Kawayu Onsen, the public bath in the riverbed (川湯温泉) 川湯温泉
You dig into the river sand and hot water comes out, in a bath that holds up to 1,000 people.
Together with Yunomine and Watarase it forms the ‘hot spring triangle’ of Kumano Hongu (熊野本宮温泉郷), a few kilometres from the Kumano Hongu Taisha shrine. It is the only one of the three where the spring rises directly in the riverbed rather than in built pools.
Wakayama
Fujiyamae, Kameyamae, Kawayu Onsen