Hakusan Onsen-kyo

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A group of springs at the foot of Mount Haku (2,702 m) in Ishikawa — Chugu, Iwama, Ichirino and Tedori among them.

Chugu claims twelve centuries. The story is that Taicho Daishi, the monk who opened Mount Haku to religious practice, found an injured white dove by a stream and noticed hot water rising nearby. But there is a second version, in which villagers who had gone deep into the mountains to farm found the dove instead. Both agree that a white dove showed the way; they disagree only about who was watching.

The first bathhouse was built in 1574. Chugu has long been regarded as water for the stomach and gut, and people still come to stay and soak.

The mountain itself is the point. The Hakusan festival, held in mid-July, traces its origin to Taicho's opening of the peak.

Sources: 環境省 白山温泉郷 国民保養温泉地計画書 · 石川県白山自然保護センター『白山の自然誌44 白山の秘湯・中宮温泉の歴史』

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