Hot Springs

The largest hot spring resort in Kaga is the 1,300-year-old Yamashiro Hot Spring. The scenic Katayamazu Hot Spring is located by Lake Shibayamagata, and at Yamanaka Hot Spring you can enjoy the special atmosphere of a mountain hot spring. Warm hospitality awaits you in this wonderful hot spring area!

Yamashiro Hot Spring

The largest hot spring resort in Kaga, with a 1,300-year history

This hot spring was discovered about 1,300 years ago by an ascetic monk named Gyoki. Now it is the largest hot spring resort, with many large Japanese-style inns and a public bath that date back to the Edo period. There is no shortage of places to stroll around after your bath — these include stone-paved streets around the public bath, "Onna Shozu", a spring that has been active since the resort opened, Yakuoin Temple with Saint Myogaku's five-tiered pagoda and "A-i-u-e-o Footpath", which leads to Banshoen Garden.

Benefits

Spring quality		Gypsum, sodium chloride, sodium sulfate
Beneficial for	Bathing in the hot spring water	rheumatism, neuralgia, skin diseases, gout, gynecological disorders, etc.
	Drinking the hot spring water	anemia, cephalic hyperemia, arteriosclerosis, urticaria, hypoacidity, chronic gastric catarrh, gastrointestinal atony, chronic bronchial catarrh, hypertension, hepatitis, constipation, diabetes, etc.

Katayamazu Hot Spring

Scenic lakeside resort

Located on the west shore of Lake Shibayamagata, which is said to change color seven times a day, this is a scenic hot spring resort from which there is a distant view of the Hakusan mountain range. A giant fountain rises in the middle of the lake, reaching a height of 70 m, and in the summer there are nightly fireworks displays. This is the ideal place to refresh yourself, while enjoying resort activities such as fishing, boating and cycling around the lake.

Benefits

Spring quality		low sodium chloride
Beneficial for	Bathing in the hot spring water	chronic joint rheumatism, gout, neuritis, wounds, burns, chronic skin diseases, urticaria, chronic muscle rheumatism, etc.
	Drinking the hot spring water	chronic constipation, hemorrhoids, hyperplasia, urticaria, chronic bronchial catarrh, chronic gastric catarrh, etc.

Yamanaka Hot Spring

A mountain hot spring area visited by the haiku poet Matsuo Basho

This is a venerable hot spring resort that, along with Arima and Kusatsu, ranks among the three most famous hot springs in Japan. Its inns and souvenir shops line the scenic Kakusenkei Gorge, in the special atmosphere of the kind only found in mountain hot spring resorts. Kakusenkei Gorge, with its Ayatori Bridge and elegant Korogi Bridge, is beautiful all year round; it has fresh greenery in spring, colorful foliage in autumn, and snowy scenery in winter. It is a lovely place for a leisurely stroll after a hot spring bath.

Benefits

Spring quality		sulphate
Beneficial for	Bathing in the hot spring water	wounds, rheumatism, neuralgia, gastrointestinal disease, burns, skin diseases, aching muscles, aching joints, stiff shoulders, fatigue, etc.
	Drinking the hot spring water	chronic gall bladder disease, cholelithiasis, gout, chronic constipation, obesity, diabetes, etc.