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Ōyunuma, the hot-spring lake above Noboribetsu Onsen

Noboribetsu/Japan

Noboribetsu Onsen

Hokkaido's best-known hot-spring resort, fed by the sulphurous vents of Jigokudani.

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Bathing
Indoor / Outdoor
Accommodation
Hotel on site

Noboribetsu Onsen sits at the edge of Jigokudani, "Hell Valley", a volcanic crater in Shikotsu-Tōya National Park whose vents and streams supply the town's bathhouses. Several distinct water types — sulphur, iron, alum, salt — surface within walking distance of each other.

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Why visit

Bathing here comes with the landscape that produces it: boardwalks cross the steaming crater floor to Ōyunuma, a hot lake, and a natural footbath in the forest below. Most large hotels open their baths to day visitors.

The water

Thermal water

Source
Jigokudani vents
Character
Several distinct waters — sulphur, iron, alum and salt — within one resort.

Practical information

Location

Noboribetsu, Japan42.4964, 141.1494View on Balnevia map

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