Yuze Onsen

Yuze Onsen rises in Kazuno City, Akita Prefecture, its sulfurous and siliceous waters representing a mineral combination prized in Japanese balneology for both potent therapeutic effects and the skin-softening silica quality that gives prolonged soaks their characteristic bijin no yu (beauty water) reputation. A JR East railway station—Yuze-Onsen Station—serves the spring via the scenic Hanawa Line, making this a thermally rich destination accessible by train through Akita's northern highlands toward the famous Towada-Hachimantai volcanic plateau. The sulfurous character of the water, with its distinctive volcanic aroma, connects Yuze to the broader volcanic spring tradition of Japan's Tohoku region.