Sarugakyo Onsen

A hot spring district which once flourished as an inn town because of its location along the Mikuni Kaido, a highway which connected Echigo (now Niigata) to old Edo (now Tokyo). Today, the name of this area is written with characters meaning Monkey Capital, but originally it was written with characters meaning Today is the Day of the Monkey, a name bestowed upon it by the mighty samurai lord Uesugi Kenshin in 1560 after he had an auspicious dream here on the year, month, and day of the Monkey according to the old way of reckoning (Kenshin was also born in the year of the Monkey). The area was also known as Sasa no Yu and Yujima Onsen during the Edo period. In 1958, with the building of a dam in the area, the district was moved to its current location and given its current name. Today, there are several day trip hot spring bathhouses and traditional ryokan inns in the area, and visitors can enjoy a variety of outdoor activities surrounded by the abundant natural beauty found here. The area's source springs generate an abundance of clear, piping hot 56° C water which is used to constantly replenish hot spring bathtubs.

Spot details

Address: Gunma Tone-gun Minakamimachi Sarugakyo Onsen Map
Area: Numata-Tone Area
Phone: 0278660186
Water type: sodium/calcium-sulfate/chloride springetc
Temperature of spring: 53.7-55.5℃etc
property: nerve pain, muscle soreness, joint pain, aid recovery from fatigue, sensitivity to cold, frozen shoulders, hardening of the arteries, Bruises, chronic digestive diseases, cuts, burns, chronic skin diseases, Diabetes, gout, Hemorrhoids, chronic women's diseasesetc
Number of source springs: 7
Number of day trip bathhouses: 2