Kameyama Onsen Mie

Kameyama, a castle town in central Mie Prefecture along the Suzuka River on the historic Tokaido highway, served for centuries as the domain capital of the Kameyama clan and an important post town on the road between Kyoto and Ise, making it a long-established waypoint for merchants and Ise pilgrims alike. Kameyama Onsen Mie draws on sodium and bicarbonate thermal waters from the geological resources of the Ise Bay hinterland, offering relaxing baths in a quietly dignified castle town whose Edo-period townscape and sake brewing traditions reflect centuries of highway culture on the approaches to Japan's most sacred Shinto shrine. The historic Kameyama Castle ruins, the Seki-juku preserved post town just to the east — one of Japan's best-maintained Edo-period relay stations — and the regional Kameyama candle manufacturing tradition create a rewarding heritage destination for thermal spa visitors in central Mie Prefecture.