Misasa, Tottori

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The river in Misasa

A street in the center of Misasa shortly before the Marie Curie festival

Misasa (三朝町, Miasa-chō^?) is a town located in Tōhaku District, Tottori, Japan. It is also home to the official treasure of Sanbutsuji and the Okayama Hospital.

As of 2003, the town has an estimated population of 7,711 and a density of 33.03 persons per km². The total area is 233.46 km². It is the second largest town in the prefecture (7th largest out of towns and cities).

Misasa is for the most part a spa resort, boasting springs of radium-rich water, exhausting radon, a radioactive gas. It is believed that bathing one in such waters can actually be good for one's health, though there is not a scientific consensus on whether doing so is actually detrimental or helpful to one's health (see Radiation hormesis). For this reason, the town of Misasa organizes a yearly Marie Curie festival – Marie Curie discovered radium.