List of hot springs in Japan


This is a dynamic list of geothermal hot springs as geological phenomena in Japan. This list is not for listing commercial establishments such as spa hotels, onsen ryokan, healing centers or other commercial establishments.
Japan has many geothermal spring systems as it is located in the Pacific Ring of Fire volcanic area. More than 27,000 hot spring sources exist in Japan, together they discharge over 2.6 million liters of water every minute.
These springs have played, and continue to play, an important role in Japanese culture throughout history. In Shinto, Sukunabikona is the kami of the hot springs. As the deity of hot springs Sukunabikona and Ōkuninushi went to the Dōgo hot springs. There Ōkuninushi put Sukunabikona in the hot spring water to heal him of an ailment. Upon awakening, Sukunabikona danced atop a stone. It is said that his footprints left impressions on the rock, known as Tamanoishi, which still exists at Dogo Onsen north of the main building.

[Akita Prefecture]

[Aomori Prefecture]

[Ehime Prefecture]

[Fukui Prefecture]

[Fukushima Prefecture]

[Gifu Prefecture]

[Gunma Prefecture]

[Hokkaido Prefecture]

Hokkaido Prefecture has the third most hot springs with 2,304 registered. The hot springs in the prefecture have the second highest discharge rate of water at 260 kiloliters per minute.

[Hyōgo Prefecture]

[Ishikawa Prefecture]

[Iwate Prefecture]

[Kagawa Prefecture]

[Kanagawa Prefecture]

  • Hakone, Kanagawa, near Tokyo. See also Ōwakudani
  • Iiyama Onsen and one other hot spring are tied for the highest alkalinity in all of Japan.
  • Miyanoshita Onsen
  • Tsurumaki Onsen has the highest calcium content in its waters of all the hot springs in Japan.
  • Yugawara

[Kagoshima Prefecture]

Kagoshima prefecture has the second most hot springs in Japan, with 2,824 registered. The hot springs systems in Kagoshima have the third highest discharge rate at 201 kiloliters per minute.
  • Higashi Onsen and one other hot spring have the highest acidity content in its water at a PH value of 1.2, of all the hot springs in Japan.
  • Ibusuki Onsen
  • Kirishima

[Kyoto Prefecture]

[Kumamoto Prefecture]

[Mie Prefecture]

[Miyagi Prefecture]

[Nagano Prefecture]

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[Nagasaki Prefecture]

[Niigata Prefecture]

[Okayama Prefecture]

[Ōita Prefecture]

Oita is the prefecture with the most geothermal spring sources in Japan, 4,788 are registered. The prefecture also has the highest discharge rate of 296 kiloliters per minute

[Saga Prefecture]

[Saitama Prefecture]

  • Tokigawa Onsen and one other hot spring are tied for first place for the highest alkalinity in the water.

[Shimane Prefecture]

[Shizuoka Prefecture]

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[Tochigi Prefecture]

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[Tottori Prefecture]

[Toyama Prefecture]

  • Mikuriga-ike Onsen has the highest elevation of all hot springs in Japan, with an elevation of 2,400 meters.
  • Unazuki Onsen, Kurobe

[Wakayama Prefecture]

[Yamagata Prefecture]

[Yamanashi Prefecture]

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