Shizuoka Suruga Onsen

Shizuoka Suruga Onsen overlooks Suruga Bay, the deepest bay in all of Japan with depths plunging to 2,500 meters, a submarine canyon carved by the collision of the Philippine Sea Plate and the Eurasian Plate that makes this body of water one of the most geologically dramatic coastal environments in the country. From the southern shores of Suruga Bay, the classic view of Mount Fuji rising above the pine groves of Miho no Matsubara — a UNESCO World Heritage component of the Fujisan inscription — has inspired Japanese artists for centuries. The onsen's mineral-rich waters, heated by the same tectonic forces that shaped this extraordinary coastal geography, invite guests to soak while contemplating one of Japan's most iconic landscape compositions.