Soak in the hot springs riders end their days in
This guide covers 36 hot springs within reach of the ski areas. 4 cost nothing at all, and 7 welcome bathers with tattoos. Read the etiquette guide before your first bath.
Baths worth the drive · 名湯
36 hot springs
All 36 hot springs from A to Z
- Akanko Onsen · Akan · Far edges
- Asahidake Onsen · Higashikawa · Furano
- Dai-ichi Takimotokan · Noboribetsu · South
- Fukiage Onsen Hakuginso · Kamifurano · Furano
- Fukiage Roten-no-yu · Kamifurano · Furano
- Furano Onsen Shisai-no-yu (New Furano Prince Hotel) · Furano
- Highland Furano · Furano
- Hoheikyo Onsen · Jozankei · Sapporo
- Hotel Kanronomori · Niseko Town · Niseko
- Jozankei Onsen · Jozankei · Sapporo
- Karurusu Onsen (Suzuki Ryokan) · Noboribetsu · South
- Kawayu Onsen · Far edges
- Kirin-no-Yu (Hoshino Resorts Tomamu) · Tomamu · Tokachi
- Kotan Onsen (Kotan-no-yu) · Far edges
- Kurodake no Yu · Sounkyo · Furano
- Kyogoku Onsen · Niseko
- Makkari Onsen · Niseko
- Marukoma Onsen Ryokan · Lake Shikotsu · Sapporo
- Niseko Annupuri Onsen Yugokorotei · Niseko Town · Niseko
- Niseko Ekimae Onsen Kiranoyu · Niseko Town · Niseko
- Niseko Goshiki Onsen Ryokan · Niseko
- Niseko Grand Hotel · Niseko Town · Niseko
- Nukabira Gensenkyo · Tokachi
- Oyunuma River Natural Footbath · Noboribetsu · South
- Rishiri Fuji Onsen · Rishiri · Far edges
- Sansan-no-yu · Iwanai · Niseko
- Shirogane Onsen · Biei · Furano
- Tokachidake Onsen Kamihoroso · Kamifurano · Furano
- Tokachidake Onsen Ryounkaku · Kamifurano · Furano
- Tokachigawa Onsen · Tokachi
- Toyako Onsen · Lake Toya · South
- Wakoto Onsen · Far edges
- Yukichichibu · Niseko
- Yukoro Onsen · Hirafu · Niseko
- Yumoto Sagiriyu · Noboribetsu · South
- Yunokawa Onsen · Hakodate · South
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Compare the baths比較
| Onsen | Type | Water | Day visit | Outdoor | Mixed | Tattoos |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Akanko Onsen | onsen town | Fourteen sources: simple and sulphur springs, weakly alkaline to alkaline, 50–80°C. | – | Yes | No | – |
| Asahidake Onsen | onsen town | Calcium-magnesium-sodium sulphate and chloride spring, clear and odourless. Yukomanso runs five of its own sources between 33 and 42°C without heating. | ¥1,140 | Yes | No | – |
| Dai-ichi Takimotokan | ryokan | Five spring types piped from Jigokudani: acidic sulphur (pH 2.4), salt, acidic green vitriol (iron sulphate with hydrogen sulphide), bicarbonate, and Glauber’s salt (pH 2.2). All flowed straight from the source. | ¥2,500 | Yes | No | – |
| Fukiage Roten-no-yu | wild | Acidic sodium-calcium chloride spring (pH 2.6), 47°C at the source, flowed straight in with no added water or heating. | Free | Yes | Yes | Welcome |
| Niseko Goshiki Onsen Ryokan | ryokan | Strongly acidic sulphur spring (acidic sulphur, magnesium-sodium-calcium sulphate-chloride type), pH 2.6, 76°C at the source, unheated and flowed straight from the source; very high mineral content. | ¥1,000 | Yes | No | – |
| Fukiage Onsen Hakuginso | day use | Acidic calcium-sodium sulphate and chloride spring (pH 2.6), around 47°C. | ¥700 | Yes | No | – |
| Highland Furano | day use | Weakly alkaline, low-mineral cold spring that is heated for bathing; the hotel calls it the only natural spring in Furano city. | ¥650 | Yes | No | – |
| Hoheikyo Onsen | day use | Sodium bicarbonate and chloride spring, neutral (pH 6.5), 52°C; 100% source water with no dilution, heating or recirculation, piped without a storage tank. The only spring in Sapporo licensed for drinking. | ¥1,300 | Yes | No | – |
| Jozankei Onsen | onsen town | Sodium chloride spring, neutral, 60–80°C, rising from 56 sources in the bed and banks of the Toyohira River. | – | Yes | No | – |
| Tokachidake Onsen Kamihoroso | ryokan | Aluminium-calcium sulphate spring (old classification: gypsum acidic spring), about 29°C at the source and heated; 100% source water, flowed through. | ¥1,000 | – | – | – |
| Hotel Kanronomori | ryokan | Sulphur-bearing sodium-calcium chloride and bicarbonate spring (hydrogen sulphide type), neutral and hot, piped from a source on the riverbank. | ¥1,800 | Yes | No | Welcome |
| Karurusu Onsen (Suzuki Ryokan) | ryokan | Simple spring, neutral, 48–68°C; higher in Glauber’s salt than most simple springs. | ¥500 | – | – | – |
| Kawayu Onsen | onsen town | Strongly acidic sulphur and alum springs; too acidic for recirculation, so every bath in town flows straight from the source. | ¥500 | Yes | No | Welcome |
| Niseko Ekimae Onsen Kiranoyu | day use | Simple spring, weakly alkaline and low in minerals; 35–37°C at the source. | ¥800 | Yes | No | – |
| Kirin-no-Yu (Hoshino Resorts Tomamu) | resort | Heated bath water; the resort states it is not a natural hot spring. | ¥1,500 | Yes | No | Cover up |
| Kotan Onsen (Kotan-no-yu) | wild | Sodium bicarbonate spring, flowed straight from the source. | Free | Yes | No | Welcome |
| Kurodake no Yu | day use | Sounkyo draws on simple and sulphur springs; the water here runs clear and gentle. | ¥800 | Yes | No | No |
| Kyogoku Onsen | day use | Sodium chloride and sulphate spring, weakly alkaline; 40.3°C at the source, heated, filtered and recirculated. | ¥800 | Yes | – | – |
| Makkari Onsen | day use | Sodium chloride, sulphate and bicarbonate spring, weakly alkaline (pH 7.8), 54°C at the source; water added, then flowed through. | ¥600 | Yes | No | – |
| Marukoma Onsen Ryokan | ryokan | Sodium-calcium chloride, bicarbonate and sulphate spring, neutral, 54°C; volcanic water from Mt. Eniwa that wells up through the floor of the natural bath. | ¥1,200 | Yes | No | – |
| Niseko Grand Hotel | ryokan | Two private wells, both sodium chloride and bicarbonate springs: Well No. 1 (pH 6.4, iron-rich) and Well No. 3 (pH 7.3, higher in bicarbonate), 54–66°C, cooled with local spring water and flowed straight from the source. | ¥3,000 | Yes | Yes | Welcome |
| Nukabira Gensenkyo | onsen town | Simple spring, weak salt spring or bicarbonate spring depending on the well, 50–60°C; every inn flows straight from the source, and most allow drinking. | – | Yes | No | – |
| Oyunuma River Natural Footbath | wild | Sulphur water overflowing from Oyunuma, a crater pond where sulphur spring erupts from the bottom at about 130°C. | Free | Yes | Yes | Welcome |
| Rishiri Fuji Onsen | day use | Sodium chloride and bicarbonate spring, weakly alkaline (pH 7.5), about 41°C, pumped from 1,500 m down; lightly heated and filtered, with fresh source water added continuously. | ¥500 | Yes | – | – |
| Tokachidake Onsen Ryounkaku | ryokan | Two sources: No. 1 is an iron-bearing aluminium-calcium sulphate spring, acidic (pH 2.4, about 37°C); No. 2 is a calcium-sodium sulphate spring, near neutral (pH 6.2, 51–53°C). No added water. | ¥1,000 | Yes | No | – |
| Yumoto Sagiriyu | sento | Two springs side by side, both flowed straight from the source: a milky sulphur spring and a clear alum spring known as me-no-yu. | ¥550 | No | No | – |
| Sansan-no-yu | day use | Strong sodium chloride spring of sea-water origin, hypertonic and neutral, 42–47°C, flowed straight from the source with no added water or heating. | ¥600 | – | – | – |
| Shirogane Onsen | onsen town | Sodium-calcium-magnesium sulphate and chloride spring, 46–55°C; clear when it emerges and brown once its iron oxidises. | ¥1,200 | Yes | No | – |
| Furano Onsen Shisai-no-yu (New Furano Prince Hotel) | resort | Iodine-bearing sodium-calcium chloride spring, alkaline and hypertonic, 26.3°C from 1,010 m down; heated. | ¥1,700 | Yes | No | – |
| Tokachigawa Onsen | onsen town | Moor water: a plant-derived sodium chloride and bicarbonate spring, weakly alkaline, rising through lignite beds under the Tokachi plain. | ¥1,300 | Yes | No | – |
| Toyako Onsen | onsen town | Sodium-calcium chloride spring, neutral (pH 6.7), 50.3°C, slightly fizzy on the tongue. | ¥600 | Yes | No | – |
| Wakoto Onsen | wild | Simple spring, neutral, 52.5°C at the source. | Free | Yes | – | Welcome |
| Niseko Annupuri Onsen Yugokorotei | ryokan | Sodium bicarbonate, sulphate and chloride spring, neutral, 49°C at the source; every tub fed straight from the source. | ¥1,800 | Yes | – | – |
| Yukichichibu | day use | Two springs: a simple sulphur spring of the hydrogen sulphide type fed from the Oyunuma steam pond, and a mild, weakly alkaline simple spring the town calls its iron spring. | ¥900 | Yes | No | – |
| Yukoro Onsen | day use | Sodium bicarbonate and chloride spring carrying iron and magnesium (2024 analysis). | ¥2,500 | Yes | No | – |
| Yunokawa Onsen | onsen town | Sodium-calcium chloride spring in two versions: clear, carbonated "white water" around 65°C, and reddish "red water" below 55°C from a few wells. | ¥550 | Yes | No | – |