Shirakawa Onsen Gifu
- Location
- Shirakawa, Japan
- Water type
- bicarbonate
- Temperature
- 40 °C
- pH
- 8.5
Water profile
Relaxing — deep, immediate muscle release.
Loaded with major ions — the essential minerals (Ca, Mg).
Soft water — natural, classic buoyancy.
Shirakawa Onsen is a mountain hot spring in Shirakawa village, located in the remote Shokawa Valley of Gifu Prefecture within the UNESCO World Heritage area of Shirakawa-go, famous for its extraordinary gassho-zukuri farmhouses with steep thatched roofs designed to withstand the region's exceptionally heavy snowfall. The bicarbonate thermal waters offer gentle warmth and skin-softening benefits, providing a deeply immersive complement to the cultural and architectural wonders of this isolated alpine village that has preserved a way of life largely unchanged since the Edo period. Soaking in the onsen after exploring the snow-draped farmhouses in winter — one of Japan's most iconic landscapes — is an experience of rare atmospheric beauty.