Dogo Onsen inspired Hayao Miyazaki’s Spirited Away, with Honkan linked to Yubaba’s bathhouse

Dogo Onsen—often cited as Japan’s oldest hot spring—reportedly inspired animator-director Hayao Miyazaki to create Spirited Away. Its main facility, Dogo Onsen Honkan, is said to have influenced the design of Yubaba’s bathhouse.