In 1950, Kakuichi Kounoue, Mayor of Biei Town, succeeded in drilling after many hardships, and colorless hot water of 48°C gushed out from 399m under the ground.
The hot spring was named “Shirogane Onsen” (platinum hot spring) .
***Check "Biei House" for enjoying Onsen.***
Kounoue said, “This hot spring is so precious that it should be called platinum that has sprung up from the depths of the earth.
***Check "Biei House" for enjoying Onsen.***
The road from Biei House to Biei Shirogane Onsen is called Shirakaba Kaido (white birch road.) It is lined with 4 km-long birch forests that grew wild after the mudflow from the eruption of Mount Tokachi in 1926.
