Obara [Hot Spring] - Obara

Japanese: 小原[温泉] - おばら

A hot spring in Shiroishi City, southern Miyagi Prefecture. It is a general term for several hot springs that well up in the valley bottom of the valley area upstream of the Shiroishi River, and is currently divided into Furuyu and Shinyu. Both were discovered in the Edo period, and are said to have developed as hot springs in the mid-Edo period. In addition to this hot spring, there is Kamasaki Hot Spring at the southeastern foot of Mount Zao, which was touted as ``Kamasaki, where beriberi comes, Obara in the eyes.'' The spring quality is a simple spring containing salt and sulphate, and the spring temperature is 50°C. It is about 8 km from Shiroishi Station on the Tohoku Main Line, and a 30-minute bus ride away. The valley is beautiful with both fresh greenery and autumn leaves, and in addition to the acacia trees in the hot spring town, there are the northernmost areas of Kotsubugaya, Hidari-makigaya, and Yokogura-noki trees along the river about 9 km upstream, as well as Zaimoku-iwa, all of which are designated as natural monuments.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

宮城県南部，白石市にある温泉。白石川上流の渓谷地帯の谷底に湧くいくつかの温泉の総称で，現在は古湯と新湯に分かれる。いずれも発見は江戸時代で，温泉としての発展は中期といわれる。蔵王山の南東麓にはこの温泉のほかに鎌先温泉があって〈脚気鎌先，眼に小原〉と喧伝された。泉質は単純泉，含食塩ボウ硝泉で，泉温50℃。東北本線白石駅から約8km，バスで30分。渓谷は新緑，紅葉ともに美しく，温泉街にあるサイカチのほかに上流に向かって9kmほどの川沿いにコツブガヤ，ヒダリマキガヤ，ヨコグラノキの北限地帯，材木岩があり，いずれも天然記念物に指定されている。

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