Minami Izu Onsen Kominato
- Location
- Minami Izu, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan
- Water type
- sodium chloride
- Temperature
- 41 °C
- pH
- 7.3
Water profile
Relaxing — deep, immediate muscle release.
Loaded with major ions — the essential minerals (Ca, Mg).
Dense, salty water — you float without effort.
Minami Izu Onsen Kominato is a secluded hot spring facility in the Kominato district of Minami-Izu, the southernmost town on the Izu Peninsula, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, renowned for its exotic subtropical vegetation including wild orchids, banana trees, and hibiscus that thrive in the warm Kuroshio Current microclimate at the peninsula's tip. The chloride-sodium thermal waters carry the mineral richness characteristic of Izu's volcanic deep springs and are valued for their circulation-warming and skin-smoothing effects, perfectly suited to the relaxed pace of this remote fishing village atmosphere. Kominato's combination of warm subtropical climate, traditional fishing culture, dramatic Pacific coastline, and genuine coastal hot spring bathing makes Minami-Izu one of Japan's most unique and unspoiled onsen destinations.