Wakura Onsen

<h2 id="history">History</h2>
<p>Wakura Onsen has existed as a resort for 1,200 years.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a> According to legend, the hot springs were originally discovered by a fisherman who noticed an injured crane bathing its wing in the warm water. There is a monument called the "Hot Water Reservoir of Wakura," located in the center of the onsen town "commemorating a heron resting in the ocean that led to the discovery of the hot springs."<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a>
</p><p>The onsen was first mentioned in early <a href="/facts/Heian_period/PmIGpfCx">Heian period</a> documents, however full scale development initiated with the improvement of railway access in the <a href="/facts/Meiji_period/Ajr5VCQ5">Meiji period</a>.
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<h2 id="location">Location</h2>
<p>The Wakura hot springs system is are located next to the sea. There is a bathhouse in the town center that is open to the public for a fee. There are several <i>ashiyu</i> (foot baths) that are scattered throughout town that are available for public use without a fee. Across from a large ryokan complex is a <i>hiroba</i> (public square) with a hot spring sourced fountain, a shrine, and a park. Nearby is the Kado Isaburo Museum .<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a>
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<h2 id="access">Access</h2>
<p>Wakura Onsen is approximately five minutes by car from <a href="/facts/Wakura_Onsen_Station/fSBLqjfn">Wakura Onsen Station</a> on the <a href="/facts/JR_West/cL0RGnvj">JR West</a> <a href="/facts/Nanao_Line/SrJPJV28">Nanao Line</a> and Wakura IC on the Nanaota-Tsuruhama Bypass (<a href="/facts/Route_249_(Japan)/CouM3W5q">National Route 249</a>).
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<h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/List_of_hot_springs_in_Japan/MJRuEcY4">List of hot springs in Japan</a></li></ul>

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<ul><li> Wakura Onsen travel guide from Wikivoyage</li>
<li><a href="http://www.wakura.or.jp/">Wakura Onsen official tourism site</a> (in Japanese)</li>
<li><a href="https://www.jnto.go.jp/eng/spot/hotspri/wakura.html">JNTO site</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>"Wakura Onsen". Japan Travel. Retrieved 5 December 2021. <a href="https://www.japan.travel/en/spot/228/" target="_blank">https://www.japan.travel/en/spot/228/</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>Yamada, Keisuke. "Wakura Onsen: Tantalize the Senses at this Hot Spring Resort". Matcha: Japan Travel Magazine. Retrieved 5 December 2021. <a href="https://matcha-jp.com/en/1188" target="_blank">https://matcha-jp.com/en/1188</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:3"><p>"Noto Peninsula: Wakura Onsen". Japan Guide. Retrieved 5 December 2021. <a href="https://www.japan-guide.com/e/e4256.html" target="_blank">https://www.japan-guide.com/e/e4256.html</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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