Oyamada Onsen; Sarubino

Iga, Mie, Japan

Location: Iga, Mie, Japan
Water type: sodium chloride
Temperature: 41 °C
pH: 7.3

Water profile

Thermicity

Sedative

41 °C

LowHigh

Relaxing — deep, immediate muscle release.

Mineralisation

Restorative

LowHigh

Loaded with major ions — the essential minerals (Ca, Mg).

Buoyancy

Effortless float

LowHigh

Dense, salty water — you float without effort.

SodiumChloruresBrome

Sarubino, in Iga, Mie Prefecture, a town known for its ninja history, uses sodium-chloride water at 41°C. Indoor bath, outdoor rotenburo and sauna round out the offering.

Insider tip — Sarubino at Oyamada Onsen serves Iga City, the birthplace of Japanese ninjutsu where the Iga-ryu school of ninja warfare established the most sophisticated espionage and guerrilla combat tradition in Japanese history. Iga is also the birthplace of Matsuo Basho (1644-1694), Japan greatest haiku poet, whose travels from Iga to the Deep North and Kyushu transformed the 17-syllable form into a literary medium of extraordinary emotional compression — a dual cultural heritage of secret arts and transparent poetry that gives this Mie mountain city its unique identity.

Find hotels nearby →Tickets & activities →See the map & practical info →