A hot spring resort with a history spanning over 1,300 years, renowned nationwide as one of Japan's three most beautiful hot springs for skin. Its uniquely silky, alkaline sodium bicarbonate spring, with a smooth, lotion-like texture, leaves the skin feeling as if it were bathing in beauty essence. It is also the production area of Ureshino tea, which has been growing in popularity overseas, and its distinctive culinary culture, such as the local specialty onsen yudofu, in which tofu is simmered in hot spring water, offers foreign visitors a highly appealing cultural experience.