Gifu Anpachi Onsen

Anpachi, in the western Gifu Prefecture in the Nobi plain between Ogaki and the Kiso River delta, is a small agricultural community in the extremely flat alluvial landscape of the western Nobi plain whose traditional melon cultivation — particularly the sweet Anpachi muskmelon prized in the Nagoya and Gifu markets — and the traditional flooding prevention levee culture of the enclosed polder fields create a distinctive and historically significant lowland agricultural spa setting. Gifu Anpachi Onsen draws on sodium and bicarbonate thermal waters from the geological resources of the western Gifu delta zone, providing restorative baths in an agricultural community whose melon cultivation heritage, enclosed polder field landscape, and traditional flood-control levee engineering culture create a pleasantly agricultural and hydraulically distinctive spa setting in the western Gifu lowlands. The traditional Anpachi muskmelon cultivation in the protected lowland fields, the extraordinary enclosed polder landscape with its surrounding levees preserving the reclaimed agricultural land below surrounding river levels, and the cycling routes through the flat agricultural Nobi plain create a pleasantly agricultural and historically distinctive backdrop for thermal wellness in western Gifu Prefecture.