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Kami-Suwa Onsen

Nagano · 上諏訪温泉

Kami-Suwa Onsen is a hot spring town in Nagano, Japan. The water leaves the ground at 65°C, hot. Officially the water is classed as sulfur spring.

Getting there

From Tokyoabout 2½ h
CarNot needed
JR PassCovers the train
  1. Train to Kami-Suwa Station (JR)
  2. A short walk

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

Sulfur spring

The water here

Sulfur spring 硫黄泉

The classic rotten-egg smell and milky white water. It can tarnish silver jewellery, so take it off.

More photographs

From Wikimedia Commons. Tap a photo for the photographer and licence.

Things to see nearby

Takashima CastleCastle · 0.6 km
Suwa taishaShrine · 3.9 km
OnbashiraShrine · 3.9 km
Sunritz Hattori Museum of ArtsArt museum · 1.5 km
Onsen-ji TempleTemple · 1.5 km
Okaya Silk MuseumMuseum · 5.8 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 — Suwa City

More on tattoos and onsen

Where to stay

Onsen inns — Suwa City

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Hot spring towns nearby

Shimosuwa OnsenNagano · 下諏訪温泉3.7 km north
Chloride springSulfate spring
Dokusawa OnsenNagano · 毒沢温泉6.3 km north
Sulfate springIron spring
Ikenotaira OnsenNagano · 池の平温泉14.4 km northeast
Simple spring
Gakenoyu OnsenNagano · 崖の湯温泉14.9 km northwest
Sulfate spring
Yokoya OnsenNagano · 横谷温泉15.3 km east
Carbon dioxide springIron spring
Shibu Goten-yu OnsenNagano · 渋御殿湯温泉20.1 km east
Acidic springSulfur spring

Similar water elsewhere

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

Kurokawa OnsenKumamoto · 黒川温泉Also sulfur
Sulfur spring
Nozawa OnsenNagano · 野沢温泉Also sulfur
Sulfur spring
Onneyu OnsenHokkaido · 温根湯温泉Also sulfur
Sulfur spring
Nakabusa OnsenNagano · 中房温泉Also sulfur
Sulfur spring
Harazuru OnsenFukuoka · 原鶴温泉Also sulfur
Sulfur spring
Babadani OnsenToyama · 祖母谷温泉Also sulfur
Sulfur spring

The numbers

Water temperature
65°C
Address in Japanese
長野県諏訪市

Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.

Where it is

36.0424, 138.1057 — 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.