Kamikōchi Onsen

Kamikochi Onsen sits within or near the famous Kamikochi alpine resort in Nagano Prefecture, one of Japan's most celebrated highland landscapes, where the Azusa River flows beneath the jagged peaks of the Northern Japan Alps in a glacially carved valley designated as a special natural monument and national park scenic area. The spring provides naturally heated thermal waters in one of the most dramatically scenic settings available to any onsen in the Japanese archipelago, where the grandeur of the surrounding alpine environment — towering peaks, pristine river, and ancient forests — amplifies the restorative experience of immersion in geothermal water. Kamikochi Onsen invites visitors to complement their experience of Japan's most iconic mountain landscape with the deeply human tradition of warming both body and spirit in the earth's naturally heated mineral waters.