Kitsuregawa Onsen
- Location
- Sakura, Tochigi, Japan
- Water type
- bicarbonate, carbonated
- Temperature
- 40 °C
- pH
- 6.3
Water profile
Relaxing — deep, immediate muscle release.
Loaded with major ions — the essential minerals (Ca, Mg).
Mineralised water — eases movement and joints.
Kitsuregawa Onsen is a hot spring in the Kitsuregawa area of Sakura City, Tochigi Prefecture, in the rolling farmlands of the northern Kanto plain, whose bicarbonate and naturally carbonated mineral waters provide an effervescent and skin-softening bathing experience valued by residents and visitors of this agricultural district north of the Tokyo metropolitan area. Kitsuregawa is historically known as the birthplace of the Kitsuregawa clan, a minor feudal family, and for its cherry blossom viewing along the Kinugawa River, one of the traditional flower-viewing destinations of the Tochigi lowlands that bring visitors to the area each spring. The carbonated bicarbonate waters of Kitsuregawa Onsen produce the pleasantly tingling and refreshing sensation of a naturally sparkling bath, valued in Japanese medicine for its circulatory and metabolic benefits within the broader context of Tochigi Prefecture's rich hot spring heritage centered on the famous Shiobara and Nasu resort zones.