Hot springs in Shimobe

One of Japan's oldest hot spring resorts, with a recorded history of over 1,200 years, set along the Shimobe River in Yamanashi Prefecture at the foot of the Minobu mountains. The spring is associated with the warlord Takeda Shingen, who is said to have brought wounded soldiers here after the battles of Kawanakajima to recover. The strongly alkaline waters reach pH 10.