Wakinosawa Onsen Aomori

Wakinosawa, in the southern Shimokita Peninsula of Aomori Prefecture accessible by ferry from Aomori port across Mutsu Bay, is a remote village within the Shimokita wilderness area where a population of wild Japanese macaques living at the northernmost range limit for the species inhabits the beech forest above the fishing village, the so-called 'northern monkeys' representing one of the most remarkable wildlife populations in Japan. Wakinosawa Onsen Aomori draws on chloride-rich coastal thermal waters from the marine geological formations of the Shimokita Peninsula Mutsu Bay coast, providing warming maritime baths in a remote community accessible primarily by ferry whose wild Japanese macaque population, traditional fishing village character, and the forested Shimokita wilderness above the community create an extraordinarily immersive and naturally wild spa atmosphere. The wild Japanese macaque population in the forests above Wakinosawa, the Mutsu Bay ferry journey across the calm inner bay from Aomori city, and the forested wilderness hiking into the Shimokita primeval beech forest ecosystem create one of Japan's most genuinely wild and remotely situated thermal spa destinations on the Aomori northern coast.