Makkari Onsen Hokkaido

Makkari, in the Abuta district of Hokkaido at the southern base of Mount Yotei — the majestic symmetrical volcanic cone known as Hokkaido Fuji — is a small lavender-farming and dairy community whose extraordinary views of the perfectly formed volcanic mountain and the surrounding highland agricultural landscape create one of Hokkaido's most scenic rural settings. Makkari Onsen Hokkaido draws on sodium and bicarbonate thermal waters from the geothermal resources of the Mount Yotei volcanic zone, offering restorative baths in a highland farming community whose extraordinary volcano views, the Makkari lavender fields blooming in mid-summer, and the traditional Hokkaido dairy farming culture create a deeply photogenic and naturally spectacular spa setting. The Mount Yotei summit hiking with its panoramic Hokkaido views from the volcanic crater rim, the Makkari lavender and alpine flower meadows blooming in July and August, and the traditional Hokkaido dairy farming culture of cream-rich Jersey cattle grazing the highland pastures make Makkari one of Hokkaido's most visually stunning and authentically agricultural rural spa destinations.