Onsen you can reach without a car
Hot spring towns reached by train and a local bus or a short walk. 987 towns.
Short on time? We narrowed this list down to three, with the reasons.
The 3 best onsen in AkitaTamagawa, Nyūtō and Yuze: the three best-known onsen in Akita, and all three reachable without a car. The most
The 3 best onsen in AomoriSukayu, Asamushi and Komaki: the three best-known onsen in Aomori, and all three reachable without a car. The
The 3 best onsen in FukushimaIizaka, Bandai Atami and Dake: the three best-known onsen in Fukushima Prefecture, all reachable without a car
The 3 best onsen towns in Japan for a first tripKusatsu, Arima and Kinosaki: the three onsen towns in Japan that pass a simple test for a first visit — within
Kusatsu OnsenGunma · 草津温泉JR Pass
Ginzan OnsenYamagata · 銀山温泉JR Pass
Arima OnsenHyogo · 有馬温泉
Kinosaki OnsenHyogo · 城崎温泉JR Pass
Ikaho OnsenGunma · 伊香保温泉JR Pass
Shima OnsenGunma · 四万温泉JR Pass
Dōgo OnsenEhime · 道後温泉
Akiu OnsenMiyagi · 秋保温泉JR Pass
Ogoto OnsenShiga · 雄琴温泉JR Pass
Jōge OnsenMiyagi · 定義温泉
Sukayu OnsenAomori · 酸ヶ湯JR Pass
Shuzenji OnsenShizuoka · 修善寺温泉
Sakakibara OnsenMie · 榊原温泉
Tamatsukuri OnsenShimane · 玉造温泉JR Pass
Gero OnsenGifu · 下呂温泉JR Pass
Beppu OnsenOita · 別府温泉JR Pass
Bessho OnsenNagano · 別所温泉
Tamagawa Hot SpringAkita · 玉川温泉JR Pass
Kinugawa OnsenTochigi · 鬼怒川温泉
Manza OnsenGunma · 万座温泉JR Pass
Yufuin OnsenOita · 由布院温泉JR Pass
Hirugami OnsenNagano · 昼神温泉JR Pass
Oigami OnsenGunma · 老神温泉JR Pass
Iizaka OnsenFukushima · 飯坂温泉
Yumura OnsenHyogo · 湯村温泉JR Pass
Kaike OnsenTottori · 皆生温泉JR Pass
Unazuki OnsenToyama · 宇奈月温泉
Naruko OnsenMiyagi · 鳴子温泉JR Pass
Yugashima OnsenShizuoka · 湯ヶ島温泉
Dorogawa OnsenNara · 洞川温泉
Awara OnsenFukui · 芦原温泉
Togura-Kamiyamada OnsenNagano · 戸倉上山田温泉
Misasa OnsenTottori · 三朝温泉JR Pass
Shirahone OnsenNagano · 白骨温泉
Toyotomi OnsenHokkaido · 豊富温泉JR Pass
Atami OnsenShizuoka · 熱海温泉JR Pass
Yunotsu OnsenShimane · 温泉津温泉JR Pass
Wakura OnsenIshikawa · 和倉温泉JR Pass
Tsukioka OnsenNiigata · 月岡温泉JR Pass
Sandogoya OnsenTochigi · 三斗小屋温泉JR Pass
Bandai Atami OnsenFukushima · 磐梯熱海温泉JR Pass
Nanki-Shirahama OnsenWakayama · 南紀白浜温泉JR Pass
Asamushi OnsenAomori · 浅虫温泉
Zaō OnsenYamagata · 蔵王温泉JR Pass
Dake OnsenFukushima · 岳温泉JR Pass
Yunishigawa OnsenTochigi · 湯西川温泉
Ureshino OnsenSaga · 嬉野温泉JR Pass
Yunoyama OnsenMie · 湯の山温泉
Tsunashima OnsenKanagawa · 綱島温泉
Jōzankei OnsenHokkaido · 定山渓温泉JR Pass
Tsurumaki OnsenKanagawa · 鶴巻温泉
Kannawa OnsenOita · 鉄輪温泉JR Pass
Sarugakyō OnsenGunma · 猿ヶ京温泉JR Pass
Hawai OnsenTottori · はわい温泉JR Pass
Hijiori OnsenYamagata · 肘折温泉JR Pass
Minakami OnsenGunma · 水上温泉JR Pass
Takayu OnsenFukushima · 高湯温泉JR Pass
Kakeyu OnsenNagano · 鹿教湯温泉JR Pass
Yuda OnsenYamaguchi · 湯田温泉JR Pass
Minoh OnsenOsaka · 箕面温泉
Geto OnsenIwate · 夏油温泉JR Pass
Totsukawa OnsenNara · 十津川温泉
Komaki OnsenAomori · 古牧温泉
Izu Nagaoka OnsenShizuoka · 伊豆長岡温泉
Higashiyama OnsenFukushima · 東山温泉JR Pass
Yunogō OnsenOkayama · 湯郷温泉JR Pass
Semi OnsenYamagata · 瀬見温泉JR Pass
Tōgatta OnsenMiyagi · 遠刈田温泉JR Pass
Shiobara OnsenTochigi · 塩原温泉郷
Takeo OnsenSaga · 武雄温泉JR Pass
Shimobe SpaYamanashi · 下部温泉JR Pass
Atagawa OnsenShizuoka · 熱川温泉
Futsukaichi OnsenFukuoka · 二日市温泉JR Pass
Nagashima OnsenMie · 長島温泉JR Pass
Yuwaku OnsenIshikawa · 湯涌温泉JR Pass
Sakunami OnsenMiyagi · 作並温泉JR Pass
Tsuetate OnsenKumamoto · 杖立温泉JR Pass
Kawaji OnsenTochigi · 川治温泉
Nyuto Spa ResortAkita · 乳頭温泉郷JR Pass
Matsunoyama OnsenNiigata · 松之山温泉
Hoshino OnsenNagano · 星野温泉
Iwaki Yumoto OnsenFukushima · いわき湯本温泉JR Pass
Owani OnsenAomori · 大鰐温泉JR Pass
Kirizumi OnsenGunma · 霧積温泉JR Pass
Asama OnsenNagano · 浅間温泉JR Pass
Nanki-Katsuura OnsenWakayama · 南紀勝浦温泉JR Pass
Bobata OnsenFukushima · 母畑温泉JR Pass
Yunō OnsenKagoshima · 湯之尾温泉JR Pass
Yuki OnsenHiroshima · 湯来温泉JR Pass
Shirabu OnsenYamagata · 白布温泉JR Pass
Awazu OnsenIshikawa · 粟津温泉JR Pass
Tsuchiyu OnsenFukushima · 土湯温泉JR Pass
Itō OnsenShizuoka · 伊東温泉JR Pass
Tokachigawa OnsenHokkaido · 十勝川温泉JR Pass
Nozawa OnsenNagano · 野沢温泉JR Pass
Echigo Yuzawa OnsenNiigata · 越後湯沢温泉JR Pass
Onneyu OnsenHokkaido · 温根湯温泉JR Pass
Nagayu OnsenOita · 長湯温泉JR Pass
Shibu OnsenNagano · 渋温泉
Nikkō Yumoto OnsenTochigi · 日光湯元温泉JR Pass
Obama OnsenNagasaki · 小浜温泉JR Pass
Sounkyo OnsenHokkaido · 層雲峡温泉JR Pass
Nakabusa OnsenNagano · 中房温泉JR Pass
Iwate Morioka Tsunagi Hot SpringIwate · 盛岡つなぎ温泉JR Pass
Masutomi OnsenYamanashi · 増富温泉JR Pass
Kawayu Onsen (Hokkaido)Hokkaido · 川湯温泉JR Pass
Okutsu OnsenOkayama · 奥津温泉JR Pass
Ashinomaki OnsenFukushima · 芦ノ牧温泉
Yunokawa OnsenHokkaido · 湯の川温泉JR Pass
Kitsuregawa OnsenTochigi · 喜連川温泉JR Pass
Yuya OnsenAichi · 湯谷温泉JR Pass
Dokusawa OnsenNagano · 毒沢温泉JR Pass
Nasu OnsenkyōTochigi · 那須温泉郷JR Pass
Miya OnsenAichi · 三谷温泉JR Pass
Akakura OnsenNiigata · 赤倉温泉
Hōheikyō OnsenHokkaido · 豊平峡温泉
Kaminoyama OnsenYamagata · 上山温泉JR Pass
Hōshi OnsenGunma · 法師温泉JR Pass
Senami OnsenNiigata · 瀬波温泉JR Pass
Unzen OnsenNagasaki · 雲仙温泉JR Pass
Nigorigo OnsenGifu · 濁河温泉JR Pass
Shingen-no-Yu Yumura OnsenYamanashi · 信玄の湯 湯村温泉JR Pass
Toi OnsenShizuoka · 土肥温泉
Hanamaki OnsenIwate · 花巻温泉JR Pass
Kuronagi OnsenToyama · 黒薙温泉
Onikōbe OnsenMiyagi · 鬼首温泉JR Pass
Meotobuchi OnsenTochigi · 女夫渕温泉
Takedao OnsenHyogo · 武田尾温泉JR Pass
Akayu OnsenYamagata · 赤湯温泉JR Pass
Kawarayu OnsenGunma · 川原湯温泉JR Pass
Hinagu OnsenKumamoto · 日奈久温泉
Yunohira OnsenOita · 湯平温泉JR Pass
Umegashima OnsenShizuoka · 梅ヶ島温泉JR Pass
Harazuru OnsenFukuoka · 原鶴温泉JR Pass
Sumatakyō OnsenShizuoka · 寸又峡温泉
Kintaichi OnsenIwate · 金田一温泉JR Pass
Kasagi OnsenKyoto · 笠置温泉
Nitchū OnsenFukushima · 日中温泉JR Pass
Babadani OnsenToyama · 祖母谷温泉
Kawatana OnsenYamaguchi · 川棚温泉JR Pass
Akazawa OnsenShizuoka · 赤沢温泉
Takarazuka OnsenHyogo · 宝塚温泉JR Pass
Yuze OnsenAkita · 湯瀬温泉JR Pass
Kami-Suwa OnsenNagano · 上諏訪温泉JR Pass
Kirishima OnsenKagoshima · 霧島温泉郷JR Pass
Yunohama OnsenYamagata · 湯野浜温泉JR Pass
Ōshuku OnsenIwate · 鶯宿温泉JR Pass
Goshougake OnsenAkita · 後生掛温泉JR Pass
Onogawa OnsenYamagata · 小野川温泉JR Pass
Yabuzuka OnsenGunma · 藪塚温泉
Yunohana OnsenKyoto · 湯の花温泉JR Pass
Yudanaka OnsenNagano · 湯田中温泉
Iya OnsenTokushima · 祖谷温泉JR Pass
Kanzanji OnsenShizuoka · 舘山寺温泉JR Pass
Namegawa OnsenYamagata · 滑川温泉JR Pass
Iwamuro OnsenNiigata · 岩室温泉JR Pass
Arifuku OnsenShimane · 有福温泉JR Pass
Ōmaki OnsenToyama · 大牧温泉JR Pass
Doroyu OnsenAkita · 泥湯温泉JR Pass
Sekigane OnsenTottori · 関金温泉JR Pass
Furofushi OnsenAomori · 黄金崎不老不死温泉JR Pass
Nakanoyu OnsenNagano · 中の湯温泉
Tsurunoyu OnsenAkita · 鶴の湯温泉JR Pass
Tamana OnsenKumamoto · 玉名温泉JR Pass
Narada OnsenYamanashi · 奈良田温泉JR Pass
Yōrōushi OnsenHokkaido · 養老牛温泉JR Pass
Kitsu OnsenKyoto · 木津温泉
Yunotani Onsen VillagesNiigata · 湯之谷温泉郷JR Pass
Nagareyama OnsenHokkaido · 流山温泉JR Pass
Matsushiro OnsenNagano · 松代温泉JR Pass
Nanasawa Onsen-kyoKanagawa · 七沢温泉
Abekura OnsenKanagawa · 阿部倉温泉JR Pass
Watari OnsenIwate · 渡り温泉JR Pass
Yamada OnsenNagano · 山田温泉
Tsubame OnsenNiigata · 燕温泉
Renge OnsenNiigata · 蓮華温泉JR Pass
Nekodaki OnsenFukushima · 猫啼温泉JR Pass
Jigokudani OnsenNagano · 地獄谷温泉
Kameyama OnsenChiba · 亀山温泉JR Pass
Yamaga OnsenKumamoto · 山鹿温泉JR Pass
Ubayu OnsenYamagata · 姥湯温泉JR Pass
Utoro OnsenHokkaido · ウトロ温泉JR Pass
Akanko OnsenHokkaido · 阿寒湖温泉JR Pass
Keio Takaosan OnsenTokyo · 京王高尾山温泉
Osorezan OnsenAomori · 恐山温泉JR Pass
Inokura OnsenMie · 猪の倉温泉
Shionoe OnsenKagawa · 塩江温泉JR Pass
Shimofuro OnsenAomori · 下風呂温泉JR Pass
Sōzukyō OnsenYamaguchi · 雙津峡温泉
Teshiogawa OnsenHokkaido · 天塩川温泉JR Pass
YudaonsenkyōIwate · 湯田温泉峡JR Pass
Sujiyu OnsenOita · 筋湯温泉JR Pass
Nakanosawa OnsenFukushima · 中ノ沢温泉JR Pass
Yamanakadani OnsenOsaka · 山中渓温泉JR Pass
Yutagawa OnsenYamagata · 湯田川温泉JR Pass
Hatake OnsenShizuoka · 畑毛温泉JR Pass
Furuyu OnsenSaga · 古湯温泉JR Pass
Yujuku OnsenGunma · 湯宿温泉JR Pass
Kanetsuri OnsenToyama · 鐘釣温泉
Sukawa OnsenIwate · 須川温泉JR Pass
Sakihana OnsenNiigata · 咲花温泉JR Pass
Kira OnsenAichi · 吉良温泉
Mizunashi-Kaihin OnsenHokkaido · 水無海浜温泉JR Pass
Nishiyama OnsenYamanashi · 西山温泉JR Pass
Ōtemachi OnsenTokyo · 大手町温泉
Himekawa OnsenNiigata · 姫川温泉JR Pass
Shirako OnsenChiba · 白子温泉JR Pass
Kamegai OnsenToyama · 亀谷温泉
Tendō OnsenYamagata · 天童温泉JR Pass
Shiriyaki OnsenGunma · 尻焼温泉JR Pass
Isawa Onsen VillagesYamanashi · 石和温泉郷JR Pass
Ōmachi OnsenkyōNagano · 大町温泉郷JR Pass
Iwai OnsenTottori · 岩井温泉JR Pass
Tōgō OnsenTottori · 東郷温泉JR Pass
Aburatsubo OnsenKanagawa · 油壺温泉
Kamiyu OnsenNara · 上湯温泉
Kawamata OnsenTochigi · 川俣温泉
Yoshioka OnsenTottori · 吉岡温泉JR Pass
Kashio Onsen SpaNagano · 鹿塩温泉JR Pass
Tsuta OnsenAomori · 蔦温泉JR Pass
Nukabira OnsenHokkaido · ぬかびら温泉JR Pass
Kaikake OnsenNiigata · 貝掛温泉JR Pass
Yunokami OnsenFukushima · 湯野上温泉
Deyu OnsenNiigata · 出湯温泉JR Pass
Nagaragawa OnsenGifu · 長良川温泉
Tsubaki OnsenWakayama · 椿温泉JR Pass
Tsurugatonneru OnsenFukui · 敦賀トンネル温泉JR Pass
Tsurunoyu OnsenTokyo · 鶴の湯温泉JR Pass
Funagoya OnsenFukuoka · 船小屋温泉JR Pass
Yunoko OnsenKumamoto · 湯の児温泉
Hamamura OnsenTottori · 浜村温泉JR Pass
Hinatayama OnsenKagoshima · 日当山温泉JR Pass
Tōsenji OnsenNara · 湯泉地温泉
Futamata OnsenFukushima · 二岐温泉JR Pass
Sessokyō OnsenShizuoka · 接岨峡温泉JR Pass
Kamasaki OnsenMiyagi · 鎌先温泉JR Pass
Murasugi OnsenNiigata · 村杉温泉JR Pass
Shirogane OnsenHokkaido · 白金温泉JR Pass
Shimoda OnsenShizuoka · 下田温泉
Fukenoyu OnsenAkita · 蒸ノ湯温泉JR Pass