Yokoze Onsen Saitama
- Location
- Yokoze, Saitama, Japan
- Water type
- bicarbonate
- Temperature
- 40 °C
- pH
- 8
Water profile
Relaxing — deep, immediate muscle release.
Loaded with major ions — the essential minerals (Ca, Mg).
Soft water — natural, classic buoyancy.
Yokoze Onsen Saitama is a natural hot spring in Yokoze, a town in Chichibu District, Saitama Prefecture, Japan, a mountainous rural community in the upper Aru River valley at the foot of the Chichibu mountains, known for its wild wisteria, autumn foliage, and traditional connections to the horse-breeding culture of the ancient Musashino plateau. The naturally bicarbonate-rich spring waters here, within a long thermal tradition, are associated with well-being and relaxation thanks to their gentle alkaline character, offering a soothing soak in a quiet mountain town setting that preserves much of the traditional rural character that has shaped Saitama's western mountain communities for centuries. Yokoze's combination of scenic mountain valley landscapes, seasonal nature beauty, and the unpretentious wellness of natural bicarbonate hot spring bathing provides an ideal countryside retreat for visitors seeking peaceful Saitama highlands relaxation.