Taki Ichijiku Onsen
- Location
- Izumo, Shimane, 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.
Taki Ichijiku Onsen — Fig Waterfall Hot Spring — is a hot spring facility in Izumo city in Shimane prefecture, Japan, taking its charming name from the fig tree (ichijiku) and waterfall (taki) associated with the spring site in the sacred landscape surrounding the ancient Izumo Taisha Grand Shrine — Japan's oldest and most mysterious Shinto shrine, dedicated to Okuninushi no Mikoto and believed to host the gathering of all eight million kami (divine spirits) of the Shinto pantheon each October in the Japanese lunar calendar, earning October the name Kannazuki (month without gods) everywhere in Japan except Izumo, where it is called Kamiari-zuki (month with gods). Izumo's cultural landscape, defined by the ancient shrine, the sacred forests of Noh cedar, the traditional taisha-zukuri architectural style of the shrine complex, and the misty shores of Lake Shinji, provides an atmospheric setting for thermal bathing of unusual spiritual depth. The Taki Ichijiku Onsen draws on the geothermal resources of the Shimane Peninsula and San'in volcanic belt to offer hot spring bathing within the sacred atmosphere of one of Japan's most ancient and revered spiritual landscapes.