Official hotspot During the Japanese era, governors-general who used this "VIP onsen" included Kobayashi Seizo, Hasegawa Kiyoshi, and Ando Rikichi. As these three were all from military backgrounds, their era--1936 to 1945--is known in Taiwanese history as the "Era of Martial Governors-General," and this onsen they frequented became known as the "Governor-General Onsen."
舟車勞頓只為泡湯日治時期，使用過此「御用溫泉」的總督包括小林躋造、長谷川清、安藤利吉，這 3 位總督均為軍系出身，也就是台灣史上所稱的「日治後期武官總督時代」（1936 ∼ 1945），因此「新館溫泉」又稱「總督溫泉」。