Tokyo office workers and tourists looking to soothe their aching backs and shoulders in one of Japan’s famous hot springs will soon have an option beyond the stone-lined baths deep in the mountains.
Mitsubishi Estate Co., Japan’s biggest developer by market value, found a natural hot spring in the heart of Tokyo’s Otemachi financial district after digging 1.5 kilometers (0.9 miles) deep, the Tokyo-based company said in a statement yesterday. The developer conducted research and consulted specialists, and was told the chances of finding thermal water in the area was high, said Takahiko Yamazaki, a Tokyo-based spokesman at Mitsubishi Estate.
