Aichi Kira Onsen

Nishio, in the southwestern Aichi Prefecture on the Yahagi River delta approaches toward Mikawa Bay, is Japan's most celebrated matcha green tea producing city, the Nishio matcha whose deep flavour, vivid green colour, and fine texture have made it the preferred tea for tea ceremony (chado) and confectionery since the thirteenth century when the Jishoji Temple tradition of shaded cultivation established the premium quality standards still maintained by Nishio matcha farmers today. Aichi Kira Onsen, in the Nishio area, draws on sodium and bicarbonate thermal waters from the geological resources of the southwestern Aichi bay coastal zone, providing restorative baths in the heart of Japan's matcha capital where the green tea gardens, the Nishio City Matcha Museum, and the extraordinary Yahagi River delta landscape create a flavourful and historically distinguished spa setting. The Nishio City Matcha Museum and tea garden walks through the shaded matcha cultivation fields, the Kira Yoshida Shrine commemorating the pivotal moment in the Forty-Seven Ronin's revenge story, and the Mikawa Bay coastline cycling routes through the traditional Aichi coastal landscape make the Nishio area an outstandingly distinctive cultural and culinary spa destination in southwestern Aichi Prefecture.