Gifu Kaizu Onsen

Kaizu, in the southwestern Gifu Prefecture on the Ibi River in the Nobi plain, is an agricultural community in the flat river delta landscape between the Kiso, Nagara, and Ibi rivers where the traditional production of Ogaki daikon radish — one of Japan's largest daikon varieties, grown in the rich alluvial soils of the Nobi plain for centuries — and the traditional Japanese lantern manufacturing of the Kaizu area create a quietly productive agricultural spa setting. Gifu Kaizu Onsen draws on chloride-rich thermal waters from the geological resources of the western Gifu Nobi plain, offering warm restorative baths in a delta agricultural community whose daikon and lantern heritage, flat river landscape, and traditional Nobi plain farming culture create a pleasantly unpretentious rural spa setting accessible from the greater Nagoya-Gifu metropolitan corridor. The traditional Kaizu Japanese lantern manufacturing heritage, the Nobi plain daikon radish cultivation and autumn harvest markets, and the Ibi River waterway cycling paths through the flat agricultural delta landscape create a pleasantly traditional and agricultural backdrop for thermal relaxation in the western Gifu river plain.