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Tengu Hot spa

Nagano · 天狗温泉

Tengu Hot spa is a hot spring town in Nagano, Japan. The water leaves the ground at 9°C, cool enough that the baths here are usually reheated. It measures pH 5.8 — mildly acidic. Officially the water is classed as iron spring. 1 inns take visitors here.

Getting there

From Tokyoabout 2 h

From Kyoto / Osakaabout 3 h

CarNot needed

JR PassCovers the train

1. Train to Komoro Station (JR)
2. Many inns send a car to the station — ask when you book

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

The water here

Iron spring 含鉄泉

Turns reddish brown as the iron meets air. The water is clear at the source.

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.

More on tattoos and onsen

Where to stay

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Hot spring towns nearby

Similar water elsewhere

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

The numbers

Water temperature

9°C

pH

5.8 (mildly acidic)

Inns

1

Address in Japanese

長野県小諸市甲4766−2

Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.

Where it is

36.3802, 138.4789 — open the map

Read more

Japanese Wikipedia