Kazawa Onsen

What it is

• A hot spring resort located 1500 meters above sea level in Tsumagoi Village.
• Designated as a National Health Resort by the government in 1968.
• Part of the protected landscape within Joshin'etsu-kogen National Park.
• The original site of a hot spring town destroyed by fire in 1918.

What to see

• Natural springs containing magnesium, sodium, and hydrogen carbonate minerals.
• The nearby Yunomaru Azalea Community which is a designated natural monument.
• New Kazawa Onsen where most inns relocated at a lower altitude of 1300 meters.

Getting there

• Accessible by taxi from Manza-Kazawaguchi Station.
• Located forty minutes by car from the Tobu-Yunomaru Interchange.

Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.