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According to the Japanese Hot Springs Act (温泉法, Onsen Hō), onsen is defined as "hot water, mineral water, and water vapor or other gas (excluding natural gas of which the principal component is hydrocarbon) gushing from underground". [4]
Dōgo Onsen is famous for the Dōgo Onsen public bathhouse, which was organized by Dōgo Yunomachi mayor Isaniwa Yukiya and built in 1894. [1] Built on three levels for maximum capacity, the baths remain popular and are usually crowded at peak times, such as in the early evening before dinner.
Keiunkan lies at the foot of the Akaishi Mountains.Since its founding, the onsen has had all its hot water sourced directly from the local Hakuho Springs. The onsen was created by Fujiwara no Mahito, son of an aide to the 38th Emperor of Japan, Emperor Tenji.
Natural iron hot spring, Beppu, Japan Sukunabikona, the kami of hot springs, dances on a rock at the Dōgo Onsen while Okuninushi watches. Izu Province, The Hot Springs of the Shuzen Temple woodcut by Utagawa Hiroshige Nihon fūkei senshū, Ōsumi Anraku onsen by Kawase Hasui
Sukayu Onsen is the snowiest inhabited place on Earth with an average yearly snowfall of 17.6 m (58 ft) and a winter season record of 23.7 m (78 ft).
Monument showing the poem by Saito Mokichi.. Obama Onsen (小浜温泉) is an onsen (hot spring resort) in Obama, Unzen, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. [1] The hot springs system is located in the foothills of Mount Unzen Volcano.
Onsen Yōsei Hakone-chan (温泉幼精ハコネちゃん, lit.Young Hot Spring Fairy Hakone-chan) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Daisuke Yui. It began serialization online via Flex Comix's Comic Meteor website in 2012 and has since been collected into two tankōbon volumes.
The hot springs have been used for over fourteen centuries [2] for their therapeutic properties. [3] Folklore tales describe the discovery and founding of the hot springs by Kobo Daishi (774-835), a Buddhist monk who probed at the rocks in the river with his walking stick (tokko) releasing the hot spring water. [4]