According to Ministry of the Environment statistics, Ehime (Shikoku) has 37 onsen areas and 192 hot-spring sources. This page lists 27 onsen in Ehime with their water types. The most common water type among them is Simple Thermal Spring (11 onsen).
Source: Ministry of the Environment, FY2024 Hot Spring Utilization Survey (as of March 31, 2025). Best-known onsen = most annual Wikipedia views.
| Water Type | Count | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Simple Thermal Spring | 11 | 41% |
| Chloride Spring | 9 | 33% |
| Other | 3 | 11% |
| Sulfur Spring | 2 | 7% |
| Radium Spring | 1 | 4% |
| Unknown | 1 | 4% |
| Facility | Water Type |
|---|---|
| Dogo Onsen Honkan The symbolic wooden communal bathhouse of Dogo Onsen, whose history spans 3,000 years and which is associated with Natsume Soseki (an Important Cultural Property of Japan). | Simple Thermal Spring Alkaline simple spring |
| Kisuke Box | Unknown |
| Higashi-Dogo Sora to Mori | Simple Thermal Spring Alkaline simple spring |
| Tsubaki Exchange Hall Tsubaki Onsen Komatsu | Other Hypotonic, weakly alkaline, low-temperature spring |
| Shimanami Onsen Kisuke no Yu | Other Hypertonic, weakly alkaline, low-temperature spring |
| Mare Grazia Omishima | Unknown |
| Riraku | Unknown |
| Nibukawa Seseragi Exchange Hall | Unknown |
| Dogo Onsen Annex Asuka no Yuzen A newer outer bathhouse next to Dogo Onsen Honkan, built with an Asuka-period motif. | Simple Thermal Spring Alkaline simple spring |
| Onsen Town | Summary |
|---|---|
| Dogo Onsen Legends & Origins | According to the 'White Heron Legend' recorded in the local gazetteer Yoyo-gun Goriengenshu, a white heron with an injured leg soaked its leg daily in water welling from a rock crevice, healed, and flew off in good health. The 'Heron Stone,' said to mark where the heron landed, still stands today in Hojo-en park near the main bathhouse. Details |
| Dogo Onsen Literature | Widely known as the setting frequented by the protagonist of Natsume Soseki's novel Botchan (1906). Along with Arima and Shirahama, it is also one of Japan's 'Three Ancient Hot Springs.' Details |