Hot springs in Japan
Public baths and day-use spas you can visit without staying overnight.
16 hot springs
Yamagata · Obanazawa
Shirogane-yu Public Bath
Shizuoka · Atami
Hoetsu (Atami Onsen)
Shiga · Otsu
Spa Resort Ogoto Agaryanse
A day spa in Otsu, Shiga, using two hot spring sources of its own, with open-air baths and a free shuttle bus.
Kyoto · Kyoto
Kurama Onsen
A hot spring in the mountains of Kurama, north of central Kyoto, with a free shuttle bus from Kurama Station.
Osaka · Osaka
Spa World
A large bathing complex in Osaka that stays open overnight. The bath areas switch between men's and women's use every month.
Hyogo · Kobe
Gin no Yu (Arima Onsen)
Hyogo · Kobe
Hyoe Koyokaku (Arima Onsen)
Hyogo · Toyooka
Ichi no Yu (Kinosaki Onsen)
A public bath in Kinosaki Onsen, known for its cave bath.
Hyogo · Kobe
Kin no Yu (Arima Onsen)
Kobe's best-known public bath, fed by the iron-rich reddish-brown spring that made Arima famous.
Hyogo · Kobe
Taiko no Yu (Arima Onsen)
Nara · Totsukawa
Iori no Yu (Totsukawa Onsen)
A hot spring bath in Totsukawa Village, Nara, with a footbath and a hot spring drinking fountain.
Wakayama · Shirahama
Sakinoyu Onsen
A free-flowing open-air bath on the rocks facing the Pacific. It dates back about 1,400 years and appears in the Nihon Shoki and the Man'yoshu.
Ehime · Matsuyama
Dogo Onsen Annex Asuka no Yu
Ehime · Matsuyama
Dogo Onsen Honkan
Ehime · Matsuyama
Dogo Onsen Tsubaki no Yu
Oita · Yufu
Shitan-yu
