Shizunai Onsen
- Location
- Shinhidaka, Hokkaido, 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.
Shizunai Onsen is found in Shinhidaka, a municipality on the Pacific coast of the Hidaka Subprefecture in southeastern Hokkaido that is celebrated throughout Japan as a place of exceptional natural beauty in two very different seasons — spring, when the long coastal road between Shizunai and Mitsuishi is lined with thousands of cherry trees in simultaneous bloom, creating one of Hokkaido's most spectacular hanami (cherry blossom viewing) corridors, and summer, when the same road is flanked by Hidaka thoroughbred horses grazing in paddocks beside the Pacific. The combination of spring cherry blossoms and Hidaka horse country has made Shinhidaka a beloved spring destination for Hokkaido visitors making the pilgrimage to this remote Pacific coast at peak bloom time. The onsen here draw on the Hidaka volcanic belt's geothermal resources, providing silica-rich mineral bathing in a town whose seasonal natural beauty makes every visit memorable in ways uniquely specific to this corner of Hokkaido's Pacific coast.