Gifu Kakamigahara Onsen

Kakamigahara, in the southwestern Gifu Prefecture bordering the Nagoya metropolitan area, is home to the Japan Air Self-Defense Force Gifu Air Base whose aviation heritage is celebrated at the outstanding Kakamigahara Aerospace Science Museum — one of Japan's finest aviation museums housing an extraordinary collection of historic Japanese aircraft from the Zero fighter to the postwar jet age. Gifu Kakamigahara Onsen draws on sodium and bicarbonate thermal waters from the geological resources of the Nagara River plain beneath Kakamigahara, providing restorative baths in an aerospace heritage city whose outstanding aviation museum, the Kakamigahara Nature Field Museum preserving the Nobi plain satoyama landscape, and the Nagara River waterfront cycling paths create a surprisingly varied and engaging spa destination. The Kakamigahara Aerospace Science Museum's extraordinary aviation heritage collection, the Kakamigahara Nature Field Museum's preserved satoyama farmland ecosystem in an urban setting, and the easy Meitetsu access to central Nagoya and the Gifu City historic city centre make Kakamigahara an outstandingly varied and accessibly positioned spa destination in southwestern Gifu Prefecture.