Towada Lake Onsen Yasumiya

Towada, Aomori Prefecture, Japan

Location: Towada, Aomori Prefecture, Japan
Water type: sodium chloride, bicarbonate
Temperature: 40 °C
pH: 8

Water profile

Thermicity

Sedative

40 °C

LowHigh

Relaxing — deep, immediate muscle release.

Mineralisation

Restorative

LowHigh

Loaded with major ions — the essential minerals (Ca, Mg).

Buoyancy

Effortless float

LowHigh

Dense, salty water — you float without effort.

SodiumChloruresBrome

Towada Lake Onsen Yasumiya is a hot spring spa in the Yasumiya district on the shore of Lake Towada, a stunning caldera lake straddling the border of Aomori and Akita prefectures in the Towada-Hachimantai National Park of northern Japan. Lake Towada, formed by volcanic calderas and surrounded by primeval beech forest designated a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, is one of Japan's most beautiful and ecologically significant lakes, and the sodium, sulfate, and bicarbonate-rich onsen waters of Yasumiya provide thermal bathing in a natural setting of extraordinary scenic grandeur. The combination of caldera lake scenery, old-growth beech forest, and naturally heated mineral onsen waters makes Towada Lake Onsen Yasumiya one of the most atmospherically distinctive hot spring destinations in the Tohoku region, where the volcanic heritage of the Towada caldera continues to express itself through the geothermal springs warming the Yasumiya district.

Insider tip — The Yasumiya onsen district sits at the shore of Lake Towada, a vast caldera lake in the Towada-Hachimantai National Park surrounded by ancient beech forests. The sulfate-bicarbonate waters are colourless and mild, prized for their warming and circulatory effects, and several ryokan offer outdoor rotenburo overlooking the lake. Autumn is the peak season when the surrounding forests turn brilliant red and gold, reflecting in the mirror-still lake. The two-hour trail around Lake Towada's Oirase Gorge, with its chain of waterfalls, pairs perfectly with an afternoon of restorative onsen bathing.

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