Iizaka Onsen and was curved of his sickness after bathing in the hot springs. Matsuo Bashō, the famous Edo period poet, visited Sabakoyu in 1689. Iizaka Onsen ,is a hot spring resort located in the Iizaka district (former town of Iizaka) within the city of Fukushima, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. It is located to the northwest of the city centre, and is connected to Fukushima Station by the Fukushima Kōtsū Iizaka Line railroad. Iizaka traditional hot spring town features over 40 traditional "ryokan", and 9 public baths, including one of Japan’s oldest community bathhouses, Sabakoyu (鯖湖湯 or "Mackerel Lake Baths"). Sabakoyu was originally
Sembawang Hot Spring of Hot Water" in Malay. Soft drinks firm Fraser & Neave (F&N) acquired the site in 1922, and set up a bottling plant at nearby Semangat Ayer to tap the mineral water, which they labelled Seletaris. During the Second World War, the spring's flow was temporarily interrupted when a bomb fell near the well during a Japanese air raid over Singapore in 1942. After the fall of Singapore, the Japanese military seized the place and converted it into recreational thermal baths (onsen). The hot spring was frequented by gamblers in 1960, who took "good luck" baths before the start of