{"id":1234,"date":"2025-12-12T12:19:51","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T03:19:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kochou.jp\/?page_id=1234"},"modified":"2026-01-08T11:48:38","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T02:48:38","slug":"hot-springs-embraced-by-nature","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kochou.jp\/?page_id=1234&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Hot Springs Embraced by Nature"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-dp-ex-blocks-media-cover alignfull deb-media-cover show-block-bg has-title has-caption has-desc fixed-block-bg has-mask-image deb-block deb-block-52c0afc\"><div class=\"__bg-media is-image\" role=\"presentation\"><\/div><div class=\"__cover-container has-inner-blocks\"><div class=\"__content-wrapper\"><h2 class=\"deb-reset-heading __title-wrapper style--color-gradient\" style=\"--scroll-transform:false;--scroll-transform-origin:false\"><span class=\"deb-inner-text ft30px al-c serif\">Koch\u014d\u2019s Hot Springs<\/span><\/h2><div class=\"deb-block-caption deb__elem-scroll-anim\" style=\"--scroll-transform:translateX(40px);--scroll-transform-origin:initial;--scroll-filter:blur(1px);--scroll-time:2s;--scroll-delay:1s\" role=\"presentation\"><span class=\"deb-inner-text ft55px al-c serif\">\u6e6f<\/span><\/div><div class=\"deb-block-description style--color-gradient\" style=\"--scroll-transform:false;--scroll-transform-origin:false\"><span class=\"deb-inner-text ft18px al-r serif\"><span class=\"deb-pre--txt-al disp-blk al-c\">Yamanaka melodies, Bash\u014d\u2019s legacy, and Old Kutani\u2014<br>through the drifting steam,<br>the essence of culture reveals itself.<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"deb-inner-blocks-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide deb-block deb-block-2a8f374 is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column deb-block deb-block-cc7fa9c is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left is-style-box-deco-bg-light-gray-sand-bd deb-block deb-block-ff3f8d0 deb__elem-scroll-anim\" style=\"font-size:1.2em\">A gentle river breeze drifts through the baths, bringing a refreshing sense of calm.<br>The scenic beauty of Kakusenkei Gorge and the iconic Ayatori Bridge, each revealing its own character with the changing seasons, is an experience found only at Koch\u014d.<br><br>Yamanaka Onsen\u2014also known as <em>Shirasagi no Yu<\/em> and celebrated as one of Japan\u2019s three great hot springs\u2014offers a setting that fully reveals the essence of this renowned spa.<br>We invite you to savor this exceptional location, where the timeless appeal of the hot springs unfolds at its finest.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"deb-reusable-content deb-block-1959\"><style 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class=\"__cover-container\"><figure class=\"__inner-media-wrapper deb__elem-scroll-anim is-flex-item\" style=\"--scroll-transform:translateX(-40px);--scroll-transform-origin:initial;--scroll-filter:blur(3px);--scroll-time:1.52s;--scroll-delay:1s\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kochou.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/header_spa.webp\" class=\"__inner-media-image\" alt=\"Inner Image\"\/><\/figure><div class=\"__content-wrapper is-flex-item\"><div class=\"deb-reset-heading __title-wrapper deb__elem-scroll-anim\" style=\"--scroll-transform:;--scroll-transform-origin:initial;--scroll-filter:blur(3px);--scroll-time:1s;--scroll-delay:1s\"><span class=\"deb-inner-text ft30px al-c\">Tsukikage no Yu<\/span><\/div><div class=\"deb-block-caption deb__elem-scroll-anim\" style=\"--scroll-transform:translateX(40px);--scroll-transform-origin:initial;--scroll-filter:blur(1px);--scroll-time:2s;--scroll-delay:1s\" role=\"presentation\"><span class=\"deb-inner-text ft55px al-c\">\u6708<\/span><\/div><div class=\"deb-block-description deb__elem-scroll-anim\" style=\"--scroll-transform:translateX(-40px);--scroll-transform-origin:initial;--scroll-filter:blur(1px);--scroll-time:1s;--scroll-delay:1s\"><span class=\"deb-inner-text al-c\">This bath flows from an indoor bath to a garden-style open-air bath.<br>At 10:00 p.m., the baths \u2018Tsukikage no Yu\u2019 and \u2018Kawakaze no Yu\u2019 are switched between men and women.<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-dp-ex-blocks-media-cover alignfull deb-media-cover show-block-bg has-title has-caption has-desc has-inner-media has-mask-image fit-inner-media deb-block deb-block-53fb915\"><div class=\"__bg-media is-image\" role=\"presentation\"><\/div><div class=\"__cover-container media-pos-r\"><figure class=\"__inner-media-wrapper deb__elem-scroll-anim is-flex-item\" style=\"--scroll-transform:translateX(40px);--scroll-transform-origin:initial;--scroll-filter:blur(3px);--scroll-time:1s;--scroll-delay:1s\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kochou.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/bath_l2.webp\" class=\"__inner-media-image\" alt=\"Inner Image\"\/><\/figure><div class=\"__content-wrapper is-flex-item\"><div class=\"deb-reset-heading __title-wrapper deb__elem-scroll-anim\" style=\"--scroll-transform:translateX(-40px);--scroll-transform-origin:initial;--scroll-filter:blur(3px);--scroll-time:1s;--scroll-delay:1s\"><span class=\"deb-inner-text ft30px al-c\">Kawakaze no Yu<\/span><\/div><div class=\"deb-block-caption deb__elem-scroll-anim\" style=\"--scroll-transform:translateX(-40px);--scroll-transform-origin:initial;--scroll-filter:blur(1px);--scroll-time:2s;--scroll-delay:1s\" role=\"presentation\"><span class=\"deb-inner-text ft55px al-c\">\u5ddd<\/span><\/div><div class=\"deb-block-description deb__elem-scroll-anim\" style=\"--scroll-transform:;--scroll-transform-origin:initial;--scroll-filter:blur(1px);--scroll-time:1s;--scroll-delay:1s\"><span class=\"deb-inner-text al-c\">A cool river breeze gently drifts through the bath, creating a refreshing and tranquil atmosphere.<br>From here, you can enjoy views of the scenic Kakusenkei Gorge and the iconic Ayatori Bridge\u2014scenery that changes beautifully with each season and is unique to Kawakaze no Yu.<br>At 10:00 p.m., the baths \u2018Tsukikage no Yu\u2019 and \u2018Kawakaze no Yu\u2019 are switched between men and women.<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-dp-ex-blocks-media-cover alignfull deb-media-cover show-block-bg has-title has-caption has-desc has-inner-media has-mask-image fit-inner-media deb-block deb-block-b483c82\"><div class=\"__bg-media is-image\" role=\"presentation\"><\/div><div class=\"__cover-container\"><figure class=\"__inner-media-wrapper deb__elem-scroll-anim is-flex-item\" style=\"--scroll-transform:false;--scroll-transform-origin:false;--scroll-time:1s\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kochou.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/bath_l3.webp\" class=\"__inner-media-image\" alt=\"Inner Image\"\/><\/figure><div class=\"__content-wrapper is-flex-item\"><div class=\"deb-reset-heading __title-wrapper deb__elem-scroll-anim\" style=\"--scroll-transform:false;--scroll-transform-origin:false;--scroll-time:1s\"><span class=\"deb-inner-text ft30px al-c\">Yamanami no Yu<\/span><\/div><div class=\"deb-block-caption deb__elem-scroll-anim\" style=\"--scroll-transform:translateX(40px);--scroll-transform-origin:initial;--scroll-filter:blur(1px);--scroll-time:2s;--scroll-delay:1s\" role=\"presentation\"><span class=\"deb-inner-text ft55px al-c\">\u5c71<\/span><\/div><div class=\"deb-block-description deb__elem-scroll-anim\" style=\"--scroll-transform:false;--scroll-transform-origin:false;--scroll-time:1s\"><span class=\"deb-inner-text al-c\">This spacious private bath offers an intimate retreat where you can admire the surrounding mountains and flowing river in complete serenity.<br>Designed for unhurried moments, it is an ideal setting for families to relax together and enjoy a truly private bathing experience.<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"deb-block deb-block-6b83deb\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"deb-block deb-block-a7740a0\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-dp-ex-blocks-clipped-text deb-clip-text style-1 style--title-size-clamp fixed-clip-bg is-transform-block-title deb-block deb-block-df38b51 deb__elem-scroll-anim\"><div class=\"__clipper\"><div class=\"__clip_title_wrapper al-c\"><h3 class=\"deb-reset-heading __clip_title_tag\" role=\"heading\"><span class=\"__clip_title is-bold\">Yamanaka Onsen: 1,300 Years of Timeless Healing<\/span><\/h3><\/div><div class=\"__clip_desc_wrapper al-c\"><span class=\"__clip_desc is-bold\">Shirasagi no Yu \u2014 where Bash\u014d found rest along his travels.<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-dp-ex-blocks-columns deb-columns responsive-mode--adjust-columns column-num--2 is-not-column-fit-content deb-block deb-block-ba2a133\"><div class=\"deb-inner-blocks deb-flex-box\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-dp-ex-blocks-column deb-column is-column-fit-content deb-block deb-block-0e56d8e\"><div class=\"deb-column__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-dp-ex-blocks-text deb-text is-text-left style--as-normal deb-block deb-block-f98807d\"><span class=\"deb-text__inner\"><span class=\"deb-text__text\"><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"deb-block deb-block-1f4e0f4\">Yamanaka Onsen has soothed the illnesses and fatigue of countless people for centuries.<br>Its origins are said to date back some 1,300 years to the Nara period, when the eminent Buddhist monk Gy\u014dki first discovered these healing waters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"deb-block deb-block-23ab0a0\">Later, toward the end of the Heian period, Hasebe Nobutsura, a local feudal lord of the Noto region, witnessed a wounded white heron bathing in a stream flowing from the mountains, healing its injuries.<br>Moved by this sight, he dug at the spot, where a small statue of Yakushi Nyorai\u2014the Buddha of healing\u2014emerged along with a fresh spring of hot water.<br>It is said that this event led to the establishment of twelve bathhouses, marking the beginning of Yamanaka Onsen as a hot spring village.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"deb-block deb-block-d5a65a1\">Time passed into the Genroku era, when the renowned haiku poet Matsuo Bash\u014d traveled throughout Japan.<br>In his famous travel journal <em>The Narrow Road to the Deep North<\/em>, Bash\u014d composed the following verse about Yamanaka:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"deb-block deb-block-ca60d27 deb-show-object-shadow\">\u201cYamanaka\u2014<br>I will not pick the chrysanthemum;<br>the fragrance of the hot spring.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"deb-block deb-block-ec02a5d\">Through this poem, Bash\u014d expressed that the scent of the hot spring itself was more precious than the flowers before him.<br>He praised Yamanaka Onsen alongside Arima and Kusatsu as one of Japan\u2019s three great hot springs and is said to have stayed here for nine days, deeply savoring both the scenic beauty and the restorative waters that eased the fatigue of his long journey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"deb-block deb-block-bf4cc4c\">More than 300 years have passed since then, yet even today, the pure waters that continue to flow here in Yamanaka remain unchanged\u2014quietly and gently offering healing to all who visit.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-dp-ex-blocks-column deb-column is-column-fit-content deb-block deb-block-6d3c7be\"><div class=\"deb-column__content\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-dp-ex-blocks-media deb-media deb-block deb-block-ff82ddc\"><figure class=\"deb-media__wrapper\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/kochou.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/spa_yamanaka_main.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"deb-media__media deb-media__image deb-img-element wp-image-358\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kochou.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/spa_yamanaka_main.jpg 720w, https:\/\/kochou.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/spa_yamanaka_main-300x125.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kochou.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/spa_yamanaka_main-680x283.jpg 680w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-dp-ex-blocks-definition-list deb-dlist deb-block deb-block-62bdd77\"><dl class=\"deb-dlist__dl is-dt-bold\" role=\"tree\">\n<dt class=\"deb-dlist__dt\"><span class=\"title-text\">Spring Quality and Temperature<\/span><\/dt><dd class=\"deb-dlist__dd\" role=\"region\">\n<p class=\"deb-block deb-block-4739164\">Calcium-sodium monosulfate spring, 48.3\u00b0C<\/p>\n<\/dd>\n\n\n\n<dt class=\"deb-dlist__dt\"><span class=\"title-text\">Primary Efficacy<\/span><\/dt><dd class=\"deb-dlist__dd\" role=\"region\">\n<p class=\"deb-block deb-block-15e8070\">Neuralgia, muscle pain, joint pain, frozen shoulder, bruises, chronic digestive disorders, hemorrhoids, sensitivity to cold,post-illness recovery, fatigue recovery, health promotion, arteriosclerosis, cuts, burns, chronic skin diseases, paralysis<\/p>\n<\/dd>\n\n\n\n<dt class=\"deb-dlist__dt\"><span class=\"title-text\">Drinking the spring water<\/span><\/dt><dd class=\"deb-dlist__dd\" role=\"region\">\n<p class=\"deb-block deb-block-10ab7c4\">Possible (Gallstones, chronic constipation, obesity, diabetes, gout)<\/p>\n<\/dd>\n<\/dl><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Koch\u014d\u2019s Hot Springs\u6e6fYamanaka melodies, Bash\u014d\u2019s legacy, and Old Kutani\u2014through the drifting steam,the essence of culture reveals itself. 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