Blog navigation

Blog categories

View all categories

Search in blog

Latest posts

View all latest posts

Popular posts

View all popular posts

Featured posts

View all featured posts

Photo gallery

  • Sample gallery

    Sample gallery

View all Photos

Archived posts

Top authors

View all authors

 Blog Rss

Sukayu Onsen

789 Views Posted on: 02/24/2023
 

Sukayu Onsen hot spring started operations around 300 years ago when a hunter discovered it just after he saw a wounded deer recover very quickly. Thereafter, a local man built a small hut with a bath using this hot spring water as a place for wild plant pickers and hunters to relax. It soon became very famous, however, and started to attract many visitors who wanted to heal their bodies. The beneficial effects of the water were officially recognized in 1945, and it was then made the first national People's Recreational Spa.

This impressive unisex Sennin Bath, made almost completely of cypress, is the most famous attraction of this area, and surprises everyone with its size of 260 square meters. This spacious bath has no pillars and a ceiling around 4 meters in height, and is fed water from four different hot spring sources. It is entirely unisex, except for particular time slots reserved for women only. There is also a small bath called Tamano-yu, which is segregated by gender, and fed by sulfuric opaque water from a different source.

 
Was this blog post helpful to you?
Posted in: Tohoku, Aomori

Leave a comment

Security code

Related posts

  • Shimokita Peninsula Shimokita Peninsula
    Posted in: Tohoku, Aomori
    02/24/2023
    1653 views
    Shimokita Peninsula in Aomori Prefecture is the northernmost point of Japan's Honshu main island. It faces the...
    Read more
  • Aomori City Aomori City
    Posted in: Tohoku, Aomori
    02/24/2023
    713 views
    Aomori City is the administrative center of Aomori Prefecture, in the Tohoku region on the island of Honshū. The city...
    Read more
  • Lake Towada Lake Towada
    Posted in: Tohoku, Aomori
    02/24/2023
    892 views
    Lake Towada, where Oirase Gorge starts, is mostly surrounded by cliffs. Virgin forests grow in the surrounding area...
    Read more
  • Oirase Gorge Oirase Gorge
    Posted in: Tohoku, Aomori
    02/24/2023
    1186 views
    Oirase Gorge is located in Towada-Hachimantai National Park in Towada City, Aomori Prefecture, that streches from...
    Read more
  • Hirosaki Park Hirosaki Park
    Posted in: Tohoku, Aomori
    02/27/2023
    1096 views
    Hirosaki Park is located in the center of Hirosaki City with a total area of about 490,000 square meters. The site...
    Read more