Misasa (三朝町, Misasa-chō) is a town located in Tōhaku District, Tottori Prefecture, Japan. It is also home to the official treasure of Sanbutsu-ji, the Misasa Onsen, and Okayama Hospital.

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Misasa 三朝町
Town
Clockwise from top left: Misasa Spa, Sanbutsu Temple in Mount Mitoku, Mitoku River, Place of Team Hall (Jinsho no Yakata in Japanese), Misasa Art Museum
Flag Emblem
Location of Misasa in Tottori Prefecture
Misasa Location in Japan
Coordinates: 35°25′N 133°52′E
Country	Japan
Region	Chūgoku San'in
Prefecture	Tottori Prefecture
District	Tōhaku
Government
• Mayor	Hidemitsu Yoshida (since November 1997)
Area
• Total	233.52 km2 (90.16 sq mi)
Population  (June 1, 2016)
• Total	6,407
• Density	27.4/km2 (71/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+09:00 (JST)
City hall address	999-2 Ōaza Ōze, Misasa-chō, Tottori-ken 682-0195
Website	www.town.misasa.tottori.jp
Symbols
Flower	Rhododendron
Tree	Aesculus

The name "Misasa" (literally "three mornings") originates from the belief that one who stays to enjoy three mornings in the town's famous hot springs will find all of his ailments cured.

As of June 1, 2016, the town has an estimated population of 6,407 and a density of 27.4 persons per km². The total area is 233.46 km².

Misasa is for the most part a spa resort, boasting springs of radium-rich water, exhausting radon, a radioactive gas. Locals believe that bathing one in such waters can be good for one's health, although there is no scientific consensus on whether doing so is detrimental or helpful to one's health (see Radiation hormesis). For this reason, the town of Misasa organizes a yearly Marie Curie festival – Marie Curie discovered radium.

The film Koitanibashi was shot in Misasa.[1]

Education

Primary schools

• Nishi Elementary School
• Higashi Elementary School
• Minami Elementary School

Junior high schools

• Misasa Junior High School

Universities

• Institute for Planetary Materials, Okayama University

Neighboring municipalities

• Tottori Prefecture
  • Tottori
  • Kurayoshi
  • Yurihama
• Okayama Prefecture
  • Kagamino
  • Maniwa

Places of note

• Misasa Onsen

A radium-rich hot spring.

• Oshika Valley

It is named a special location, or "meishou" (名所) by the government, and is about 4 km long.

• Sanbutsu-ji

A temple located on a cliff on the north face of Mount Mitoku, it is designated as one of the National Treasures of Japan.

Twin towns

Misasa is twinned with:

• Lamalou-les-Bains, France, since 1990
• Jōyō, Kyoto, Japan, since 2012

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Misasa, Tottori.

Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Misasa.

• Official town website (in English)
• Official town website (in Japanese)

На других языках

[ru] Мисаса