Shinhotaka Onsen Okuhida
- Location
- Takayama, Japan
- Water type
- calcium-rich
- Temperature
- 41 °C
- pH
- 7.1
Water profile
Relaxing — deep, immediate muscle release.
Loaded with major ions — the essential minerals (Ca, Mg).
Soft water — natural, classic buoyancy.
Shinhotaka Onsen Okuhida is one of Japan's most spectacular high-mountain hot spring destinations, located in the Okuhida onsen district within Takayama City, Gifu Prefecture, at the foot of the Northern Japan Alps near the Shinhotaka Ropeway — Japan's only double-decker gondola ascending to stunning 2,156-meter mountain vistas. The calcium-rich thermal waters emerging from the alpine volcanic geology are prized for their skin-softening and muscle-relaxing properties, with spectacular rotenburo outdoor baths offering bathing experiences surrounded by mountain peaks, waterfalls, and seasonal snow. As part of the Okuhida Onsen-go district — five distinct hot spring villages in a UNESCO Geopark setting — Shinhotaka embodies the breathtaking mountain onsen culture of Japan's most dramatic alpine landscape.