Miura Onsen

Miura Onsen is a coastal thermal facility in the city of Miura at the southern tip of the Miura Peninsula, where Japan's capital region narrows to a point between Tokyo Bay and Sagami Bay and the fishing port of Misaki has for centuries landed the bluefin tuna (kuromaguro) whose prized flesh supplies the Tsukiji-descended markets of Tokyo—making tuna auction at Misaki Port, the crispy tuna curry (maguro curry) served in every restaurant, and the wild clifftop views of Cape Jogashima the definitive markers of this city's intensely local identity. The siliceous mineral waters provide restorative bathing in a fishing city whose Jogashima Park cliffs, the windswept Miura Kaigan tulip fields in spring, and the rich marine environment of the Miura Peninsula's rocky coast define an experience shaped entirely by the sea and its prize fish. The dramatic coastal scenery, the maritime fishing culture, and the warm mineral waters of Miura's onsen offer a distinctly peninsula experience of sea, agriculture, and thermal pleasure combined.