Hakui Onsen Ishikawa
- Location
- Hakui, Ishikawa, Japan
- Water type
- sodium chloride
- Temperature
- 40 °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.
Hakui, on the western coast of the Noto Peninsula in Ishikawa Prefecture facing the Sea of Japan, holds a unique place in Japanese cultural history as a stronghold of Noto Peninsula folk religion and the location of the Keta Taisha Grand Shrine — one of the most ancient shrines in the Hokuriku region — as well as being the birthplace of Japan's UFO culture through its Cosmo Isle Hakui space museum celebrating the mystery of unidentified aerial phenomena. Hakui Onsen Ishikawa draws on chloride-rich coastal thermal waters from the marine geology of the western Noto coastline, offering warming maritime baths in a coastal community where the ancient Keta Taisha shrine culture, the eclectic UFO museum heritage, and the working Sea of Japan fishing tradition create an unusually diverse and characterful destination. The Keta Taisha Grand Shrine's ancient sacred forest, the Hakui Cosmo Isle UFO Museum, and the fresh Noto crab and squid cuisine of the Sea of Japan fishing ports make Hakui one of the most distinctively eccentric and culturally layered spa destinations on the Noto Peninsula.