Narada Onsen
奈良田温泉
A remote hot spring village and mountain trailhead where an Empress once lived, featuring high-quality alkaline baths and historic shrines.
What it is
- A hot spring area in Hayakawa Town serving as a trailhead for the Shirane Sanzan mountains.
- The site of an imperial residence where Empress Koken stayed for eight years during the Tenpyo era.
- A village rebuilt after the original settlement was submerged by the Nishiyama Dam in 1953.
- A destination for therapeutic baths with sources drilled in 1978 and facilities opened in 1979.
What to see
- Narao Shrine which stands on the grounds of the former imperial residence.
- Narada no Sato Onsen, a town-owned facility featuring sodium-chloride bicarbonate water.
- Shirane-kan, a facility offering sulfur-sodium-chloride hot spring baths for day-trip visitors.
- The surrounding mountain landscape at the base of the Shirane Sanzan range.
Getting there
- Buses from Minobu Station reach the hot spring area in approximately 90 minutes.
- Private cars are restricted on the access road heading north toward Hirogawara.
Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.
Where it is
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