Shobara Onsen
- Location
- Shobara, Hiroshima Prefecture, 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.
Shobara Onsen is located in Shobara City, Hiroshima Prefecture, in the elevated Chugoku Mountain interior where the city's history as a center of the Bingo Province's northern highland culture is preserved in castle ruins and local historical museums. The siliceous thermal waters here serve a mountainous inland city whose cool highland climate and forested landscapes create a refreshing alternative to the coastal Hiroshima lowlands. These onsen invite visitors to discover a lesser-known dimension of Hiroshima Prefecture beyond the famous peace memorial city — a world of mountain villages, ancient provincial administration history, and rural thermal bathing culture.