Hot springs in Japan

Every hot spring we have verified in Japan, with water temperatures, entry fees, access notes and a map.

hot springs: 81; hot springs
free to enter: 3; free to enter
resorts & pools: 81; resorts & pools

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Arima Onsen

Hyogo Prefecture, Japan

Temp n/a Paid Drive-up

Entrance of Gin no Yu public bathhouse in Arima Onsen with its wooden sign and blue noren

Arima Onsen Gin no Yu

Hyogo Prefecture, Japan

Temp n/a Paid Drive-up

Entrance of Kin no Yu bathhouse in Arima Onsen with red noren curtains and white paper lanterns

Arima Onsen Kin no Yu

Hyogo Prefecture, Japan

Temp n/a Paid Drive-up

Asama Onsen

Nagano Prefecture, Japan

Temp n/a Paid Drive-up

Hillside view over downtown Atami and its hot spring hotels along the blue Sagami Bay coast

Atami Onsen

Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan

Temp n/a Paid Drive-up

Wooden entrance of Awanoyu inn framed by green trees at Shirahone Onsen

Awanoyu (Shirahone Onsen)

Nagano Prefecture, Japan

99-104°F37-40°C Paid Drive-up

Plumes of hot spring steam rising over Beppu rooftops at sunset with mountains behind

Beppu Onsen

Oita Prefecture, Japan

Temp n/a Paid Drive-up

Bessho Onsen

Nagano Prefecture, Japan

Temp n/a Paid Drive-up

Entrance of Dai-ichi Takimotokan hotel in Noboribetsu with a stone fountain and tall hotel wings

Dōgo Onsen Honkan

Ehime Prefecture, Japan

108°F42°C Paid Drive-up

Gero Onsen

Gifu Prefecture, Japan

Temp n/a Paid Drive-up

Ginzan Onsen

Yamagata Prefecture, Japan

Temp n/a Paid Short walk

Traditional ryokan entrance with a pine tree in Hakodate Yunokawa Onsen

Hakone Kowakien Yunessun

Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan

Temp n/a Paid Drive-up

Near Hakone-Yumoto

Resort or spa

Hakone Yuryo

Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan

Temp n/a Paid Drive-up

Hanamaki Onsen

Iwate Prefecture, Japan

Temp n/a Paid Drive-up

Higashiyama Onsen

Fukushima Prefecture, Japan

Temp n/a Paid Drive-up

Near Hirayu Onsen (Takayama)

Resort or spa

Hirayu no Mori

Gifu Prefecture, Japan

Temp n/a Paid Drive-up

Hottarakashi Onsen

Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan

Temp n/a Paid Drive-up

Glass tower entrance of the Sunamushi Kaikan Saraku sand bath hall at Ibusuki Onsen under blue sky

Ibusuki Onsen (Sunamushi Kaikan Saraku)

Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan

Temp n/a Paid Drive-up

Iizaka Onsen

Fukushima Prefecture, Japan

Temp n/a Paid Drive-up

Ikaho Onsen

Gunma Prefecture, Japan

Temp n/a Paid Drive-up

Three snow monkeys sitting on the rocky rim of the hot spring pool at Jigokudani Monkey Park

Jigokudani Yaen-kōen (Snow Monkey Park)

Nagano Prefecture, Japan

Temp n/a Paid Hike in

Jizoyu public bathhouse in Kinosaki Onsen with hexagonal windows and a tall stone lantern

Jizō-yu (Kinosaki Onsen)

Hyogo Prefecture, Japan

108°F42°C Paid Drive-up

Jozankei Onsen

Hokkaido, Japan

Temp n/a Paid Drive-up

Near Kaga

Public pool

Kaga Onsen (Kaga Onsenkyō)

Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan

Temp n/a Paid Drive-up

Kaike Onsen

Tottori Prefecture, Japan

Temp n/a Paid Drive-up

Near Yamanouchi (Yudanaka)

Resort or spa

Kanbayashi Onsen

Nagano Prefecture, Japan

Temp n/a Paid Drive-up

Kawaguchiko Onsen

Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan

Temp n/a Paid Drive-up

Oto River gravel banks at Kawayu Onsen with the village and a footbridge below wooded hills

Kawayu Onsen Sennin-buro

Wakayama Prefecture, Japan

104°F40°C Free Drive-up

Kinosaki Onsen

Hyogo Prefecture, Japan

108°F42°C Paid Drive-up

Kinugawa Onsen

Tochigi Prefecture, Japan

Temp n/a Paid Drive-up

Kirishima Onsen

Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan

104-109°F40-43°C Paid Drive-up

Kurokawa Onsen

Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan

Temp n/a Paid Drive-up

Kusatsu Onsen

Gunma Prefecture, Japan

Temp n/a Paid Drive-up

Kyukamura Nyuto Onsenkyo

Akita Prefecture, Japan

Temp n/a Paid Drive-up

Wooden bath hall at Aoni Onsen with large paned windows and a shallow indoor bath

Lamp no Yado Aoni Onsen

Aomori Prefecture, Japan

Temp n/a Paid Drive-up

Minakami Onsen

Gunma Prefecture, Japan

Temp n/a Paid Drive-up

Misasa Onsen

Tottori Prefecture, Japan

Temp n/a Paid Drive-up

108°F42°C

Resort or spa

Myoken Onsen

Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan

108°F42°C Paid Drive-up

Milky blue outdoor onsen pool with rock edges overlooking the bay at Nakanoshima, Nachikatsuura

Nanki-Katsuura Onsen (Nachikatsuura)

Wakayama Prefecture, Japan

Temp n/a Paid Drive-up

Naruko Onsen

Miyagi Prefecture, Japan

102-115°F39-46°C Paid Drive-up

Wooden fenced outdoor bath at Niseko Goshiki Onsen with a green mountain beyond

Nozawa Onsen

Nagano Prefecture, Japan

Temp n/a Free Drive-up

Near Kamishihoro

Resort or spa

Nukabira Gensenkyō (Nukabira Onsen)

Hokkaido, Japan

Temp n/a Paid Drive-up

Nyuto Onsenkyo

Akita Prefecture, Japan

Temp n/a Paid Drive-up

Near Semboku (Tazawako)

Resort or spa

Nyuto Onsenkyo Taenoyu

Akita Prefecture, Japan

Temp n/a Paid Drive-up

Okunikko Yumoto Onsen

Tochigi Prefecture, Japan

Temp n/a Paid Drive-up

Wooden bath hut interior with pale blue sulfur water in a long tub at Osorezan Onsen

Osorezan Onsen (Bodai-ji Temple Baths)

Aomori Prefecture, Japan

Temp n/a Paid Drive-up

Sainokawara Rotenburo

Gunma Prefecture, Japan

Temp n/a Paid Short walk

Near Shirahama

Public pool

Saki-no-yu

Wakayama Prefecture, Japan

Temp n/a Paid Drive-up

Shibu Onsen

Nagano Prefecture, Japan

Temp n/a Paid Drive-up

Snow igloo on frozen Lake Shikaribetsu below a dark forested mountain and blue sky

Shikaribetsu-ko Kotan (Lake Shikaribetsu Ice Village)

Hokkaido, Japan

Temp n/a Paid Drive-up

Shima Onsen

Gunma Prefecture, Japan

Temp n/a Free Drive-up

Shirahama Onsen

Wakayama Prefecture, Japan

Temp n/a Paid Drive-up

Shirahone Onsen

Nagano Prefecture, Japan

Temp n/a Paid Drive-up

Shuzenji River flowing over rocks past the Tokko no Yu pavilion and onsen town buildings

Shuzenji Onsen

Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan

Temp n/a Paid Drive-up

Spa Resort Hawaiians

Fukushima Prefecture, Japan

Temp n/a Paid Drive-up

Sukayu Onsen

Aomori Prefecture, Japan

Temp n/a Paid Drive-up

Steam rising from the sand bath beach at Ibusuki beside calm Kagoshima Bay and a small island

Sunamushi Kaikan Saraku

Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan

Temp n/a Paid Drive-up

Closed

Near Takachiho

Public pool

Takachiho Onsen (Takachiho no Yu)

Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan

Temp n/a Paid Drive-up

Wooden Osenkaku inn beside the snowy Takaragawa river gorge under blue sky

Takaragawa Onsen Osenkaku

Gunma Prefecture, Japan

Temp n/a Paid Short walk

Takegawara Onsen

Oita Prefecture, Japan

Temp n/a Paid Drive-up

Tamatsukuri Onsen

Shimane Prefecture, Japan

Temp n/a Paid Drive-up

Near Hakone-Yumoto

Resort or spa

Tenzan Tojikyo

Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan

Temp n/a Paid Drive-up

Thermae-yu Shinjuku

Tokyo, Japan

100-108°F38-42°C Paid Drive-up

Totsukawa Onsen

Nara Prefecture, Japan

Temp n/a Paid Drive-up

Toyako Onsen town spread along the shore of Lake Toya below green hills

Tsuboyu (Yunomine Onsen)

Wakayama Prefecture, Japan

Temp n/a Paid Drive-up

Tsurunoyu Onsen

Akita Prefecture, Japan

Temp n/a Paid Drive-up

Tsuta Onsen Ryokan

Aomori Prefecture, Japan

Temp n/a Paid Drive-up

Clouds of steam rising from the Unzen Jigoku fumarole field beside a wooden walkway

Unzen Onsen

Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan

104-109°F40-43°C Paid Drive-up

Turreted orange roofed Siebold no Yu public bathhouse in Ureshino Onsen under blue sky

Ureshino Onsen (Siebold no Yu)

Saga Prefecture, Japan

Temp n/a Paid Drive-up

Hotels of Wakura Onsen reflected in still water under a cloudy blue sky

Wakura Onsen (Sōyu public bath)

Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan

106-109°F41-43°C Paid Drive-up

Stone lined open air pool of Meoto Kappa no Yu at Okuyagen beside a forested river

Yagen Onsen (Okuyagen Kappa no Yu)

Aomori Prefecture, Japan

Temp n/a Paid Drive-up

Two storey wooden Kosoyu bathhouse on the square of Yamashiro Onsen with willow trees

Yamashiro Onsen (Sōyu and Ko-sōyu)

Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan

Temp n/a Paid Drive-up

Near Yuasa

Resort or spa

Yuasa Onsen (Yuasa-jo)

Wakayama Prefecture, Japan

Temp n/a Paid Drive-up

Yufuin Onsen

Oita Prefecture, Japan

Temp n/a Paid Drive-up

Yunomine Onsen

Wakayama Prefecture, Japan

Temp n/a Paid Drive-up

Zao Onsen

Yamagata Prefecture, Japan

104-109°F40-43°C Paid Drive-up

Hot springs in Japan: common questions

How many hot springs are in Japan?

We currently list 81 hot springs in Japan: 36 resorts or spas, 45 public pools or bathhouses. 1 of them is closed or temporarily closed, and marked on their cards and pages. The list grows as we verify new places.

Are there free hot springs in Japan?

Yes, 3 of the springs we list in Japan have no entry fee, including Kawayu Onsen Sennin-buro, Nozawa Onsen and Shima Onsen. Free springs are usually undeveloped, so expect no changing rooms or lifeguards, and check parking rules.

What is the hottest hot spring in Japan?

Of the springs with published temperatures, Naruko Onsen runs hottest, at up to 102-115°F (39-46°C). Water that hot needs short soaks; test it with a hand before you get in.

Which hot springs in Japan are good for kids?

Arima Onsen, Arima Onsen Gin no Yu, Arima Onsen Kin no Yu, Asama Onsen and Atami Onsen are the most family-friendly options we list, with lifeguarded or shallow pools and facilities on site. Clothing-optional springs are excluded.

Which hot springs in Japan can you drive right up to?

Arima Onsen, Arima Onsen Gin no Yu, Arima Onsen Kin no Yu, Asama Onsen and Atami Onsen have parking within a few minutes' walk of the water. 4 others need a walk or a hike, which is noted on each listing.