The springs are alkaline, containing large quantities of sodium bicarbonate and sodium carbonate; the waters may be drunken as well as bathed in. The quality of the water and the beauty of the natural scenery once attracted Prince Nobuhito, the brother of the Emperor Hirohito of Japan, here for his honeymoon.
四重溪溫泉屬鹼性碳酸氫鈉泉，泉水含多量碳酸鈉物質，屬可飲可浴的泉質，加上天然美景，吸引日本昭和天皇胞弟宣仁親王於 1932 年遠渡重洋到此度蜜月。