Ōmaki Onsen

Ōmaki Onsen is a hot spring in Toyama Prefecture, in the mountain zone of this Sea of Japan coastal prefecture whose dramatic landscapes of the Tateyama-Kurobe Alpine Route, the Kurobe Gorge, and the historic Gokayama and Shirakawa-go villages have made it one of Japan's most scenically diverse and rewarding tourist destinations. Toyama Prefecture faces the Sea of Japan to the north and is backed by the massive Northern Japan Alps to the south, creating an extraordinary compression of coastal, lowland, and alpine environments within a relatively small geographic area, and its hot springs serve both the coastal communities and the mountain resort areas that together define the diverse character of this northwestern Honshu prefecture. The mineral waters of Omaki Onsen provide thermal bathing to visitors and residents of the Toyama mountain zone, contributing to a prefecture whose hot spring heritage complements the exceptional natural attractions that draw visitors to the pristine alpine landscape of the Tateyama-Kurobe area.