Kanto · Shibukawa, Gunma

♨ Ikaho Onsen

Climb the famous 365 stone steps through the onsen town.

Day trip from Tokyo

Quick facts

Location: Shibukawa, Gunma (Kanto region)
Water type: Sulfate spring
Tattoos: Check ahead with each bath
Directions: Open in Google Maps

The water

Its brown 'Kogane no yu' (golden spring) is a sulphate spring.

History

Ikaho appears in nine poems of the Man'yoshu. In 1502 the renga poet Sogi wrote that its water helped people recovering from stroke. The Nagao clan of Shiroi Castle managed the springs in the Warring States era.

Getting there

From: Tokyo (Ueno)
Route: JR Limited Express Kusatsu-Shima to Shibukawa, then Kan-etsu bus
Time: about 1h40m by train, then about 25 min by bus
JR Pass: JR train covered; bus not covered.
Other passes: Shibukawa Ikaho Area Pass (buses); JR Tokyo Wide Pass covers the train.

Check current timetables and fares before you travel.

Famous for (meibutsu)

Mizusawa udon (food): one of Japan's three great udon, from Shibukawa
Yu-no-hana manju (food): Ikaho's brown buns, said to be the first onsen manju

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