[2026] Masterpieces that sing of hot springs. Songs that make you want to go to a hot spring.
Hot springs are wonderful, aren’t they?
A bath at home feels great, but hot springs are on a whole different level.
There’s the allure of nostalgic hot spring towns and the joy of savoring an escape from the everyday.
In this article, we introduce songs themed around hot springs and special tracks that will make you want to visit one.
Along with local songs that tell stories about hot springs, we’ve also gathered a few tunes related to things like table tennis.
It’s music with the same relaxing effect as a hot spring.
Whether you’re about to head to a hot spring or haven’t been in a while, refresh yourself with these hot spring songs!
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[2026] Masterpieces That Sing of Hot Springs: Songs That Make You Want to Visit an Onsen (51–60)
Tsunagi Onsen Songyuuzenn & pī chikupā chiku
This is a hot spring located on the shore of Lake Gosho, a dam lake in Morioka City, Iwate Prefecture.
It was created by local singer-songwriter Tomoyoshi Taguchi, and local ladies (?) joyfully sing to introduce the hot spring.
The lyrics explain all the history and highlights, stirring up your wanderlust.
Raised in AizuOtsuka Fumio
Hifumin, a.k.a.
Hifumi Kato, who now appears on TV almost daily as a legend of the shogi world, shares a similar nickname with Fumio Otsuka, a master of folk music who is known in the folk scene as “Fumin.” In the song Aizu-Bandaisan, the mountain is praised as a “treasure mountain” because it used to be an iron-producing area.
Later, an eruption created the Goshikinuma (Five-Colored Ponds) and brought forth hot springs—truly making it a treasure mountain.
Song of the Hot SpringsKanade Meina
It sings about hot springs from both a child’s and an adult’s perspective.
It feels like a song that might have just bubbled up while soaking in a hot spring, and it seems hot springs really let your mind unwind and feel free.
The refrain “onsen, onsen~” pleasantly lingers in your ears.
smooth and slickfujin kurabu
So there are a lot of hot springs on Sado Island, aren’t there? This is the Sado Island hot spring song, known as a Heisei-era “good bath” tune.
It’s sung by a group of young housewives called Fujin Club, and it’s such a relaxed, fun song that you feel like if you just soak leisurely, your skin will really become smooth and beautiful.
[2026] Masterpieces That Sing of Hot Springs: Songs That Make You Want to Visit an Onsen (61–70)
Higashine Onsen KoutaShimakura Chiyoko
The hot spring area in Higashine City, Yamagata Prefecture is also known as Sakuranbo Higashine Onsen, as the region is famous for cherries.
The singer of this song is Chiyoko Shimakura before her debut, likely around 1957 (Showa 32).
Since her debut song was “Kono Yo no Hana,” this is quite a treasure.
Tendo Hot Spring Town OndoHoshikawa Eiko
Tendo City is located in the eastern part of Yamagata Prefecture and is a town of shogi and hot springs, symbolized by the adjacent Mt.
Maizuru.
The original folk song “Tendo Kouta” was passed down by geisha at banquets starting in 1952, but it gradually fell out of use over time.
To help promote the city as a tourist destination, “Tendo Yunomachi Kouta” was created.
Gero KoutaMatsushiro, Kotarō
The shamisen played by geisha in a hot spring town really has a charming atmosphere, doesn’t it? Unfortunately, the okiya with geisha who performed like this was dissolved in 2010.
Gero Onsen in Gifu Prefecture is said to be one of Japan’s three most famous hot springs, but what’s nice about the kouta songs is that, rather than talking about medicinal benefits and such, they sing about everyday life—like couples getting along well, or being raised soaking in hot springs from birth.