200px, Sabakoyu
is an
onsen
In Japan, are hot springs and the bathing facilities and Ryokan (inn), traditional inns around them. There are approximately 25,000 hot spring sources throughout Japan, and approximately 3,000 ''onsen'' establishments use naturally hot water ...
(hot spring resort) located in the Iizaka district (former town of
Iizaka) within the city of
Fukushima, Japan. It is located to the northwest of the city center, and is connected to
Fukushima Station by the
Fukushima Kōtsū Iizaka Line railroad.
Description
Iizaka traditional hot spring town features over 40 traditional ''
ryokan
A is a type of traditional Japanese inn that typically features ''tatami''-matted rooms, communal baths, and other public areas where visitors may wear nemaki and talk with the owner. Ryokan have existed since the eighth century A.D. du ...
'', and 9 public baths, including one of Japan’s oldest community bathhouses, Sabakoyu (鯖湖湯 or "Mackerel Lake Baths").
[Remembering the Spa (brochure).] Sabakoyu was originally spelled 佐波来湯 when, according to legend,
Yamato Takeru, prince of the
imperial house and son of semi-legendary 12th
Emperor Keikō
, also known as and , was the 12th legendary Emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. Both the ''Kojiki'', and the ''Nihon Shoki'' (collectively known as the ''Kiki'') record events that took place during Keikō's all ...
, visited the area and was cured of his sickness after bathing in the hot springs.
Matsuo Bashō
; born , later known as was the most famous Japanese poet of the Edo period. During his lifetime, Bashō was recognized for his works in the collaborative '' haikai no renga'' form; today, after centuries of commentary, he is recognized as th ...
, the famous
Edo period
The , also known as the , is the period between 1600 or 1603 and 1868 in the history of Japan, when the country was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and some 300 regional ''daimyo'', or feudal lords. Emerging from the chaos of the Sengok ...
poet, visited Sabakoyu in 1689.
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