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Shibu Goten-yu Onsen

Nagano · 渋御殿湯温泉

Shibu Goten-yu Onsen is a hot spring town in Nagano, Japan. The water leaves the ground at 27°C, cool enough that the baths here are usually reheated. Officially the water is classed as acidic spring and sulfur spring. 1 inns take visitors here.

Getting there

From Tokyoabout 4 h

CarNot needed

JR PassCovers the train

1. Train to Chino Station (JR)
2. Local bus, about 60 min

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

Acidic spring 酸性泉

Strongly acidic, sometimes below pH 2. It stings on cuts and is not for long soaks.

Sulfur spring 硫黄泉

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.

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

27°C

Inns

1

Address in Japanese

長野県茅野市北山

Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.

Where it is

36.0361, 138.3294 — open the map

Read more

Japanese Wikipedia