Narita Onsen Chiba

Narita, in northwestern Chiba Prefecture, is internationally known as the location of Narita International Airport — Japan's primary international gateway — but the historic centre of Narita retains a remarkable traditional character in the Naritasan Shinshoji Temple, one of Japan's most visited Buddhist temples where millions of worshippers and tourists follow the ancient omotesando stone-paved approach lined with traditional shops and restaurants. Narita Onsen Chiba draws on sodium and bicarbonate thermal waters from the geological resources of the Chiba highland plateau, offering restorative baths in a city where the remarkable juxtaposition of ancient Buddhist temple culture and modern international aviation creates one of Japan's most unusual spa settings — traditional eel cuisine restaurants, a thousand-year-old sacred temple, and the roar of international aircraft converge in the historic Narita townscape. The Naritasan Shinshoji Temple complex with its pagoda, gardens, and ancient sacred precincts, the traditional eel rice (unaju) restaurants of the Naritasan omotesando, and the Narita International Airport aviation museum create a fascinatingly layered destination for thermal spa visitors in northwestern Chiba Prefecture.