Mikagura Onsen
- Location
- Kitakata, Fukushima Prefecture, 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.
Mikagura Onsen takes its name from the ancient tradition of kagura—sacred music and dance performed at Shinto shrines—with the honorific mi prefix suggesting a spring of elevated, ceremonial significance in the local spiritual landscape. Simple alkaline waters flow at this Japanese onsen, offering the soft, skin-nourishing mineral bath that embodies the spiritual and physical renewal central to Japan's bathing culture for over a thousand years. The name's sacred resonance adds a contemplative dimension to the act of bathing, connecting visitors to Japan's deep interwoven traditions of worship, music, and thermal tradition.