Tsubata Onsen Ishikawa

Tsubata, in the southeastern part of Ishikawa Prefecture on the coastal plain between Kanazawa and the Kahoku Lagoon, is an agricultural community within the greater Kanazawa metropolitan area where the traditional Kaga cultivation of chrysanthemums, lotus root, and the vegetables prized in Kanazawa's celebrated kaiseki culinary culture thrives in the fertile coastal plain soils. Tsubata Onsen Ishikawa draws on chloride-rich thermal waters from the marine geological formations of the Kaga coastal plain, providing warm restorative baths in an agricultural community whose proximity to Kanazawa's cultural resources and craft traditions places it within immediate reach of some of Japan's most distinguished provincial culinary and artistic heritage. The Kahoku Lagoon wildlife walks through reed beds important for migratory birds, the traditional Kaga embroidery workshops of the greater Kanazawa cultural zone accessible from Tsubata, and the fresh seafood of the nearby Uchinada and Kanazawa port fisheries create a pleasantly varied spa destination in the Kaga plain of southeastern Ishikawa Prefecture.