Yunotsu Onsen
温泉津温泉
A historic UNESCO-listed hot spring town that served as a silver shipping port, featuring therapeutic sodium-chloride waters and traditional architecture.
What it is
- A hot spring town designated as a National Important Preservation District.
- Part of the Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine UNESCO World Heritage site.
- A former shipping port for silver with a legend involving a large tanuki.
- A filming location for the movie Tora-san's Lovesick.
What to see
- Three public bathhouses named Motoyu, Yakushiyu, and Saichi-no-yu.
- Sodium-chloride spring water that turns light brown when oxidized.
- The Yakushiyu bathhouse which began flowing after the 1872 Hamada earthquake.
- Traditional facilities where the spring water is used for both bathing and drinking.
Getting there
- The town is a 15-minute walk from Yunotsu Station.
Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.
Where it is
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