Ushiku Onsen Ibaraki

Ushiku, in southern Ibaraki Prefecture, is internationally known for the Ushiku Daibutsu — one of the world's tallest bronze statues at 120 metres including its base, a Jodo Shinshu Buddhist figure visible for miles across the flat Kanto plain and containing an observation platform, garden, and wildlife park that attract visitors from across the Tokyo metropolitan region. Ushiku Onsen Ibaraki draws on sodium and bicarbonate thermal waters from the geological resources of the southern Ibaraki lowlands, offering warm restorative baths in a city whose extraordinary giant Buddha statue creates an instantly recognisable landmark and spiritual focal point for the spa destination. The Ushiku Daibutsu giant statue and its surrounding lotus garden, the Ushiku Nature and Science Museum, and the GreenPark wildlife experience create a surprisingly varied destination for thermal spa visitors in southern Ibaraki, where the world's tallest bronze figure rises above the flat Kanto plain rice fields.