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Akigami Onsen

Gifu · 秋神温泉

Akigami Onsen is a hot spring town in Gifu, Japan. Officially the water is classed as bicarbonate spring.

Getting there

From Nagoyaabout 3½ h
CarNot needed
JR PassCovers the train
  1. Train to Takayama Station (JR)
  2. Local bus, about 60 min

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

Bicarbonate spring

The water here

Bicarbonate spring 炭酸水素塩泉

Smooth, slightly slippery water. Often nicknamed bihada-no-yu, the water for beautiful skin.

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 — GifuInns with a private bath — Takayama City

More on tattoos and onsen

Where to stay

Onsen inns — Takayama City

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Hot spring towns nearby

Hirayu OnsenGifu · 平湯温泉Same area
Chloride springBicarbonate spring
Shinhotaka OnsenGifu · 新穂高温泉Same area
Chloride spring+2
Tochio OnsenGifu · 栃尾温泉Same area
Simple spring
Fukuji OnsenGifu · 福地温泉Same area
Simple springBicarbonate spring
Shin-Hirayu OnsenGifu · 新平湯温泉Same area
Chloride springBicarbonate spring
Hida Takayama OnsenGifu · 飛騨高山温泉Same area
Bicarbonate spring

Similar water elsewhere

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

Tsunashima OnsenKanagawa · 綱島温泉Also bicarbonate
Bicarbonate spring
Takeo OnsenSaga · 武雄温泉Also bicarbonate
Bicarbonate spring
Yunō OnsenKagoshima · 湯之尾温泉Also bicarbonate
Bicarbonate spring
Tateyama OnsenToyama · 立山温泉Also bicarbonate
Bicarbonate spring
Nitchū OnsenFukushima · 日中温泉Also bicarbonate
Bicarbonate spring
Yabuzuka OnsenGunma · 藪塚温泉Also bicarbonate
Bicarbonate spring

The numbers

Address in Japanese
岐阜県高山市朝日町胡桃島

Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.

Read more

Japanese Wikipedia

Planning a first soak? Read how an onsen stay works, and what to do if you have tattoos.