Yuwaku Onsen

The Yuwaku Onsen (湯涌温泉) is a hot spring resort in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan.

As with several other hot spring resorts in the area, Yuwaku Onsen claims to have been founded in the Nara period by a paper-maker who followed an injured white heron and discovered that it was healing itself in the warm waters.

[1] The onsen was developed by the Maeda clan of Kaga Domain in the Edo period.

[2] The hot spring is at an altitude of 400 meters above sea level at the foot of Mount Ioh.

[4][5] The hot spring is accessible by bus from Kanazawa Station of West Japan Railway Company.