Sakihana Onsen
- Location
- Sanjo, Niigata, Japan
- Water type
- calcium-rich
- Temperature
- 41 °C
- pH
- 7.3
Water profile
Relaxing — deep, immediate muscle release.
Loaded with major ions — the essential minerals (Ca, Mg).
Soft water — natural, classic buoyancy.
Sakihana Onsen is a hot spring in Niigata Prefecture, in the Echigo mountain zone of central Honshu where the dramatic snow country landscape of heavy winter precipitation and deep summer greenery creates one of Japan's most distinctive seasonal environments, whose sulfated mineral waters provide therapeutic bathing to residents and visitors of this thermally active region. Niigata Prefecture, known internationally as Japan's finest rice growing region and the home of premium Koshihikari rice, combines agricultural excellence with an exceptional hot spring heritage distributed across the Echigo and Uonuma mountain zones that form the western slopes of the Mikuni range. The sulfated waters of Sakihana Onsen contribute to this rich thermal landscape, offering the joint-soothing and metabolic benefits associated with calcium sulfate springs in the snow country of inland Niigata where winters of exceptional severity make the warmth of the onsen an essential seasonal comfort.