Sagi-no-yu Onsen

Sagi-no-yu Onsen sits on the Iinashi River in Yasugi, and the name comes from a legend that an egret bathed here to heal an injured leg, revealing the spring's curative properties in the eighth century. Samurai warlords later used it as a private bath during the Warring States period. The spring was lost in a 1666 flood and rediscovered about a century ago, eventually becoming the centerpiece of a traditional ryokan whose entrance is a 130-year-old farmhouse relocated from near Izumo Taisha and carefully rebuilt on site. Several other inns have since opened nearby, all within walking distance of the Adachi Art Museum.