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Joshin’etsukogen NP, Gunma
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Kusatsu’s visitor center was a volcano classroom: displays linked nearby volcanoes and mineral veins to the hot springs, then to local plant and animal life. Its subject was the natural force behind the famous bathwater.
The center stood in Sai-no-Kawara Park, where hot water wells up across the ground and flows away as the Yukawa. Kusatsu Town says this steaming landscape was feared as “Oni no Izumi”—Demon’s Spring—and tradition warned visitors not to shout.
The visitor center is no longer standing: Gunma Prefecture funded its removal, and Kusatsu’s 2024 works plan lists a plaza and toilets for the former site. A local hotel reported the new public restroom was complete in 2025.
