湯沢冷泉

Yuzawa Cold Spring (Yuzawa Reisen) Address: 630 Ohira, Iwata City, Shizuoka Prefecture Visited: January 28, 2023 Take the Yokokawa-Iwata Line past Ohira Rural Park, turn left, and head toward the Mase area. You'll see a "Yuzawa" signpost on the side of the road. This is the entrance to Yuzawa Cold Spring. The cold spring well is located a little further down the road. At the base of the well is a Jizo statue, and in front of it is a spring well about 1 meter in diameter. When I drew water, I could definitely smell the sulfur and felt the hot spring ingredients. I filled a plastic bottle with water and put it in my bath at home, and it gave me a bit of a hot spring experience. Apparently, hot spring enthusiasts bathe directly in this well, but that's not possible for the average person. The cold spring's temperature is said to be around 15°C.

Probably due to the heavy rain caused by the recent typhoon, the water intake for the hot spring had collapsed and there was no trace of it left. The bathroom shed remained and was still accessible, but...

Both the shrine and the spring are very deserted and smell of sulfur. It has a very spiritual atmosphere.