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🇯🇵 Japan · Hanamaki, Iwate Prefecture
Photo by 掬茶, via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)
🇯🇵 Japan · Hanamaki, Iwate Prefecture
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📅 Established
1923
✓ Verified on 2026-07-28
Hanamaki Onsen was established in 1923 as a purpose-built spa resort, complete with parks and hotels, built alongside a new electric railway line to draw visitors to the area's hot springs. It is the anchor development within the broader Hanamaki hot spring valley, which comprises twelve distinct onsen with individual histories, some dating back 300 to 600 years. Its water is classified as a simple hot spring — clear, mild, and weakly alkaline. The region is closely tied to celebrated local writer and poet Kenji Miyazawa, who was associated with the area's hot springs.
Founded in 1923 as a planned resort with a dedicated electric railway line, Hanamaki Onsen anchors a valley of twelve individual hot springs, several with histories of 300 to 600 years, and is tied to the legacy of writer Kenji Miyazawa.
Phone0198-37-2111
Websitewww.hanamakionsen.co.jp/en/
Address1-125 Yumoto, Hanamaki-shi, Iwate 025-0304, Japan