How about unwinding in a natural hot spring on a truly ethereal mountainside?

Kirishima Onsen

Kirishima Onsen is one of the best hot spring resorts in Kyushu’s Kagoshima Prefecture, boasting 9 hot springs of various sizes. 

Located at an elevation of 600 – 850 meters (1,968 – 2,789 feet), Kirishima Onsen is also famous as a therapeutic hot spring town due to its spring water’s many healing benefits. Visitors can also enjoy relaxing drop-in hot springs and footbaths.

Kirishima-jingu Shrine, located near Kirishima Onsen, has an impressively long history. The grounds are covered with dense greenery and majestic vermilion-lacquered shrine pavilions. Every year on June 10th, the Kirishima-jingu Shrine Otaue Rice Planting Festival is held to pray for prosperity at the beginning of the rice harvest. At this rice planting ceremony, a grand prayer rite and dedication dance to the gods of the rice field takes place. 

Visitors can enjoy learning about Japan’s amazing ancient cultural traditions.

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