Yagen Onsen
- Location
- Aomori -, Japan
- Water type
- thermal
- Temperature
- 35 °C
- pH
- 7.4
Water profile
Soothing — neither hot nor cold, perfect balance.
Rich in trace elements — gentle on the skin.
Soft water — natural, classic buoyancy.
Yagen Onsen is a cluster of riverside hot spring baths deep in a wild ravine in Mutsu City's former Ohata area on the Shimokita Peninsula, Aomori Prefecture, where oligomineral springs of exceptional purity flow through a valley of ancient beech forest, offering several distinct outdoor and indoor bathing experiences along the clear mountain stream. The remote Shimokita Peninsula — nicknamed Buddha's shore for its stark basalt coastline — provides an atmosphere of profound natural solitude rare even by Japanese standards. Yagen Onsen's pure, gently mineralised waters and primeval forest setting have made it a beloved pilgrimage destination for Japanese onsen aficionados seeking bathing in nature at its most undisturbed.