Maga [Hot Spring] - Maga

Japanese: 真賀[温泉] - まが

This hot spring is located in Yubara Town, Maniwa County, Okayama Prefecture. It springs from a cliff along the Asahi River at the southern foot of Mt. Hitsugayama, and is part of the Yubara Onsen Village. It is a simple hot spring, 41°C. It is said that during the Keicho era (1596-1614), when Iwasa Masachika, the lord of Utsupurui in Izumo Province, prayed for a cure, a white-haired old man told him about it and discovered it. During the Edo period, it was a public bath for the Tsuyama Domain. The number of visitors increased after the opening of the JR Kishin Line in 1936. There is a public bath carved into the natural rock. Nearby is Kanba Falls (109m high, 15m wide), and on the opposite bank is Ashitaru Onsen (simple hot spring, 37°C).

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

岡山県真庭郡湯原町にある温泉。櫃（ひつ）ヶ山南麓，旭川沿いの崖上に湧き，湯原温泉郷に属する。単純泉，41℃。慶長年間(1596‐1614)出雲国十六島（うつぷるい）の領主岩佐政近が病気治癒を祈願したとき白髪の老人に教えられて発見したと伝え，江戸時代は津山藩の公湯であった。1936年のJRの姫新線開通後，利用者が増加した。天然の岩をうがった共同浴場がある。付近に神庭（かんば）ノ滝(高さ109m，幅15m)，対岸に足（たる）温泉(単純泉，37℃)がある。

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