| Iizaka Onsen Literature | Iizaka Onsen is identified with the village of “Iizuka” in Bashō's travel diary Oku no Hosomichi. In 1689, after soaking in the hot spring, Bashō lodged for the night in a shabby farmhouse with only straw mats over a dirt floor; a thunderstorm leaked through the roof, fleas and mosquitoes kept him awake all night, and even his chronic illness flared up. It's remembered as one of the diary's rare accounts of a miserable night on the road. Details |
| Nakanosawa Onsen Geopark | A hot-spring town within the Bandaisan Geopark, certified a Japan Geopark in 2011. It was founded in the Edo period and has a history of more than 250 years; its single source produces 13,400 liters per minute, the largest flow rate of any single hot-spring source in Japan. Details |
| Hayato Onsen Travelogue | A single inn with saline water containing Glauber's salt, in the mountains of Mishima along the Tadami River. With hardly any houses nearby, its quietness made it one of the rustic cure retreats featured in the Fukushima chapter of Tsuge Yoshiharu no Onsen. Details |
| Nishiyama Onsen Travelogue | A cure retreat in the mountains of Yanaizu with chloride and saline hydrogen-sulfide springs. Used for healing since long ago as a secluded retreat of Aizu, it is included in the Fukushima chapter of Tsuge Yoshiharu no Onsen. Details |
| Tamanashi-Hatcho Onsen Travelogue | A cure retreat centered on communal baths in Kaneyama, deep in Oku-Aizu, with sodium bicarbonate/chloride/sulfate water. The iron-scented water is known for keeping bathers warm, and it appears as 'Tamanashi Onsen' in the Fukushima chapter of Tsuge Yoshiharu no Onsen. Details |
| Futamata Onsen Travelogue | A hidden spring along the Futamata Gorge in the mountains of Ten-ei. It is the very setting of Tsuge Yoshiharu's representative travel manga Futamata Keikoku (Futamata Gorge, 1974), and the bathhouse inn depicted in the work, taking one group per day, is still in business. Details |
| Yunohana Onsen Travelogue | An old hot spring in Minamiaizu said to date back about 700 years, known as a cure village dotted with communal baths. Its simple-type and chloride springs mingle, and it is included in the Fukushima chapter of Tsuge Yoshiharu no Onsen. Details |
| Tokusa Onsen Travelogue | A hidden spring in the mountains of Minamiaizu, discovered about 1,000 years ago and said to be named after the horsetail (tokusa) that grows in clusters there. Known for its riverside open-air bath carved out of rock, it is included in the Fukushima chapter of Tsuge Yoshiharu no Onsen. Details |
| Yujimata Onsen Travelogue | A small cure retreat with alkaline simple-type water in the mountains of Hanawa. The late-Edo Confucian scholar Fujita Toko is said to have recovered here after coming to convalesce from a stroke. It appears as 'Yujimata Kosen' in the Fukushima chapter of Tsuge Yoshiharu no Onsen. Details |