noun
hot-spring health resort
A place where people stay for an extended period to bathe in hot springs for therapeutic purposes, often in a rustic or traditional setting. Compare with 温泉場, which is a more general term for a hot-spring resort area.
See also: 温泉場
祖父は毎年、湯治場で一週間過ごす。
My grandfather spends a week at a hot-spring health resort every year.
Compound of 湯治 (とうじ, 'hot-spring cure') + 場 (ば, 'place').