Shimo no Myo Onsen

Toyama, Toyama, Japan

Location: Toyama, Toyama, Japan
Water type: thermal
Temperature: 38 °C
pH: 7.3

Water profile

Thermicity

Neutral

38 °C

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Soothing — neither hot nor cold, perfect balance.

Mineralisation

Balancing

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Rich in trace elements — gentle on the skin.

Buoyancy

Standard buoyancy

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Soft water — natural, classic buoyancy.

BicarbonatesCalcium

Shimo no Myo Onsen flows with simple thermal waters in Japan, offering the gentle, mineral-light bathing experience that characterizes simple-type hot springs, prized throughout the country for their accessibility, skin-friendly properties, and the meditative ease with which they invite long, unhurried immersion. Simple-type thermal waters, despite their unassuming mineral profile, are considered in Japanese balneology to have genuine restorative properties, promoting relaxation of the nervous system and gentle warming of the body's core in a way that sustains the effects of bathing long after leaving the water. Shimo no Myo Onsen represents the quiet, unpretentious dimension of Japan's onsen culture where simplicity is not a lack but a distinct and valued quality in its own right.

Insider tip — Shimo no Myo Onsen in the Toyama highlands lies in the foothills near the Northern Japan Alps, in a prefecture famous for its dramatic backdrop of 3,000-metre peaks rising directly behind the coastal plain. The mild springs serve a landscape between the deep waters of Toyama Bay — known for firefly squid and white shrimp — and the high mountains of the Tateyama range, where the onsen offers relaxation in the rural foothills of one of Japan's most scenically dramatic prefectures.

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