Honzawa Onsen
本沢温泉
Japan's highest year-round hot spring inn offers a remote mountain experience accessible only by a multi-hour hike through Nagano's peaks.
What it is
- A hot spring inn founded in 1882 located at an elevation of 2,150 meters.
- The highest year-round hot spring facility currently operating in Japan.
- A remote destination situated in a designated difficult-to-deliver mail zone.
- A mountain retreat accessible exclusively by hiking trails in Minamimaki Village.
What to see
- The open-air bath Unjo-no-yu located a ten-minute walk from the main inn.
- A mixed-gender outdoor bath with no private changing rooms for visitors.
- The indoor bath Kokemomo-no-yu which utilizes a separate drilled water source.
- Spring water rich in sulfur, calcium, magnesium, and sulfate minerals.
Getting there
- A three-hour hike starting from the Inagoyu bus stop.
- A one-hour walk from the designated four-wheel drive vehicle parking lot.
Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.
Where it is
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