stay works, and what to do if you have tattoos.