The onsen (hot spring) tradition dates back thousands of years and Japanese culture embraces it as both a luxury and daily necessity.
At Zaborin, each villa boasts a private indoor and an outdoor onsen (known as the ‘rotenburo’). Sourced from almost a kilometre below ground, the water arrives in abundance at the perfect bathing temperature. This rarity is known as “gensen kakenagashi” (overflowing natural hot spring) and is the most revered of all onsen types.
The onsen water is rich in minerals, appreciated for its “qi” (energy) properties that have been absorbed from the surrounding nature, and especially beneficial to well being and health. Zaborin’s onsen has already rated as one of the best in the country.
As part of Zaborin’s ethos of environmental awareness and sustainability, the Zaborin spring is also a source of natural energy for under-floor heating and melting snow in the driveway.

Zaborin has 15 guest villas situated directly above the Zabo natural spring. Each villa has all the modern amenities as well as its own private indoor and outdoor onsens of hot, natural, spring water – with all the beauty of unobstructed views. Villa sleeping arrangements vary with a choice of ‘Washitsu‘ (tatami with Japanese futon) or ‘Yoshitsu‘ (western style beds).
Some villas also feature an additional 12m2 tatami mat room, which can be used as a second smaller room with the traditional futon arrangement.
The villas at Zaborin have each been assigned a snowflake ‘kamon‘ (crest) representing the various different types of snow.