Mitokusan Sanbutsuji
The Nageiredo at its inner sanctuary is a National Treasure: a hall wedged into a hollow in a sheer cliff, and no one knows how it was built. Reaching it means climbing by chain, and you are not allowed up alone.
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The Nageiredo at its inner sanctuary is a National Treasure: a hall wedged into a hollow in a sheer cliff, and no one knows how it was built. Reaching it means climbing by chain, and you are not allowed up alone.
You go up the chain sections on all fours. The rule is that you may not enter alone.
One of the strongest radon springs in the world. It was the bathing place for pilgrims to Mount Mitoku.
One of the strongest radon springs in the world. You can also drink it and inhale it.
Water rises in the riverbed and is bathed in where it stands, below three-storey wooden inns.
The path to the cliff hall is climbed by chain and tree root - the visit itself designed as an ordeal.
A roadside station in Misasa, close to the hot-spring street.
A bridge at Misasa Onsen, with a statue of the kajika frog of matchmaking.
A gorge in Misasa, where early-summer green and autumn colour show on the water.
A shrine in Misasa, where radon-bearing hot-spring water runs into the purification basin.