Shibu Onsen

Hot Spring / Hot Spring Bath

4.5

A hot spring district with a long history which records state was discovered by the great priest Gyoki in the Nara period. The area boasts such a large number of source springs and such an abundance of hot spring water that you can dig practically anywhere into the ground and soon find piping hot water bubbling up from below. In addition to hot spring hotels, there are nine public bathhouses in the area, and visitors can go on the traditional Kyu-to Meguri pilgrimage and try all nine for free to compare and contrast (limited to persons staying overnight in the district). Each of the Kyu-to Meguri bathhouses makes use of a different source spring with differing water qualities, and pilgrims can get a special tenugui hand towel stamped at each bathhouse as proof of their visit. The pilgrimage ends with a visit to the Shibutaka Yakushi Temple, which offers a sweeping view of the district, to receive one final stamp that is said to grant one's wish as well as protection from misfortune, safe childbirth and child rearing, and youth and longevity.

Spot details

Address: Nagano Shimotakai-gun Yamanouchimachi Hirao Map
Area: Kita-Shinano Area
Phone: 0269332921
Water type: sodium/calcium-chloride/sulfate spring
Temperature of spring: 58-98℃
property: nerve pain, aid recovery from fatigue, Bruises, sprains, sensitivity to cold
Number of day trip bathhouses: 1

Information Sources: NAVITIME JAPAN

Articles about this spot

Review

beautiful place

Reviewed : 2020.02.15

I walk to Shibu Onsen in February when I visited Snow Monkey park.There are many Onsen and restaurants. Shibu Onsen is clam and beautiful/
Quaint onsen town

Reviewed : 2020.01.22

My husband and I stayed 1 night at a ryokan in Shibu Onsen. Its a small, quiet town that is easily explored in a few hours. We were provided yukata and geta by our ryokan and went onsen hopping in...
Intriguing onsen town

Reviewed : 2020.01.20

We stopped at this charming place for 30 min after we saw the snow monkeys. It’s an intriguing place with quite a few bath houses and ryokan lining the narrow lanes. There are also shrines. I’d like...