Awara Onsen — Ashiyu

photo by Asturio Cantabrio · CC BY-SA 4.0

photo by 掬茶 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Born in 1883 from an irrigation well: today 74 springs, from 33 to 77 degrees.

The hinoki-wood structure, with decorated glass windows, has five different pools fed by two springs of slightly different composition: sitting with bare feet in the hot water, you are in the heart of the spa town, which today has 74 springs of its own, with temperatures ranging from 33.5 to 77.5 degrees and no shared central management.

Awara Onsen was born in 1883, when hot water gushed from a well dug to irrigate the fields; the first inns opened the following year. It grew in the tourism boom of the Taishō and early Shōwa periods, helped by the arrival of the railway, and in 1927 it was selected among the ‘Nihon Hyakkei’ (Hundred Landscapes of Japan). The water is a sodium-calcium chloride saline type, neutral or slightly alkaline, among the most common thermal compositions in Japan.

ℹ️ Open all year 7:00–23:00, free admission (towels on sale for 300 yen); room for up to 34 people at a time. At Awara Onsen Yu no Machi Plaza, a one-minute walk from Awara-Yunomachi Station.

🚉 Awaraonsen · 12 min walk

Sources: city.awara.lg.jp · ja.wikipedia.org

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