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Onsen in Kanto

When you are visiting Tokyo or living in Tokyo area, visiting Onsen is one of the great way to enjoy Onsen. Kanto Region is surrounded by mountains and all of them have great Onsen. Each Onsen has different healing qualities and those spots have very different Onsen Entertainments. Those Onsen Spots in Kanto will be combined greatly with, one day hiking, skying, or sightseeing.

List for Onsen in Kanto

Kusatsu Onsen

Kusatsu Onsen (草津温泉) is a naturally heated spring which discharges from ...

Hakone Yumoto Onsen

Hakone Yumoto Onsen (箱根湯本温泉) is the One of Hakone Onsen town located in ...

Shima Onsen

Shima Onsen (四万温泉) is one of Onsen resorts of Gunma prefecture. There are ...

Ikaho Onsen

Ikaho onsen (伊香保温泉) is the hot spring spot in Gunma. Like Kusatsu, it is ...

Yugawara

Yugawara (湯河原温泉) is Onsen Town located at west end of Kanagawa Prefecture. ...

Isobe Onsen

Isobe Onsen (磯部温泉) is Onsen town located in Annaka, Gunma. This is the ...

Kinugawa Onsen

Kinugawa Onsen (鬼怒川温泉) is Onsen Town located in Nikko, Tochigi. Kinugawa ...

Owakudani

Owakudani (大涌谷), which means the "Great Boiling valley," has an altitude ...

The hell of Sulfur Onsen

The hell of Sulfur Onsen (硫黄地獄, iojigoku) is a wild Onsen located in ...

Shiriyaki Onsen

Shiriyaki Onsen (尻焼温泉) is one of Onsen located in Kuni Village, Gunma. It ...

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Ikaho Onsen

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Category: City Town Local > Onsen

Ikaho onsen (伊香保温泉) is the hot spring spot in Gunma. Like Kusatsu, it is very popular spot for Onsen in Gunma. Around the hot spring, there are many hotels which use the Hot spring water. There are many tourist attractions in this Onsen town. Especially, around the stone stairs, many hotels, spas, restaurants and entertainments you can enjoy. This stone stairs were built in the war period, 16th century. Ikaho Onsen has great autumn tints.

Tourist Info.
There are many parking spots. In the end of October to middle of october. There is lighting up for autumn tints.

Access.
0. at Shin Maebashi Station
1. use JR Agatsuma line to Shibukawa (14 min.)
2. use local bus to Ikaho (20 min.)

Detailed Travel Guide

This hot spring is noted in Japanese mythology "Manyoushu" which is the first written book in Japan. So, this area has about 2000 years of history. The town was built around 1575 by Takeda. The stone stairs located in the middle of the town were actually built by this time.

The hot spring water is very low temperature and not much contain the healing material. However, there are many hotels and restaurants around this hot spring. So, Ikaho is still very famous travel spots.

Most of hotels has hot spring spa, but there are also public bath which use the hot spring water. So, you can visit this town just for hot spring.

In the fall, you can enjoy great autumn tints in Ikaho. There is beautiful light up for that.
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