Shijima Onsen Tours and Trips (Mie Prefecture)

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Toshijima Onsen

(Mie Prefecture Toba City)

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Hot Spring Data

Efficacy:
Neuralgia, muscle pain, joint pain, frozen shoulder, motor paralysis, stiff joints, bruises, sprains, chronic digestive diseases, hemorrhoids, poor circulation, recovery from illness, fatigue recovery, health promotion, cuts, burns, chronic skin diseases, frail children, chronic gynecological diseases
Spring quality:
Sodium-calcium chloride spring (cold mineral spring)

Tourist Attraction Information

Walking areas include Toshi Lighthouse, Kaniana Tomb, and the observation deck. Dolphin Island Marine Amusement Park, Mikimoto Pearl Island, and Futamiura are also worth a visit.

Highlights

Hot springs well up on Toshijima Island in Toba Bay. The island is a thriving fishing industry, so you can enjoy fresh seafood along with the hot springs.

Hot Spring Specialties

Salted wakame seaweed from Toshijima, the largest island in Ise Bay
At Wagu Fishing Port on Toshijima Island, the production of the famous salted wakame seaweed is thriving. About 45 fishermen cultivate the seaweed on around 80 rafts. On Toshijima Island, they adhere to the traditional method of boiling the seaweed in cauldrons at the fishing port, and from Feb. to Apr., dozens of cauldrons are lined up, and the smell of the sea along with the steam drifts throughout the port. This scenery has been selected as one of the "100 Scented Landscapes" by the Ministry of the Environment. This salted wakame can be stored for up to a year, even though no artificial ingredients such as preservatives are used.

Hot Springs

Ota A naval general, Kuki the island of Jia Long's demise
Shijima is the final resting place of the naval general Kuki Yoshitaka. He built Toba Castle, known as the 'floating castle of the sea,' and constructed Japan's first iron-clad warship. He is famous for defeating the Mori navy (Murakami navy), which resisted Nobunaga. However, during the Battle of Sekigahara, the Kuki family was divided, with the father, Yoshitaka, fighting for the Western Army and his son, Moritaka, fighting for the Eastern Army. After the Western Army's defeat, Yoshitaka chose this island as his final resting place and committed suicide. As per his will, his head was buried on a hill overlooking Toba Castle, while his body was buried at the foot of the hill by his son Moritaka. These graves remain in the town of Wagu as the head mound and body mound.