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NO. 1017 GILROY YAMATO HOT SPRINGS RESORT - Under the guidance of the George Roop and William McDonald families during the years of 1865 of Francisco Cantua's discovery to the 1930s, Gilroy Hot Springs was a popular health and family resort oriented around a single hot mineral spring located near Coyote Creek. In 1938 the resort was purchased by H.K. Sakata, a successful Japanese American farmer from Watsonville. Renamed the Gilroy Yamato Hot Springs, it was the only Japanese American owned commercial hot springs in California. The resort served as a recreational and spiritual center for Japanese Americans before World War II and briefly as a hostel after the war for those returning from internment camps.
Location
9.5 mi NE of junction of New Ave and Roop Rd on Hot Springs Rd, Gilroy
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Notes
Guided tours continue most months on 2nd Saturday and 4th Sunday, 10:00 a.m. to noonish, most months, subject to public requests and availability of docents. (info@gilroyyamatohotsprings.org)
NO. 1017 GILROY YAMATO HOT SPRINGS RESORT - Marker
NO. 1017 GILROY YAMATO HOT SPRINGS RESORT - State Plaque
NO. 1017 GILROY YAMATO HOT SPRINGS RESORT - Hotel (Now the parking area)
NO. 1017 GILROY YAMATO HOT SPRINGS RESORT -
NO. 1017 GILROY YAMATO HOT SPRINGS RESORT - Rental cottages under restoration
NO. 1017 GILROY YAMATO HOT SPRINGS RESORT - Old photo
NO. 1017 GILROY YAMATO HOT SPRINGS RESORT - Hotel (Now the parking area)
NO. 1017 GILROY YAMATO HOT SPRINGS RESORT - Swimming Tank
NO. 1017 GILROY YAMATO HOT SPRINGS RESORT - Hot springs
NO. 1017 GILROY YAMATO HOT SPRINGS RESORT - Captain's Cabin