Akame Onsen

Akame Onsen in Mie Prefecture takes its name from the Akame region—celebrated for the Akame 48 Waterfalls, a series of cascades through ancient volcanic gorges where Japanese giant salamanders live in the pure mountain streams and fireflies light the summer nights with extraordinary bioluminescent displays along the riverside walking trails. The bicarbonate and naturally carbonated waters of the spring add effervescent mineral richness to the spectacular natural environment of the Akame gorge, where the geological forces that carved the waterfalls and the thermal activity producing the spring draw from the same volcanic geological foundation beneath this corner of Mie. Bathing at Akame Onsen after walking the famous waterfall trail completes a day in one of Japan's most dramatically layered natural environments of water, light, and geological heritage.