Shizuoka Shimizu Onsen
- Location
- Shimizu, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan
- Water type
- silica
- Temperature
- 42 °C
- pH
- 7.2
Water profile
Relaxing — deep, immediate muscle release.
Rich in trace elements — gentle on the skin.
Soft water — natural, classic buoyancy.
Shizuoka Shimizu Onsen serves the Shimizu district, home to one of Japan's most important tuna-auctioning ports where the deep-sea fleet unloads its Pacific catch in pre-dawn markets that have supplied sushi restaurants across Japan for generations. The nearby pine grove of Miho no Matsubara, its ancient trees arching over a slender spit of land between Suruga Bay and the Pacific, was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage site as part of the landscape views of Mount Fuji, considered Japan's most iconic natural panorama. The onsen's warm mineral waters complement the maritime energy of Shimizu, offering a peaceful retreat between the salt air of the port and the pine-scented stillness of the heritage coastline.