Zao Onsen Tours and Trips (Yamagata)

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Zao Onsen

(Yamagata-prefecture Yamagata-city)

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Hot Spring Data

efficacy:
Cuts, burns, chronic skin diseases, frail children, chronic gynecological diseases, high blood pressure, arteriosclerosis, neuralgia, muscle pain, joint pain, frozen shoulder, motor paralysis, stiff joints, bruises, sprains, chronic digestive diseases, hemorrhoids, poor circulation, recovery from illness, recovery from fatigue, health promotion
Spring quality:
Acidic, sulfur-containing, aluminum, sulfate and chloride spring

Tourist Attraction Information

Zao is a representative resort area in Yamagata. You can enjoy things to do all year round, such as visiting Okama and Irohanuma, Takahara trekking, skiing and viewing frost-covered trees.

Highlights

This hot spring was founded over 1,900 years ago. The water quality is a highly acidic sulfurous spring, popular for its skin-beautifying properties. The large open-air bath at Zao is also famous.

Hot Spring Specialties

"Inahanamochi" from Zao Onsen
Said to have originated from the stacked rice cakes offered to Zao Gongen in prayer for a good harvest, "Inahanamochi" served on bamboo leaves has long been a popular specialty sold at souvenir shops in Zao Onsen town. They are three cute white rice cakes filled with lightly sweetened bean paste and decorated with yellow-dyed rice grains. The bamboo leaves placed underneath the rice cakes are kumazasa leaves from the mountains of Zao, and when you eat the rice cakes, you can enjoy the faint aroma of the bamboo leaves in your mouth.

Hot Springs

Zao loved by a principled man
After the Second World War, Jiro Shirasu was a close aide to Shigeru Yoshida and negotiated with GHQ, and was said to be "the only Japanese who was not submissive." He remained independent throughout his life, and during his time as chairman of Tohoku Power, he proposed the construction of a large ropeway and other projects to turn Zao into the "St. Moritz of the East." He built a small mountain lodge called "Hütte Jaren" in a corner of the Zao ski resort, where he enjoyed skiing. Currently, "Hütte Jaren" is being restored as the "Old Shirasu Jiro Mountain Lodge."

Recommended hotels and inns

Hotel Lucent Takamiya

A famous hot spring famous for its milky white "beauty baths"
This hotel is convenient for sightseeing at Yamadera, and in the summer you can easily get to the trekking area. Boasting a 1,900-year history, the famous milky white hot spring is also highly popular as a "beauty bath." Please enjoy visiting the hot springs at our sister hotels as well.