Onsen Map: All hot spring areas in Tokyo suburbs

Popular hot springs in the suburbs of Tokyo

Famous Onsen
Hakone, Mt. Fuji Lake Kawaguchi, Yudanaka-Shibu (Snow Monkey), Atami, Izu, Shuzenji,
Minakami-Tanigawa, Kusatsu, Nikko, Kinugawa, Echigo Yuzawa
(For all hot spring areas in the Tokyo suburbs, please refer to the list below the Onsen Map.)

Airports
Tokyo Narita International Airport (NRT), Tokyo Haneda Airport (HND), Mt. Fuji Shizuoka Airport (FSZ)

Major Stations

Shinjuku Station, Tokyo Station, Shinagawa Station, Odawara Station, Atami Station,
Matsumoto Station, Takasaki Station, Nagano Station, Niigata Station

For your reference, the routes below show the typical access to each onsen from major transportation hubs.

 

1. Hakone Onsen >>

(1) One hour 25 minutes by Odakyu Limited Express from Shinjuku Station to Hakone Yumoto Station
(2) 35 minutes by JR Shinkansen from Tokyo Station to Odawara Station, then 15 minutes by JR Tokaido Main Line to Yugawara Station

2. Atami Onsen >>

40 minutes by JR Shinkansen from Tokyo Station to Atami Station

3. Ito Onsen >>

One hour 45 minutes by JR Limited Express from Tokyo Station to Ito Station

4. East Izu Onsen >>

Two hours 15 minutes by JR Limited Express from Tokyo Station to Izu Inatori Station

5. South Izu Onsen >>

Two hours 35 minutes by JR Limited Express from Tokyo Station to Izukyu Shimoda Station

6. West Izu Onsen >>

(1) Two hours 35 minutes by JR Limited Express from Tokyo Station to Izukyu Shimoda Station, then one hour by bus to Dogashima
(2) 55 minutes by JR Shinkansen from Tokyo Station to Mishima Station, then two hours by bus to Dogashima

7. Izu Toi Onsen >>

(1) Two hours 5 minutes by JR Limited Express from Tokyo Station to Shuzenji Station, then 50 minutes by bus to Toi Onsen
(2) 55 minutes by JR Shinkansen from Tokyo Station to Mishima Station, then one hour 30 minutes by bus to Toi Onsen

8. Shuzenji Onsen >>

Two hours 5 minutes by JR Limited Express from Tokyo Station to Shuzenji Station

9. Numazu Onsen >>

55 minutes by JR Shinkansen from Tokyo Station to Mishima Station, then 5 minutes by JR Tokaido Main Line to Numazu Station and 35-min bus ride to Izu Mito Seaparadise

10. Yaizu Onsen >>

One hour by JR Shinkansen from Tokyo Station to Shizuoka Station, then 10 minutes by JR Tokaido Main Line to Yaizu Station

11. Lake Hamana Onsen >>

(1) One hour 30 minutes by JR Shinkansen from Tokyo Station to Hamamatsu Station, then 50 minutes by bus to Kanzanji Onsen
(2) 35 minutes by JR Shinkansen from Nagoya Station to Hamamatsu Station, then 50 minutes by bus to Kanzanji Onsen

12. Lake Suwa & Tateshina Onsen >>

Two hours 15 minutes by JR Limited Express from Shinjuku Station to Kami-Suwa Station

13. Matsumoto Onsen >>

(1) Two hours 40 minutes by JR Limited Express from Shinjuku Station to Matsumoto Station
(2) Two hours 5 minutes by JR Limited Express from Nagoya Station to Matsumoto Station

14. Shirahone Onsen >>

(1) Two hours 40 minutes by JR Limited Express from Shinjuku Station to Matsumoto Station, then two hours 10 minutes by bus to Shirahone Onsen
(2) Two hours 5 minutes by JR Limited Express from Nagoya Station to Matsumoto Station, then two hours 10 minutes by bus to Shirahone Onsen

15. Ikaho Onsen >>

(1) Two hours 35 minutes by bus from Shinjuku Expressway Bus Terminal to Ikaho Onsen
(2) 50 minutes by JR Shinkansen from Tokyo Station to Takasaki Station, then 25 minutes by JR Joetsu Line to Shibukawa Station and 25-min bus ride to Ikaho Onsen

16. Kusatsu Onsen >>

(1) Two hours 20 minutes by JR Limited Express from Ueno Station to Naganohara-Kusatsuguchi Station, then 25 minutes by bus to Kusatsu Onsen Bus Terminal
(2) Four hours 10 minutes by bus from Shinjuku Expressway Bus Terminal to Kusatsu Onsen Bus Terminal

17. Yudanaka-Shibu Onsen (Snow Monkey) >>

One hour 20 minutes by JR Shinkansen from Tokyo Station to Nagano Station, then 50 minutes by Nagano Electric Railway to Yudanaka Station

18. Akakura Onsen >>

One hour 20 minutes by JR Shinkansen from Tokyo Station to Nagano Station, then 45 minutes by Shinano Railway to Myoko-Kogen Station

19. Shima Onsen >>

50 minutes by JR Shinkansen from Tokyo Station to Takasaki Station, then 55 minutes by JR Joetsu Line to Nakanojo Station

20. Minakami-Tanigawa Onsen >>

(1) 55 minutes by JR Shinkansen from Tokyo Station to Jomo-Kogen Station
(2) 50 minutes by JR Shinkansen from Tokyo Station to Takasaki Station, then one hour 10 minutes by JR Joetsu Line to Minakami Station

21. Echigo Yuzawa Onsen >>

One hour 20 minutes by JR Shinkansen from Tokyo Station to Echigo-Yuzawa Station

22. Muikamachi Onsen (Echigo Yuzawa) >>

One hour 20 minutes by JR Shinkansen from Tokyo Station to Echigo-Yuzawa Station, then 20 minutes by JR Joetsu Line to Muikamachi Station

23. Iwamuro Onsen >>

One hour 55 minutes by JR Shinkansen from Tokyo Station to Tsubame-Sanjo Station, then 15 minutes by JR Yahiko Line to Yoshida Station and 5-min JR Echigo Line ride to Iwamuro Station

24. Yutagami Onsen >>

One hour 45 minutes by JR Shinkansen from Tokyo Station to Nagaoka Station, then 45 minutes by JR Shinetsu Main Line to Tagami Station

25. Murasugi Onsen >>

Two hours 10 minutes by JR Shinkansen from Tokyo Station to Niigata Station, then 20 minutes by JR Shinetsu Main Line to Niitsu Station and 10-min JR Uetsu Main Line ride to Suibara Station

26. Tsukioka Onsen >>

Two hours 10 minutes by JR Shinkansen from Tokyo Station to Niigata Station, then 20 minutes by JR Hakushin Line to Toyosaka Station

27. Senami Onsen >>

Two hours 10 minutes by JR Shinkansen from Tokyo Station to Niigata Station, then 45 minutes by JR Limited Express to Murakami Station

28. Kinugawa Onsen >>

Two hours 15 minutes by Tobu Limited Express from Asakusa Station to Kinugawa-Onsen Station

29. Yunishigawa Onsen >>

Two hours 35 minutes by Tobu Limited Express from Asakusa Station to Yunishigawa-Onsen Station

30. Nasu-Shiobara Onsen >>

(1) One hour 10 minutes by JR Shinkansen from Tokyo Station to Nasushiobara Station, then 50 minutes by bus to
Nasu Yumoto Onsen
(2) One hour 10 minutes by JR Shinkansen from Tokyo Station to Nasushiobara Station, then one hour 10 minutes by bus to
Shiobara Onsen Bus Terminal
(3) Three hours 20 minutes by bus from Shinjuku Expressway Bus Terminal to Nasu Onsen
(4) Three hours 10 minutes by bus from Shinjuku Expressway Bus Terminal to Shiobara Onsen Bus Terminal

31. Choshi Onsen (Narita) >>

(1) One hour 55 minutes by JR Limited Express from Tokyo Station to Choushi Station, then 15 minutes by Choshi Electric Railway to Inuboh Station
(2) Two hours 50 minutes by bus from Hamamatsucho Bus terminal to Inubohsaki

32. Kamogawa Onsen >>

One hour 30 minutes by JR Limited Express from Tokyo Station to Awa-Kamogawa Station

33. Mt. Fuji Lake Kawaguchi Onsen >>

(1) One hour 45 minutes by bus from Shinjuku Expressway Bus Terminal to Kawaguchiko Station
(2) One hour by JR Limited Express from Shinjuku Station to Otsuki Station, then 55 minutes by Fujikyu Railway to Kawaguchiko Station

34. Isawa Onsen >>

One hour 30 minutes by JR Limited Express from Shinjuku Station to Isawa-Onsen Station

35. Nishiyama & Shimobe Onsen >>

(1) One hour 35 minutes by JR Chuo Main Line Limited Express from Shinjuku Station to Kofu Station, then 55 minutes by JR Minobu Line Limited Express to Minobu Station and one hour 25-min bus ride to Nishiyama Onsen
(2) Three hours 30 minutes by bus from Shinjuku Expressway Bus Terminal to Minobu Station, then one hour 25 minutes by bus to Nishiyama Onsen

36. Central Tokyo Onsen >>

5 minutes by JR Yamanote Line from Tokyo Station to Hamamatsucho Station

37. Chichibu Onsen >>

One hour 25 minutes by Seibu Limited Express from Ikebukuro Station to Seibu-Chichibu Station

38. Hitachinaka & Itsuura Onsen >>

One hour 50 minutes by JR Limited Express from Ueno Station to Isohara Station

39. Nikko Onsen >>

(1) One hour 45 minutes by Tobu Limited Express from Asakusa Station to Tobu Nikko Station
(2) 50 minutes by JR Shinkansen from Tokyo Station to Utsunomiya Station, then 45 minutes by JR Nikko Line to Nikko Station

40. Hirugami Onsen >>

(1) Four hours by bus from Shinjuku Expressway Bus Terminal to Chuo Expressway Hirugami Onsen
(2) One hour 40 minutes by bus from Nagoya Meitetsu Bus Center to Hirugami Onsen

41. Karuizawa Onsen >>

One hour 15 minutes by JR Shinkansen from Tokyo Station to Karuizawa Station

42. Hakuba Onsen >>

One hour 30 minutes by JR Shinkansen from Tokyo Station to Nagano Station, then one hour by bus to Hakuba

43. Nozawa Onsen >>

One hour 50 minutes by JR Shinkansen from Tokyo Station to Iiyama Station, then 35 minutes by bus to Nozawa Onsen

44. Bessho & Togura Kamiyamada Onsen >>

(1) One hour 15 minutes by JR Shinkansen from Tokyo Station to Ueda Station, then 30 minutes by Ueda Electric Railway to Bessho-Onsen Station
(2) One hour 15 minutes by JR Shinkansen from Tokyo Station to Ueda Station, then 15 minutes by Shinano Railway to Togura Station

45. Japan Alps Kamikochi Onsen >>

Four hours 45 minutes by bus from Shinjuku Expressway Bus Terminal to Kamikochi Bus Terminal/Teikoku Hotel-mae

 

 

 

The required times may slightly vary depending on the time of day.

The transportation means explained here are the ones that have more frequent services, and are thought to be most comonly used. We pirortized traveling by trains, but there can be various ways of transportations. For instance, in some cases, they have direct bus services. Also, in other cases, you may be able to get to the destinations a lot quicker by renting a car (Rentalcars.com) from the airport or from large cities.
(Driving on the snowy roads requires sophisticated driving skills to handle the snow coverage and avoid skidding.)