Iojima “Higashi Onsen”

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"Higashi Onsen," standing alone on the rock surface of a steep cliff where the fierce rough waves of the Pacific Ocean crash on Iojima, Mishima Village, is a wild-tasting, natural, superb, full-scale open-air bath highly acclaimed by adventurers and hot spring fans from all over the world as "the ultimate secret hot spring on the highest peak on earth." The hot, emerald green, strongly acidic hot spring water gushing from Mt. Iodake, a bounty of the volcano, fills the bathtub hollowed out of natural rock, and the infinity experience where you become completely one with the sea while overlooking the panorama of the vast ocean without any obstructions is blissful healing. There is no changing room, and this sacred place, which is completely in harmony with great nature, is a place where you can directly experience the powerful vitality of the earth.

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三島村・鬼界カルデラジオパークの絶景／硫黄島「東温泉」Superb view of Mishima Village Kikai Caldera Geopark／「Higashi onsen」

三島村・鬼界カルデラジオパークの絶景／硫黄島「東温泉」Superb view of Mishima Village Kikai Caldera Geopark／「Higashi onsen」

Mishima Village

Iojima “Higashi Onsen”

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Iojima, Mishima Village, Kagoshima District, Kagoshima Prefecture
Website
https://www.kagoshima-kankou.com/guide/10616
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