The Ryonggang Hot Spring Health Complex, which is located in Nampho’s Onchon County, provides bath service with Ryonggang hot spring that has been well known since ancient times. Here is a tale about the spa. Once upon a time, fishermen who were sailing on the sea discovered lots of seagulls covering the sky. As they approached them, they found shoals of fish swarming to a spot. But oddly, all the fishes were wounded and the water was hot. A few days later, the fishermen sailed to that site again and they could see all the fishes recovered from injury and heading towards the deep sea. After a lapse of ages, the sea was replaced by a brook and marshes. This time, wounded birds and animals flocked there. It was so mysterious people analysed the water and found out that it was a spa that is very efficacious for the treatment of various diseases. Since then, people had had spa bath there and named it Ryonggang hot spring after the place name. As the legend tells, the spa has wonderful curative effects. If you take a bath at the Ryonggang Hot Spring Health Complex, you can cure various diseases including hypertension, arthritis, neuralgia, chronic colitis and skin diseases, and injuries as well. According to its attendants, Ryonggang hot spring has the largest mineral content among other spas. The health complex is equipped with facilities for radon gas bath and full bath and internal use for treatment. It wins special favour of customers as it uses world-famous Sindoksan mineral water as drinking water and for everyday use. Buildings for individual treatment are also available. By Kim Rye Yong PT