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
Onsen geisha usually entertain tourists in the banquet halls of large hotels, often with 60 or 70 geisha in attendance. The modern surge of tourism, expendable income, and capitalization has caused onsen geisha, who historically entertained groups similar in size to those in Kyoto and Tokyo, to increase to these large affairs. Onsen geisha Onsen geisha (温泉芸者) is are Japanese geisha, or entertainers, who work in onsen (hot spring) resorts or towns. The term onsen geisha has a negative connotation in that the term has come to be synonymous with prostitute. This is due to several reasons. In pre–World War II history,