
Shirahone Onsen
Milky-white, carbonate-rich mountain onsen in the Japanese Alps.
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- Température à la source
- 45°C
- Température de baignade
- 42°C
- Baignade
- Intérieur / Extérieur
- Hébergement
- Hôtel sur place
Shirahone, "white bone", is named for the opaque calcium-carbonate water that clouds its baths as it cools and deposits mineral crusts on the rocks. The hamlet sits in a deep ravine at around 1,400 m on the approach to Norikura, with ryokan baths and a public open-air bath overlooking the gorge.
Recommandations
Hotels nearby
Découvrez où dormir près de Shirahone Onsen.
L'eau
Eau thermale
- Source
- Shirahone Onsen
- Minéralisation
- Calcium-magnesium hydrogen-carbonate, mildly acidic
- Caractère
- Turns milky white on contact with air and deposits mineral crusts.
Informations pratiques
Ryokan day-use and a public open-air bath are available; the village is served by bus from Matsumoto and is snowbound in deep winter.
Situation
Lieux liés
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Hakone/Japan
Hakone Yumoto Onsen
The oldest onsen district in Hakone, where ryokan baths look onto the Sukumo river valley.
Température de baignade 41°C

Beppu/Japan
Takegawara Onsen
Beppu's 1879 bathhouse, known for its hot sand baths.
Température de baignade 43°C

Matsuyama/Japan
Dōgo Onsen Honkan
One of Japan's oldest hot springs, in a wooden bathhouse of 1894.
Température de baignade 42°C