Kishiwada Onsen Osaka
- Location
- Kishiwada, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
- Water type
- sodium chloride
- Temperature
- 41 °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.
Kishiwada, in the southwestern Osaka Prefecture on Osaka Bay, is celebrated throughout Japan for the Danjiri Matsuri — one of the most exciting and dangerous festivals in Japan, held each September when elaborately carved wooden festival floats are pulled through the narrow streets at running pace by hundreds of men, with young men riding atop the moving floats in a breathtaking display of speed and traditional festival energy. Kishiwada Onsen Osaka draws on sodium and bicarbonate thermal waters from the deep geological wells beneath the Osaka coastal plain, providing restorative baths in a city whose Danjiri festival culture, the Kishiwada Castle overlooking the city, and the traditional textile and pharmaceutical industrial heritage create an energetically festive and historically layered spa destination. The Kishiwada Danjiri Festival's extraordinary running float spectacle in September, the Kishiwada Castle and its garden, and the coastal Rinku Premium Outlets and Izumisano bay waterfront accessible from the Nankai Railway corridor create a lively and culturally vibrant spa destination on the Osaka Bay coast.