Gifu Ibigawa Onsen

Ibigawa, in the northwestern Gifu Prefecture on the Ibi River between Ogaki and the Sekigahara battlefield, is a mountain community at the foot of the Fujiwara and Ibi mountain range whose deep valley forestry culture, traditional limestone quarrying heritage, and the spectacular Fujiwara and Ibigawa highland hiking and ski resort create a dramatically natural spa setting in the northwestern Gifu mountain wilderness. Gifu Ibigawa Onsen draws on sodium and bicarbonate thermal waters from the geothermal resources of the Ibi River mountain valley zone, offering restorative baths in a forested mountain community whose limestone highland scenery, traditional Gifu forestry culture, and the outstanding Fujiwara-kyo Ski Resort create a rewarding mountain spa destination in the northwestern Gifu highlands. The Fujiwara Highland ski resort and summer hiking trails above the Ibi River valley, the traditional limestone quarrying heritage of the Ibigawa highland zone, and the proximity to the Sekigahara battlefield — site of Japan's most decisive military engagement in 1600 that established the Tokugawa shogunate — create a richly historical and naturally dramatic spa destination in northwestern Gifu Prefecture.