Kaisei Onsen Kanagawa

Kaisei, a small town in the Ashigarakami district of northwestern Kanagawa Prefecture, is set in the flat agricultural plain of the lower Sakawa River valley between Odawara and Matsuda, a community of traditional vegetable farming and mandarin orange cultivation whose modest scale and rural character create a pleasantly unassuming spa setting close to the Hakone resort corridor. Kaisei Onsen Kanagawa draws on sodium and bicarbonate thermal waters from the geothermal resources of the Ashigara plain volcanic zone, providing restorative baths in a small agricultural community whose position between Odawara's historic castle town and the Hakone volcanic spa district creates an appealing gateway to the most celebrated thermal resort area in the greater Tokyo region. The Matsuda Sakura Festival spectacular cherry blossoms on the hillside above the Sakawa River plain in early spring, the easy access to Odawara Castle and the Hakone onsen resort complex via the Odakyu Hakone Railways, and the traditional mandarin orange farming of the Ashigara plain create a pleasantly agricultural and regionally connected spa destination in northwestern Kanagawa.