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
Sentō Sentō Another type of Japanese public bath is "onsen", which uses hot water from a natural hot spring. In general the word onsen means that the bathing facility has at least one bath filled with natural hot spring water. However throughout the Kansai region of Japan the word "onsen" is also a commonly used naming scheme for sentō. Sentō and supersentō in Kansai that do have access to a hot spring will often differentiate themselves by having "natural hot spring" (天然温泉) somewhere on their signage. There are many different looks for a Japanese "sentō", or public bath. Most traditional "sentō",