Urakawa Onsen
- Location
- Urakawa, Hokkaido, Japan
- Water type
- sodium chloride
- Temperature
- 42 °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.
Urakawa Onsen is situated in Urakawa, a town on the southeastern Pacific coast of Hokkaido's Hidaka Subprefecture that is considered the capital of Japan's thoroughbred horse breeding industry, home to numerous prestigious stud farms including the legendary Shadai Farm and Sunday Silence Farm whose stallions have produced generations of Japanese racing champions and whose international reputation for producing elite bloodlines has made Urakawa a destination for horse industry professionals from across Asia and beyond. The town's entire identity is shaped by the rhythms of the breeding season, with mares and foals visible in the paddocks overlooking the Pacific, and the expertise of the local horse community reaching across the globe through the bloodlines of Urakawa-bred champions racing in every major race on the Japanese and international calendar. The onsen here provide silica-rich mineral bathing in a community where the world's finest racehorses are born and raised against a backdrop of Pacific Ocean views and Hidaka mountain scenery.