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Dai Onsen

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A historic hot spring village in a river valley featuring traditional wooden inns and therapeutic sulfur waters used for centuries.

Dai Onsen
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What it is

  • A collection of twenty traditional inns situated along the Daigawa River valley.
  • A hot spring destination reportedly discovered twelve hundred years ago by Sakanoue no Tamuramaro.
  • A historic retreat formerly frequented by the lords of the Nanbu Clan.
  • The original water source for the nearby Hanamaki Onsen area.

What to see

  • Nakajima Inn, a four-story wooden structure constructed by skilled shrine carpenters.
  • The local post office which functions as the primary financial institution for the village.
  • Traditional architecture lining the narrow valley alongside the flowing river.
  • Natural hot springs containing simple sulfur and sodium chloride sulfate.

Getting there

  • Buses travel from Hanamaki Station to the Dai Onsen terminal in thirty minutes.
  • The hot spring village is a ten-minute drive from the Hanamaki Interchange.

Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.

Where it is

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