Michinoku Fukasawa Onsen is located in Kuroishi, Aomori Prefecture, in the northern part of Japan's Honshu island. This traditional onsen offers indoor baths, an outdoor rotenburo bath, and a sauna, set in the mountainous Tohoku region.
Insider tip — Michinoku Fukasawa Onsen — hot spring in the Kuroishi area of Aomori prefecture, the gateway to the historic Oku-Towada region. 'Michinoku' is the ancient poetic name for the Tōhoku region (the 'road's interior'). Aomori's onsen are known for their rich, deeply colored sulfurous or sodium-chloride waters. Close to Kuroishi's famous traditional inakadate rice paddy art and Tsugaru folk culture.