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Wariishi Onsen

Gifu · 割石温泉

Wariishi Onsen is a hot spring town in Gifu, Japan. The water leaves the ground at 42°C, hot. Officially the water is classed as sulfur spring. Its sources put out around 63 litres a minute.

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.

Things to see nearby

Kamioka CastleCastle · 4.5 km
Otsu Shrine (Hida)Shrine · 3.7 km
Toun-ji Temple (Hida)Temple · 4.3 km
Mount ShirakiMountain · 15.8 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 — GifuInns with a private bath — Gifu

More on tattoos and onsen

Where to stay

Onsen inns — Hida City

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Hot spring towns nearby

Nagareha OnsenGifu · 流葉温泉7.3 km southwest
Simple spring
Ōnagatan OnsenToyama · 大長谷温泉19.3 km northwest
Simple spring
Jinzūkyōiwaine OnsenToyama · 神通峡岩稲温泉20.6 km north
Chloride springBicarbonate spring
Kasuga OnsenToyama · 春日温泉22.8 km north
Chloride springBicarbonate spring
Kamegai OnsenToyama · 亀谷温泉24.3 km northeast
Sulfur spring
Tochio OnsenGifu · 栃尾温泉24.7 km southeast
Simple spring

Similar water elsewhere

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

Nikkō Yumoto OnsenTochigi · 日光湯元温泉Also sulfur
Sulfur spring
Sumatakyō OnsenShizuoka · 寸又峡温泉Also sulfur
Sulfur spring
Yachi OnsenAomori · 谷地温泉Also sulfur
Sulfur spring
Yumata OnsenNagano · 湯俣温泉Also sulfur
Sulfur spring
Noji OnsenFukushima · 野地温泉Also sulfur
Sulfur spring
Hoppo OnsenNagano · 発哺温泉Also sulfur
Sulfur spring

The numbers

Water temperature
42°C
Discharge
63 litres a minute
Address in Japanese
/ 〒506-1112 岐阜県飛騨市神岡町割石219番地 {{Location map many | Japan Gifu Prefecture | relie

Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.

Where it is

36.3666, 137.2818 — 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.