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Takeyamakōgen Onsen

Hokkaido · 竹山高原温泉

Takeyamakōgen Onsen is a hot spring town in Hokkaido, Japan. The water leaves the ground at 26.1°C, cool enough that the baths here are usually reheated. It measures pH 9.2 — strongly alkaline. Officially the water is classed as simple spring. 1 inns take visitors here.

Getting there

From Sapporounder 1 h
CarTaxi from the station
JR PassCovers the train
  1. Train to Kita-Hiroshima Station (JR)
  2. By car or taxi, about 10 min

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

Simple spring

The water here

Simple spring 単純温泉

Mild and low in dissolved minerals. Usually clear and gentle on the skin, which is why these baths are often recommended for first-timers.

Things to see nearby

Sapporo HachimangūShrine · 2.6 km
Ashiribetsu ShrineShrine · 9 km
Mount MoiwaMountain · 18.8 km
Ashiribetsu FallsWaterfall · 13.6 km
Sapporo Mt. Moiwa Ski ResortSki area · 17.6 km
Sapporo Bankei Ski AreaSki area · 22.5 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 — HokkaidoInns with a private bath — Hokkaido

More on tattoos and onsen

Where to stay

Onsen inns — Kitahiroshima City

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Hot spring towns nearby

Nanporo OnsenHokkaido · 南幌温泉14.1 km north
Chloride spring
Yuni OnsenHokkaido · 由仁温泉20.5 km east
Chloride springBicarbonate spring
Shikotsuko OnsenHokkaido · 支笏湖温泉22.4 km southwest
Chloride springBicarbonate spring
Shikotsukoitō OnsenHokkaido · 支笏湖いとう温泉26 km southwest
Chloride spring+2
Marukoma OnsenHokkaido · 丸駒温泉26.2 km southwest
Chloride spring+2
Jōzankei OnsenHokkaido · 定山渓温泉30.2 km west
Chloride spring

Similar water elsewhere

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

Genjiinomori OnsenFukuoka · 源じいの森温泉Also simple, similar pH
Simple spring
Iwashita OnsenYamanashi · 岩下温泉Also simple, similar pH
Simple spring
Ogawa OnsenSaitama · 小川温泉Also simple, similar pH
Simple spring
Kuzuryū OnsenFukui · 九頭竜温泉Also simple, similar pH
Simple spring
Genkaisatsuki OnsenFukuoka · 玄海さつき温泉Also simple, similar pH
Simple spring
Nebuta OnsenIshikawa · ねぶた温泉Also simple, similar pH
Simple spring

The numbers

Water temperature
26.1°C
pH
9.2 (strongly alkaline)
Inns
1
Address in Japanese
北海道北広島市富ヶ岡896-5

Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.

Where it is

42.9515, 141.5322 — 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.