Matsukawa Onsen

This hot spring district, situated along Matsukawa Gorge in Towada-Hachimantai National Park, was discovered some 250 years ago. Also used as a base by those looking to climb Mt. Ubakura and Mt. Mitsuishi, the area's hot spring waters soothe away the fatigue of a long day's climbing. The area's three inns each have their own personality. The Kyounso is a Japanese-style inn surrounded by virgin beech and oak forest, and its baths are constantly replenished kakenagashi style from a sulfur spring. The Matsukawaso is a quiet inn where you can bathe in waters exclusively from a source spring while enjoying scenic, natural beauty and being soothed by cheery forest and the murmur of a river. The Shofuso is the oldest of the three and is famed for its baths, which are constantly replenished kakenagashi style from a milky blue-green source spring. Each inn has its own source spring and its own unique qualities.

Spot details

Address: Iwate Hachimantai-shi Matsukawa Onsen Map
Area: Hachimantai / Appi Highland Area
Phone: 0195783500
Water type: sulfur springs
Temperature of spring: 43-82℃
property: nerve pain, muscle soreness, joint pain, aid recovery from fatigue, sensitivity to cold, frozen shoulders, Bruises, chronic skin diseases, gout, Diabetes, women's diseases, Hemorrhoids, skin beautifying propertiesetc
Number of source springs: 9
Amount of water flow: 120-150 liters
Number of public baths: 3
Number of day trip bathhouses: 3