Wajimaonsen Noto Ryokan

Wajimaonsen Noto Ryokan, in the celebrated lacquerware city of Wajima at the tip of the Noto Peninsula in Ishikawa Prefecture, offers chloride thermal bathing in Japan's most artisanally rich coastal city — whose Wajima-nuri lacquer, designated as a National Traditional Craft, has been produced by multi-generational craftsmen families in this remote Sea of Japan fishing town for more than 600 years. The saline chloride waters, typical of the coastal geothermal springs of the Noto Peninsula's wave-battered western shore, provide warmth and restoration against the powerful winter storms of the Sea of Japan in ryokan bathing facilities of traditional design. Wajima's famous morning market, operating every day for over a thousand years, and the dramatic Shiroyone Senmaida terraced rice fields just outside the city create an extraordinary cultural and scenic context for a traditional Noto Peninsula onsen stay.