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The Onsen Passport

Every bath you go to, on a page of your own: the places, the prefectures, the drops they earn and the badges they add up to.

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A sample passport

Onsen Passport

Your name here

6
Level 6985 drops
Places visited
31
Total visits
38
Reviews
6
Badges
3
  • First Dip
  • Five Prefectures
  • Four Regions

Onsen Oni is a map of Japan's hot springs, kept by the people who bathe in them. The passport is the part that's yours: tap “I've been here” on a place and it goes on your page, with the day you went.

How it works

  • Mark a visit

    On a place page or on the map, tap “I've been here” and pick the day. Baths from years ago count too.

  • Earn drops

    Visits and reviews earn drops, the passport's points. They only add up: nothing is spent and nothing runs out.

  • Level up

    Drops add up to levels. The first few come quickly; later ones take a season or two of bathing.

  • Watch your map fill in

    Your passport keeps a journal of every visit, a map of the places and a count of the prefectures you've bathed in.

Drops and levels

Visit, review, earn drops and level up: your level shows how far your onsen travels have taken you.

What earns drops

Starting your passport
30
A place you haven't been to before
20
Going back to a place
5
A review
50

Badges

Counted badges come by themselves as your places, prefectures, regions and reviews add up. Each gauge shows its steps.

Visits

1–5,000
  1. First DipVisit 1 onsen1
  2. AficionadoVisit 50 onsen50
  3. Hundred BathsVisit 100 onsen100
  4. Two HundredVisit 200 onsen200
  5. Five HundredVisit 500 onsen500
  6. Thousand BathsVisit 1,000 onsen1,000
  7. Two Thousand BathsVisit 2,000 onsen2,000
  8. Three Thousand BathsVisit 3,000 onsen3,000
  9. Four Thousand BathsVisit 4,000 onsen4,000
  10. Five Thousand BathsVisit 5,000 onsen5,000

Prefectures

5–47
  1. Five PrefecturesVisit places in 5 prefectures5
  2. Ten PrefecturesVisit places in 10 prefectures10
  3. Twenty PrefecturesVisit places in 20 prefectures20
  4. Thirty PrefecturesVisit places in 30 prefectures30
  5. All 47Visit places in 47 prefectures47

Regions

4–8
  1. Four RegionsVisit onsen in 4 regions4
  2. Six RegionsVisit onsen in 6 regions6
  3. All RegionsVisit onsen in 8 regions8

Reviews

50–3,000
  1. First VoiceWrite 50 reviews50
  2. Hundred ReviewsWrite 100 reviews100
  3. Five Hundred ReviewsWrite 500 reviews500
  4. Thousand ReviewsWrite 1,000 reviews1,000
  5. Two Thousand ReviewsWrite 2,000 reviews2,000
  6. Three Thousand ReviewsWrite 3,000 reviews3,000

Certified badges are for finishing a real stamp rally or course, like Beppu Hatto Onsen-do or Kyushu 88 Onsen-do. Send us your proof, and once it's checked the badge goes on your passport. Stamp rallies and courses · Every badge

Who can see it

Your passport has a short address of its own, onsenoni.com/op/your-nickname, to send to friends. It starts out public, and three switches in your settings decide what others see.

  • Your passport

    Your name, picture, level, counts and badges. Public, or only you.

  • Your visits

    The places you've been, and when. Shown or hidden on their own.

  • Your reviews

    Shown or hidden on your passport. A review on a place page is always public.

Questions

Does it cost anything?
No. The passport, the badges and the map are free.
Can I add baths I went to before?
Yes. When you mark a visit, pick the day you went, however long ago it was.
Is my email address shown?
No. Others see the name and picture you choose, never your email address.
Can I make it private later?
Yes, at any time, in your settings. Switch it back and the same page comes back at the same address.

Start your passport

It's free and takes a minute. Your first visit is one tap away.

Start your passport

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