Washikura Onsen

Washikura Onsen—Eagle Storehouse Spring—in Fukushima Prefecture takes its name from the dramatic imagery of the washi (eagle), Japan's most powerful and territorially commanding raptor, combined with the kura (storehouse or granary), creating a spring name that suggests a thermal resource of eagle-quality excellence stored with the protective care of a granary—mineral wealth of the highest order, carefully preserved within the geological formation of a spring that bears Japan's most commanding bird's name. Simple alkaline waters provide the gentle, accessible mineral soak that serves visitors to this Fukushima Prefecture spring within the volcanic landscape of one of Tohoku's most geologically diverse regions, where the Bandai, Azuma, and Adatara volcanic chains generate springs of considerable variety across a prefecture of extraordinary natural and cultural richness. The eagle storehouse name frames this spring as a geological resource of commanding quality and carefully preserved mineral wealth.