Misawa Onsen Aomori Extended

Misawa, in the eastern Aomori Prefecture on the Pacific coast of the Shimokita approaches, is home to the Misawa Air Base — a major US and Japan Air Self-Defense Force installation — and the remarkable Lake Ogawara, Japan's largest brackish water lake connected to the Pacific Ocean by a narrow channel, supporting significant commercial hamaguri clam and smelt fisheries. Misawa Onsen Aomori Extended draws on chloride-rich thermal waters from the geological resources of the eastern Aomori coastal plain, providing restorative baths in a military base city whose international character, Lake Ogawara fishing heritage, and access to the spectacular Towada-Hachimantai National Park highland wilderness above the eastern Aomori coast create a practically varied and naturally connected spa destination. The Lake Ogawara brackish water fishery and migratory bird habitat, the Misawa Aviation and Science Museum celebrating the city's aviation heritage including the 1931 first nonstop transpacific flight by Clyde Pangborn that departed from Sabishiro Beach near Misawa, and the Towada-Hachimantai National Park highland lakes and beech forest accessible from Misawa create an appealingly varied spa destination in eastern Aomori Prefecture.