Inagoyu Onsen
Inagoyu Onsen is a hot spring town in Nagano, Japan. The water leaves the ground at 7.6°C, cool enough that the baths here are usually reheated. It measures pH 4.9 — mildly acidic. Officially the water is classed as carbon dioxide spring and sulfur spring. Its sources put out around 44 litres a minute. 1 inns take visitors here with room for about 80 guests.
Getting there
- Train to Matsubarako Station (JR)
- Local bus
The water here
Carbon dioxide spring
Fine bubbles cling to your skin. Rare in Japan, and usually cooler than other springs.
Sulfur spring
The classic rotten-egg smell and milky white water. It can tarnish silver jewellery, so take it off.
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
- 7.6°C
- pH
- 4.9 (mildly acidic)
- Discharge
- 44 litres a minute
- Inns
- 1
- Guest capacity
- 80
- Address in Japanese
- 長野県南佐久郡小海町稲子1343
Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.
Where it is
36.0439, 138.4000 — open the map
Read more
Planning a first soak? Read how an onsen stay works, and what to do if you have tattoos.