Awazu Onsen Awazu Onsen Away Onsen claims to have been founded by the shugendō monk Taichō in the Nara period. Taichō was a native of neighbouring Echizen Province and is said to have been the first person to have claimed Mount Hakusan, from which the hot springs at Awazu Onsen have their source. Although it is a small resort with few more than ten "ryokan", each inn has its own well, rather than using a common source. The Hōshi Ryokan, founded in 718 AD was recorded in the Guinness Book of World Records as the world’s oldest hot spring innfounded in 705.
Onsen tamago Onsen tamago Onsen tamago ( or ) is a traditional Japanese low temperature egg which is originally slow cooked in the water of "onsen" hot springs in Japan. The egg has a unique texture in that the white tastes like a delicate custard (milky and soft) and the yolk comes out firm, but retains the color and creamy texture of an uncooked yolk. This special texture is the result as egg yolk and egg white solidify at different temperatures. The egg is poached within the shell and is served with the shell removed in a small cup with sauce of