Shibu Onsen

Yudanaka with its peculiar snow monkeys is a famous hot spring resort in Nagano Prefecture. The region is dotted with 10 hot springs with different spring qualities, centering on Shibu Onsen and Yudanaka Onsen, and is collectively referred to as Yudanaka Shibu Onsenkyo. Shibu Onsen is particularly popular, and is famous for tourists who visit the 9 public baths. A unique landscape of streets lined with old wooden houses built during the Taisho and early Showa periods invite visitors the chance to travel back in time. The well-established Japanese-style inn Kanaguya is famous as a Japanese-style inn that has been featured animated film productions by Studio Ghibli, which have become known the world over.