Mibu Onsen

Mibu Onsen is located in Mibu Town, Tochigi Prefecture, a town whose extraordinary passion for traditional performing arts is expressed in the nationally famous Mibu Daikagura — a classical juggling and acrobatic performance tradition maintained by the Mibu Shrine for over 1,200 years and designated as an Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property, performed annually at the town's spring and autumn festivals. The siliceous thermal waters here complement a town of surprising cultural depth, where the ancient performing art tradition of Daikagura and the agricultural prosperity of the Tochigi lowlands coexist with modern residential development. Bathing at Mibu Onsen connects visitors to a town whose identity is defined not by its industrial or commercial activity but by the extraordinary longevity of its traditional performing art heritage, where the ancient shrine festival art and the therapeutic mineral spring waters both contribute to a distinctive community character rooted in cultural continuity and local pride.