ONSEN review: entrance ¥450 for the public onsen (free if you stay at the hotel), ¥1100 for the private one (one hour, price per room), shampoos provided in the private, soap provided in the public, you need to bring your own towel. Operating hours: 09:00 - 21:00, there is parking.
*Public onsen: large changing room with free lockers and hairdryer, toilet, two wash basins with mirrors, fan and aircon. There is 3 tubs, one indoor and two outdoor. You enter the bathing area at the indoor tub, quite spacious with five places to wash up with a stool, mirror and shower heads. The floor and the walls are made of tiles. The tub is medium size, rectangular shape, situated at the top right corner of the room and made of tiles. Half the room has windows instead of walls which allow plenty of natural light in. The water was hazy, smelled of sulfur and had some sulfur particles in. The outdoor area has two tubs, a small sized square shape and a medium-small sized rectangular shape, both made of tiles. The floor is half made of tiles and half of stones. The outer area is not that big, has some flowers and is overlooking a nice green slope with trees.
*Private onsen: small changing area with free hairdryer. The bathing area has one place to wash up with a stool and a shower head. The tub is small size, rectangular shape, situated on the corner of the room, made of tiles. Floor and bottom half the walls are made of tiles (upper part of walls have wood). The water was the same as in the public one, hazy, smelled of sulfur and had some sulfur particles in. One of the rooms (bathed a couple of times) had also a big window.
Facilities were well maintained and clean. There is common place to relax afterwards or private place (¥1100 for one hour, ¥500 per hour afterwards). Plus a little shop selling beverages and snacks.
Simple sulfur spring, acidic, source temperature 52.4°C, pH 2.3, water flow 86.8 lt/min, metasilicic acid 308.9mg, gensen kakenagashi.
**Lovely onsen hotel, spent a few nights while exploring onsen. Very friendly service! Spacious room, floor and walls all made of wood, fridge, microwave and a fully equipped kitchen to cook (just bring your own spices, oil etc.). They also rent e-bikes.
