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Gakenoyu Onsen

Nagano · 崖の湯温泉

Gakenoyu Onsen is a hot spring town in Nagano, Japan. Officially the water is classed as sulfate spring.

Getting there

CarLast stretch on foot
JR PassCovers the train
  1. Train to Matsumoto Station (JR)
  2. On foot along a mountain trail, about 20 min
Sulfate spring

The water here

Sulfate spring 硫酸塩泉

Clear water with a faintly bitter taste. Known for holding heat.

Things to see nearby

Matsumoto CastleCastle · 10.3 km
Suwa taishaShrine · 11.3 km
Japan Ukiyo-e MuseumArt museum · 11 km
Former Kaichi SchoolMuseum · 10.8 km
OnbashiraShrine · 11.3 km
Mount HachibuseMountain · 4.6 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 — NaganoInns with a private bath — Matsumoto City

More on tattoos and onsen

Where to stay

Onsen inns — Matsumoto City

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Hot spring towns nearby

Dokusawa OnsenNagano · 毒沢温泉9.1 km southeast
Sulfate springIron spring
Utsukushigahara OnsenNagano · 美ヶ原温泉10.5 km north
Simple spring
Shimosuwa OnsenNagano · 下諏訪温泉11.3 km southeast
Chloride springSulfate spring
Asama OnsenNagano · 浅間温泉12.1 km north
Simple spring
Kami-Suwa OnsenNagano · 上諏訪温泉14.9 km southeast
Sulfur spring
Kakeyu OnsenNagano · 鹿教湯温泉20 km northeast
Simple spring

Similar water elsewhere

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

Ikaho OnsenGunma · 伊香保温泉Also sulfate
Sulfate spring
Yugashima OnsenShizuoka · 湯ヶ島温泉Also sulfate
Sulfate spring
Yamanaka OnsenIshikawa · 山中温泉Also sulfate
Sulfate spring
Minakami OnsenGunma · 水上温泉Also sulfate
Sulfate spring
Awazu OnsenIshikawa · 粟津温泉Also sulfate
Sulfate spring
Raiden OnsenHokkaido · 雷電温泉Also sulfate
Sulfate spring

The numbers

Address in Japanese
長野県松本市内田

Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.

Where it is

36.1523, 138.0100 — 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.