Mitani Onsen 三谷温泉
The onsen lies within the Mikawa Bay Quasi-National Park, and its four recorded springs range from 24.8 to 33.7°C, with measured flow rates between 60 and 230 litres per minute.
Mitani Onsen is a hot spring resort in the Mitani-chō neighbourhood of the city of Gamagōri, Aichi Prefecture, on Mikawa Bay, within the Mikawa Bay Quasi-National Park (三河湾国定公園). Local legend attributes the discovery of the spring to the monk Gyōki, about 1,200 years ago. Post-war development, helped by better roads, made it a leisure destination for Nagoya and Toyohashi. There are four recorded springs: No. 1 at 30.7°C with a flow of 170 litres per minute (sodium-calcium chloride), No. 2 at 33.7°C with 110 litres per minute (same composition), No. 3 at 27.1°C with 230 litres per minute (alkaline simple) and No. 4 at 24.8°C with 60 litres per minute (weakly radioactive simple). The hotel district has 9 establishments today, against more than 30 in its peak years before the economic bubble burst. The area receives about 600,000 visitors a year and is close to the Laguna Gamagori water park, opened in 2002.
Aichi
Mikawa-Miya
