Yuzawa [Hot Spring] - Yuzawa

Japanese: 湯沢[温泉] - ゆざわ

A hot spring in Sekikawa Village, Iwafune County, northern Niigata Prefecture. A salt spring containing gallium oxide, 40°C. One of the Arakawa Gorge hot spring resorts scattered along the Arakawa River system. It is located at the foot of Mt. Yuzo (726m) and overlooks the valley of the Yuzo River. It is said to be the oldest hot spring in the hot spring resort, having been discovered about 600 years ago, and has been used as a hot spring inn along the Yonezawa Kaido (now National Route 113). The number of visitors has increased since the Japanese National Railways (now JR) Yonesaka Line was completed in 1936. The surrounding area is a quiet place with the sound of sculpins singing, and even today it is popular with hot spring visitors for medical treatment and health resorts. A bus runs from Echigo-Shimonoseki Station on the Yonesaka Line.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

新潟県北部，岩船郡関川村にある温泉。含ボウ硝食塩泉，40℃。荒川水系に散在する荒川峡温泉郷の一つ。湯蔵（ゆぞう）山(726m)の山麓にあり，湯蔵川の渓谷に臨む。温泉郷では最も古く約600年前の発見といわれ，米沢街道(現，国道113号線)沿いの湯宿として利用されてきた。1936年国鉄(現JR)米坂線が全通してから利用者が増加した。付近はカジカの鳴く静かな環境で，いまも湯治客，保養客が多い。米坂線越後下関駅からバスが通じる。

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