Onsen in Tottori
10 hot springs, 3 of which will take you with a tattoo, and 2 where you can bathe without staying the night.
Onsen towns in Tottori
Narrow it down
Tattoos are fine here
Misasakan
Kaike Shogetsu
Onsen Ryokan Marumo
Ryokan you can visit just for the bath
No overnight stay required.
Ranked by what you are after
We score every onsen the same way — the view from the water, the water itself, comfort, how far it sits from a town, and how easy it is to reach — then weight those differently depending on what you want.
Best for the view
What you can see from the water.
- Iwai Yukamuri Onsen (public bath)Visited4.2
- Kawara-buro (Misasa riverside open-air bath)Visited3.6
- Kaike ShogetsuVisited3.6
- MisasakanVisited3.5
- Higaeri Onsen OceanVisited3.5
- Yoshioka Onsen Kaikan IchinoyuVisited3.0
- Onsen Ryokan MarumoVisited2.7
- Kabuyu (Misasa Onsen public bath)Visited2.6
Best water
For people who care what is actually in the bath.
- Kabuyu (Misasa Onsen public bath)Visited4.1
- Iwai Yukamuri Onsen (public bath)Visited4.1
- MisasakanVisited4.0
- Higaeri Onsen OceanVisited3.8
- Seki-no-yu Public Bath (Sekigane Onsen)Visited3.8
- Yoshioka Onsen Kaikan IchinoyuVisited3.5
- Kaike ShogetsuVisited3.3
- Onsen Ryokan MarumoVisited3.2
Easiest to reach
Get there and back without renting a car.
- Onsen Ryokan MarumoVisited5.0
- Hinomaru OnsenVisited3.9
- Kaike ShogetsuVisited3.8
- Higaeri Onsen OceanVisited3.4
- MisasakanVisited3.4
- Yoshioka Onsen Kaikan IchinoyuVisited3.1
- Kabuyu (Misasa Onsen public bath)Visited2.4
- Iwai Yukamuri Onsen (public bath)Visited2.4
Best for a whole day
Somewhere you can stay put from morning to night.
- Onsen Ryokan MarumoVisited5.0
- MisasakanVisited3.8
- Higaeri Onsen OceanVisited3.6
- Kaike ShogetsuVisited3.6
- Hinomaru OnsenVisited3.3
- Yoshioka Onsen Kaikan IchinoyuVisited3.2
- Kabuyu (Misasa Onsen public bath)Visited2.1
- Iwai Yukamuri Onsen (public bath)Visited2.1
Every onsen we have checked in Tottori
Kabuyu (Misasa Onsen public bath)
Kawara-buro (Misasa riverside open-air bath)
Misasakan
Higaeri Onsen Ocean
Kaike Shogetsu
Iwai Yukamuri Onsen (public bath)
Seki-no-yu Public Bath (Sekigane Onsen)
Yoshioka Onsen Kaikan Ichinoyu
Onsen Ryokan Marumo
Hinomaru Onsen
Planning a trip to Tottori
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