Just as you walk out through the sliding double doors, towards your left and right you are greeted with separate dressing rooms for men and women. Before you was a sliding door that lead outside, but it seems that small signs directed you elsewhere before venturing out there. Inside each designated room was a dressing room to change out of your clothes and into dressing robes, towels, or yukatas depending on your preference.
A small little sign explained the procedure:
Someone
1) Change out of your clothes
2) Bathe in the bathing area
3) Rinse off all soap
4) Soak in Hot Springs to your liking.
It seemed like it was written by someone who did not speak very good English.
A little further into each dressing rooms were little divided areas meant for bathing and then redressing into your towels, robes, or yukatas. Just passed that were doors that lead outside towards the Hot Springs. Walking along the wooden porch there seemed to be 4 different types of springs available. One meant only for men, One meant only for women, one that was meant to be Co-Ed, and the other was meant for those who were faint at heart. A large sign was there that would help direct anyone who got lost.
As you walked along the wooden porch, you could just feel the warmth from each spring. The waters were a pleasantly warm escape from the frigid cold outside, the bubbling natural waters not only give off a medicinal and fresh aroma, but the warmth seemed to radiated several feet away from the water's surface. Tall Bamboo fences divided the different springs, while only two had thatched roofing which was the Co-ed Spring and the Spring that was meant for the weak at heart.
This springs were all natural, and water bubbled down in a cascade from a higher pool in the stone to a lower one. Where no plants grew in this terrible cold, a few brave ferns sprout alongside the cracks of the rocks and a little moss clings to the warmth even in the dead of winter.
Just a bit pass the Hot Springs, just behind the Inn was a small open air building that looked as though it was meant to have tea served in it. Though it has been refurbished, there was not much happening inside except for a large magical fire pit in the middle that radiate warmth, but was cool to the touch. The fire itself never went out or could be used to catch anything else on fire.
Behind the springs was an even taller Bamboo fence that seemed to mark the boundaries for the back area.
A little further into each dressing rooms were little divided areas meant for bathing and then redressing into your towels, robes, or yukatas. Just passed that were doors that lead outside towards the Hot Springs. Walking along the wooden porch there seemed to be 4 different types of springs available. One meant only for men, One meant only for women, one that was meant to be Co-Ed, and the other was meant for those who were faint at heart. A large sign was there that would help direct anyone who got lost.
As you walked along the wooden porch, you could just feel the warmth from each spring. The waters were a pleasantly warm escape from the frigid cold outside, the bubbling natural waters not only give off a medicinal and fresh aroma, but the warmth seemed to radiated several feet away from the water's surface. Tall Bamboo fences divided the different springs, while only two had thatched roofing which was the Co-ed Spring and the Spring that was meant for the weak at heart.
This springs were all natural, and water bubbled down in a cascade from a higher pool in the stone to a lower one. Where no plants grew in this terrible cold, a few brave ferns sprout alongside the cracks of the rocks and a little moss clings to the warmth even in the dead of winter.
Just a bit pass the Hot Springs, just behind the Inn was a small open air building that looked as though it was meant to have tea served in it. Though it has been refurbished, there was not much happening inside except for a large magical fire pit in the middle that radiate warmth, but was cool to the touch. The fire itself never went out or could be used to catch anything else on fire.
Behind the springs was an even taller Bamboo fence that seemed to mark the boundaries for the back area.
