Owase Onsen
- Location
- Owase, Mie (Kansai), Japan
- Water type
- bicarbonate
- Temperature
- 40 °C
- pH
- 8
Water profile
Relaxing — deep, immediate muscle release.
Loaded with major ions — the essential minerals (Ca, Mg).
Soft water — natural, classic buoyancy.
Owase Onsen is a coastal thermal facility in Owase city on the Kumano Coast of Mie Prefecture, one of Japan's rainiest places due to its position at the base of the Kii Mountains where Pacific typhoons deposit extraordinary rainfall, creating lush subtropical forests, dramatic waterfalls, and siliceous geothermal springs emerging from the ancient crystalline basement of the Kii Peninsula. The Kumano Kodo Iseji pilgrimage route passes through Owase, connecting the great Ise Shrines to the sacred Kumano region along this dramatic Pacific coastline of rocky headlands, emerald coves, and ancient pilgrimage inns. The siliceous hot spring waters of Owase, enjoyed amid the sound of Pacific waves and the scent of subtropical forest, offer one of Japan's most dramatically coastal and spiritually charged onsen experiences.