Tsuyama Onsen
- Location
- Tsuyama, Okayama Prefecture, Japan, 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.
Tsuyama Onsen is located in Tsuyama City, Okayama Prefecture, the historic castle city that serves as the administrative and cultural center of northern Okayama, where Tsuyama Castle ruins dominate a forested hill above the Yoshii River and the city's preserved samurai residence district (Kakuzan) provides an evocative backdrop of Edo-period architectural heritage. The siliceous thermal waters here complement a city of considerable historical importance in the San'in-Chugoku region, where the Tsuyama Domain's castle town culture is preserved in museums, traditional sake breweries, and the cherry blossom landscape of the castle park — one of Japan's top one hundred cherry blossom viewing sites. Bathing at Tsuyama Onsen in this atmospheric castle city provides a dual cultural and thermal wellness experience, connecting visitors to the proud feudal heritage of northern Okayama's most significant historical city.