Kamogawa Onsen
- Location
- Kamogawa, Chiba Prefecture, Japan
- Water type
- sodium chloride
- Temperature
- 41 °C
- pH
- 7.3
Water profile
Relaxing — deep, immediate muscle release.
Loaded with major ions — the essential minerals (Ca, Mg).
Dense, salty water — you float without effort.
Kamogawa Onsen is located in Kamogawa City, Chiba Prefecture, at the southwestern tip of the Boso Peninsula on the Pacific Ocean, a coastal city famous for Kamogawa SeaWorld — one of Japan's most beloved ocean theme parks where killer whale performances and beluga whale encounters have delighted visitors for decades. The siliceous thermal waters here complement a resort city whose warm Pacific microclimate, wide sandy beaches, and fresh seafood make it one of the Tokyo metropolitan area's most popular and accessible seaside getaways, just 90 minutes from the capital by highway bus. Bathing at Kamogawa Onsen after a day of marine mammal encounters and Pacific beach recreation provides the perfect warm conclusion to an archetypal Japanese coastal resort experience, where the therapeutic mineral waters soothe bodies energized by the ocean activities that have made this Chiba coastal city a beloved institution in Kanto leisure culture.