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Japan, a hot spring powerhouse with the number of hot spring resorts and the total number of sources in the world. The number is more than 3000 in the whole country, and there are hot springs in various places that are unique and have different spring quality. Not only the hot springs, which are famous tourist spots, but also there are many "hiyu" which are quietly located in remote places. In this article we introduce the Hiyu of Eastern Japan.
Shogayu Onsen (Aomori Prefecture)
Sukayu Onsen Sukayu Onsen is a Japanese hot spring located at the foot of Hakkoda (Hakkoda) in Aomori Prefecture, Japan, Japan. The spring is a sulfur spring with strong acid and rich efficacy, and is said to be effective for neuralgia and cold. The total Hiba-built "Hiba Senjin Bath" is about 260 m². It is still familiar to many people as the old Yujiba. A 70-minute bus ride from JR Aomori Station, and guests have two free shuttle buses a day from the front of the Aomori Chamber of Commerce.
The "Manju Fukashi", located in the Senigayu Onsen, is the Yuji Hut of Azumaya Kaze. Hot hot springs are spewing out, and they sit on wooden boxes with their clothes on, warming their buttocks and bodies. The name comes from the fact that the lower abdomen of a woman is called "manju" in the Tsugaru dialect, and it is familiar to many people as child treasure hot water and rejuvenation hot water.
Ginzan Hot Springs (Yamagata Prefecture)
Ginzan Onsen (Ginzan Onsen), located in Obanazawa, Yamagata Prefecture, is a popular hot spring town where you can feel the Taisho romance. It is said that the onsen inns built with Western-style wooden structures built from the end of the Taisho era to the early Showa era became a model for the stage of the national drama "Oshin" and the oil shop for the animated film "Spirited Away". It takes more than 90 minutes to transfer the train from Yamagata Station, and by car it is an hour from Yamagata JCT.
Along the Yinzan River, which runs in the middle of the onsen town, there is a "Wara Ashiyu", a foot foot-bath with the same source as the onsen inn. It is an old-fashioned communal foot bath, perfect for healing after taking a break from the long trip. Immerse yourself in the style of the trip of Hiyu while admiring the town of Ginzan Onsen.
Oku Kinu Onsenkyo (Tochigi Prefecture)
It is 110 minutes from Kinugawa Onsen Station in Nikko City, Tochigi Prefecture, where you can be shaken by a bus. Oku Kinu Onsenkyo is a hiyu located in Nikko National Park, where cars can only get up to the Meotobuchi (Meotobuchi) parking lot, and from there, you can't visit it without walking on the boardwalk for about an hour and a half. One of the attractions is the nature-rich environment surrounded by native beech forest.
The hot springs in Oku Kinu Onsengo have different spring quality for each of the four hot spring houses, including sulfur springs, chloride springs, simple springs, and hydrogen carbonate springs. There is also an inn where day bathing is OK, so it would be a pleasure unique to Oku Kinu Onsenkyo to find your favorite hot water around the yujuku.
Jigokuya Onsen (Nagano Prefecture)
Jigokudani Onsen is located in Yamanouchi, Nagano Prefecture, Japan. It is located at the far back from Yudanaka Shibu Onsen (Yudanaka Shibu Onsen) and further back to Yokoyukawa (Yokoyugawa), with only one inn. It is a 40-minute bus ride from JR Nagano Station, followed by a 30-minute walk, and a 10-minute walk from the Jigokuya parking lot by car, but it takes about a 30-minute walk from Kambayashi Onsen because the parking lot is closed in winter. The fountain by the inn is designated as a national natural monument.
Although it is a secret water with poor access, it is known that there are many foreign tourists. Jigokudani Wild Monkey Park is known to see Japanese macaques soaking in hot springs in the snow in winter.
Okuoda Onsenkyo (Gifu Prefecture)
Okuhida Onsengo is a five-hot spring resort located at the foot of the Northern Alps in Takayama, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. The number of outdoor baths is one of the best in Japan, and the beauty of the scenery that you can feel the four seasons of the Northern Alps with your skin is attractive. Four kinds of hot springs spring from over 100 sources, so it's a fun secret to go around the water. By train, it takes 90 minutes by express bus from JR Matsumoto Station and 60 minutes by line bus from JR Takayama Station.
Oku-Hida Onsenkyo is located at the foot of the 3000m-class mountains in the Northern Alps, so one of the attractions is that you can enjoy the scenery of the four seasons. It is also good to stay at a hot spring inn between mountain climbing and hiking, such as a hot spring inn near the bus terminal or a hot spring inn where the scenery of a mountain village remains.
