- SCARCE VIEW OF THIS FAMOUS ONSEN IN HAKONE PROVINCE, JAPAN - APPROX. 27CM x 18CM -

ONSEN (In Japan, onsen are hot springs and the bathing facilities and traditional inns around them. There are approximately 25,000 hot spring sources throughout Japan, and approximately 3,000 onsen establishments use naturally hot water from these geothermally heated springs).

Yumoto onsen, Hakone. 

Original vintage albumen photograph. Circa 1890s. Unmounted. Size: approx. 27cm x 18cm.

Very Good to Good condition. Good tones overall. Some light creasing. Far edges e.g. top left corner with some age-toning / fading. A little edgewear. Tiny chips to two corners. Top edge very slightly unevenly trimmed. Please ask if you require a more detailed condition report, or view gallery images closely

⁂ Yumoto (湯元, literally "origin of hot water") is a small hot spring town in the back of Okunikko and part of Nikko National Park. The town is attractively located next to Lake Yunoko (lit. "hot water lake") and consists mainly of ryokan with hot spring baths.

North of the town stands Onsenji, a Buddhist temple with a small hot spring bath open to the public. Next to the temple is Yunodaira Marsh, where a lot of the town's hot water bubbles up from the ground. Some hot water is also bubbling along the northern shore of Lake Yunoko, and a pleasant sulfur odor hangs over the whole town.