Tanabe City - 田辺市
Azumaya
Azumaya
Japanese Name: 旅館あづまやPrefecture: WakayamaCity: TanabeAddress: 和歌山県田辺市本宮町湯峯１２２Closest Station: Category: Hot Spring Hotel w/ day useWebpage: http://www.adumaya.co.jp/Price: ¥720Holiday: NoneHours: 13:00-15:00
Review:Azumaya has two locations, a fancier ryokan and a more affordable minshuku about 100m from each other. We stayed in the simple minshuku on our visit here but were able to use the baths in both facilities. Both facilities were very quiet when we were there. The little village around Yunomine Onsen and Tsubo-yu has some very busy days but outside of those times it's dead quiet and that is totally awesome. It was also interesting to see how many international tourists now come to the area. In our minshuku there was two Australians and a German, if you include me and my daughter there were more non-Japanese than Japanese guests!The water is the absolutely perfect at Yunomine Onsen. No complains ever for this spring. It's 100% quality. In the minshuku the bath was small and well used but had a nice window. The ryokan's bath was much larger but also had that old wooden feel to it. The rotenburo was newer and had a great garden around it. I would highly recommend both lodgings if your looking to spend the night and using the day use option for the ryokan's bath if Tsubo-yu is booked out.
Visit Date: March 2016 *Hot Spring Data*Spring Type: Sulfuric acid spring - 硫酸塩泉Well Temperature: 92.5°CTemperature Type: pH: 7.6pH Type: Osmotic Pressure: Well Name: Tamakiyu - 環湯
Review:Azumaya has two locations, a fancier ryokan and a more affordable minshuku about 100m from each other. We stayed in the simple minshuku on our visit here but were able to use the baths in both facilities. Both facilities were very quiet when we were there. The little village around Yunomine Onsen and Tsubo-yu has some very busy days but outside of those times it's dead quiet and that is totally awesome. It was also interesting to see how many international tourists now come to the area. In our minshuku there was two Australians and a German, if you include me and my daughter there were more non-Japanese than Japanese guests!The water is the absolutely perfect at Yunomine Onsen. No complains ever for this spring. It's 100% quality. In the minshuku the bath was small and well used but had a nice window. The ryokan's bath was much larger but also had that old wooden feel to it. The rotenburo was newer and had a great garden around it. I would highly recommend both lodgings if your looking to spend the night and using the day use option for the ryokan's bath if Tsubo-yu is booked out.
Visit Date: March 2016 *Hot Spring Data*Spring Type: Sulfuric acid spring - 硫酸塩泉Well Temperature: 92.5°CTemperature Type: pH: 7.6pH Type: Osmotic Pressure: Well Name: Tamakiyu - 環湯
Tsubo-Yu
Tsubo-Yu
Japanese Name: つぼ湯Prefecture: WakayamaCity: TanabeAddress: 和歌山県田辺市本宮町湯峯１１０Type: Hot Spring FacilityWebpage: http://www.hongu.jp/onsen/yunomine/tuboyu/Price: ¥780Holiday: NoneHours: 6:00-21:30
ReviewThe mythology says that a monk recovered using the hot spring here.The mythology says that the water changes color 7 times in a day.The mythology says if you bathe here when you're pregnant you will have a healthy baby.All you really need to know is that this is one of the most amazing places in Japan. There is something very special about this place, especially if you can share it with someone you love like I did. The water leaves you skin feeling as if it was coated in soap. Afterwards, this bath will leave you feeling better than you could imagine. I can't wait to go back.Because only two people can use the bath at the same time, you have to make a reservation and wait your turn. Men and women can enter together and children are also allowed. What you do is go up to the ticket counter. The person will give you a general idea about how many people are waiting in front of you, but they won't tell you how long the wait is because they don't really know how long everyone will take. Coming earlier in the morning increases your chances of getting in sooner. We got there around 9 AM and were able to go straight into the bath. Great luck.After you buy your tickets from the vending machine, the front desk person will give you a plastic card with a number on it. They will call your number when your time comes up. If you're not there then they call your number you will loose your turn, so make sure to stay in the area. After your number is called walk along the river to the shack that surrounds the bath. In front of the door place your number on the hook in view of the CCTV camera, take off your shoes, and enter.Inside there are some plastic baskets for your clothing. Of course you go in naked like any other bath in Japan. Since there is no place to wash with soap a simple splash off is fine. That's what I did. I think that using soap isn't allowed in Tsuboyu, but I might be wrong. The natural well water is a boiling 92 degrees C so you'll have to add river water from the large gray pipe to cool the bath before you can enter it. There is also a large stick there for you to use to stir the bath. The hottest part of the bath, where the hot water bubbles up to the river bottom is in the upriver corner. The tub is mostly made up of a worn smooth doughnut shaped stone that makes a dam like wall keeping the hot water in. The upriver side is made of a natural and man made rock wall. The bottom of the tub is filled with smooth river rock. You can't see the bottom, so make sure not to drop anything into the tub as you most likely won't be able to find it.After you leave the main Tsuboyu, you can use the medicated baths behind the ticket booth. We didn't try them.While your waiting, or after you get out I also recommend getting eggs from the nearby stores and boiling them in the onsen water. They come in a net to boil them in. It takes about 15 minutes for the eggs to boil. The adjacent ryokan cook bamboo shoots and other vegetables in the water here for their guests.There is also a simple public bath, men and women separate, that you can use with out waiting. The water is not the same as that in Tsuboyu, but it’s very nice. Hot Spring DataWell Name: Yu no Mine Onsen - 湯ノ峰温泉Type: Sulphur spring - 硫黄泉pH: 7.3Type: weak alkaline - 弱アリカリ性Well Temperature: 92°CType: extra hot spring - 高温泉Osmotic Pressure: Low - 低張性
ReviewThe mythology says that a monk recovered using the hot spring here.The mythology says that the water changes color 7 times in a day.The mythology says if you bathe here when you're pregnant you will have a healthy baby.All you really need to know is that this is one of the most amazing places in Japan. There is something very special about this place, especially if you can share it with someone you love like I did. The water leaves you skin feeling as if it was coated in soap. Afterwards, this bath will leave you feeling better than you could imagine. I can't wait to go back.Because only two people can use the bath at the same time, you have to make a reservation and wait your turn. Men and women can enter together and children are also allowed. What you do is go up to the ticket counter. The person will give you a general idea about how many people are waiting in front of you, but they won't tell you how long the wait is because they don't really know how long everyone will take. Coming earlier in the morning increases your chances of getting in sooner. We got there around 9 AM and were able to go straight into the bath. Great luck.After you buy your tickets from the vending machine, the front desk person will give you a plastic card with a number on it. They will call your number when your time comes up. If you're not there then they call your number you will loose your turn, so make sure to stay in the area. After your number is called walk along the river to the shack that surrounds the bath. In front of the door place your number on the hook in view of the CCTV camera, take off your shoes, and enter.Inside there are some plastic baskets for your clothing. Of course you go in naked like any other bath in Japan. Since there is no place to wash with soap a simple splash off is fine. That's what I did. I think that using soap isn't allowed in Tsuboyu, but I might be wrong. The natural well water is a boiling 92 degrees C so you'll have to add river water from the large gray pipe to cool the bath before you can enter it. There is also a large stick there for you to use to stir the bath. The hottest part of the bath, where the hot water bubbles up to the river bottom is in the upriver corner. The tub is mostly made up of a worn smooth doughnut shaped stone that makes a dam like wall keeping the hot water in. The upriver side is made of a natural and man made rock wall. The bottom of the tub is filled with smooth river rock. You can't see the bottom, so make sure not to drop anything into the tub as you most likely won't be able to find it.After you leave the main Tsuboyu, you can use the medicated baths behind the ticket booth. We didn't try them.While your waiting, or after you get out I also recommend getting eggs from the nearby stores and boiling them in the onsen water. They come in a net to boil them in. It takes about 15 minutes for the eggs to boil. The adjacent ryokan cook bamboo shoots and other vegetables in the water here for their guests.There is also a simple public bath, men and women separate, that you can use with out waiting. The water is not the same as that in Tsuboyu, but it’s very nice. Hot Spring DataWell Name: Yu no Mine Onsen - 湯ノ峰温泉Type: Sulphur spring - 硫黄泉pH: 7.3Type: weak alkaline - 弱アリカリ性Well Temperature: 92°CType: extra hot spring - 高温泉Osmotic Pressure: Low - 低張性
Senninburo
Senninburo
Japanese Name: 仙人風呂Prefecture: WakayamaCity: TanabeAddress: 〒647-1717 和歌山県田辺市本宮町川湯Access: CarCategory: Outdoor Hot SpringWebpage: https://www.hongu.jp/onsen/kawayu/senninburo/Price: Free (donations accepted)Holiday:Hours: 7:00-21:00 (December through February)
Review: Kawayu Onsen is one of the many famous hot springs at on the Kii Peninsula. In itself, the spring and the outstanding and there are a number of hotels and a community bathhouse providing the piping hot water. What makes Kawayu Onsen special is that the spring naturally comes up from the rocky riverbed. I have been told you can shovel yourself a tub if you want…but that would be a ton of work. Instead, the town here shovels a pool sized bath for everyone to use each winter. This is not like a sento. You must wear a bathing suit and there is no washing off or soap allowed in or around the pool. Parking is a short distance down the river at a new lot with a public restroom just off the road or you can park on the riverbed. Wearing water shoes is recommended to make getting around easier on the rocky riverbed. In the water there are hotter and cooler places. Be careful as you move around the pool as the hot places can be painfully hot, especially for children. Also, I am calling this a pool, but it is not that deep about chest height when sitting down in the water. The spring is free but there is a donation box at the entrance. Please drop a few coins in there to keep this lovely event going for years to come. Visit Date: January 2021 *Hot Spring Data*Spring Type: Chloride spring - 塩化物泉Well Temperature: 73°C
Review: Kawayu Onsen is one of the many famous hot springs at on the Kii Peninsula. In itself, the spring and the outstanding and there are a number of hotels and a community bathhouse providing the piping hot water. What makes Kawayu Onsen special is that the spring naturally comes up from the rocky riverbed. I have been told you can shovel yourself a tub if you want…but that would be a ton of work. Instead, the town here shovels a pool sized bath for everyone to use each winter. This is not like a sento. You must wear a bathing suit and there is no washing off or soap allowed in or around the pool. Parking is a short distance down the river at a new lot with a public restroom just off the road or you can park on the riverbed. Wearing water shoes is recommended to make getting around easier on the rocky riverbed. In the water there are hotter and cooler places. Be careful as you move around the pool as the hot places can be painfully hot, especially for children. Also, I am calling this a pool, but it is not that deep about chest height when sitting down in the water. The spring is free but there is a donation box at the entrance. Please drop a few coins in there to keep this lovely event going for years to come. Visit Date: January 2021 *Hot Spring Data*Spring Type: Chloride spring - 塩化物泉Well Temperature: 73°C
Yu no Mine Onsen Public Bath
Yu no Mine Onsen Public Bath
Japanese Name: 湯の峰温泉公衆浴場Prefecture: WakayamaCity: TanabeAddress: 和歌山県田辺市本宮町湯峯１１０Type: Hot Spring FacilityWebpage: http://www.hongu.jp/onsen/yunomine/tuboyu/Price: ¥260Holiday: NoneHours: 6:00-22:00
ReviewLocated next to the amazing Tsubo-yu is the public bath at Yu no Mine Onsen. In the little village here each of the ryokan have their own baths that their guests can use, the public bath allows people just passing through to enjoy the amazing water here even if there is a long line for Tsubo-yu. If you can do Tsubo-yu do it, its in a class of its own and although the water is the same its so much better in Tsubo-yu. The public bath is nothing to look down on. A single wooden tub in a small wooden room but it is just amazing. The sulfur smell hits you as soon as you open that door. There is another bath called Kusuri-Yu that is a bit cleaner and bigger with a more modern feel. Kusuri-yu is available to rent out as a private family bath. I have not tried that bath yet. The rest area above the public bath is available for anyone to use for ¥500 an hour if you need a place to stretch out indoors after your bath.
Hot Spring DataWell Name: Yu no Mine Onsen - 湯ノ峰温泉Type: Sulphur spring - 硫黄泉pH: 7.3Type: weak alkaline - 弱アリカリ性Well Temperature: 92°CType: extra hot spring - 高温泉Osmotic Pressure: Low - 低張性
ReviewLocated next to the amazing Tsubo-yu is the public bath at Yu no Mine Onsen. In the little village here each of the ryokan have their own baths that their guests can use, the public bath allows people just passing through to enjoy the amazing water here even if there is a long line for Tsubo-yu. If you can do Tsubo-yu do it, its in a class of its own and although the water is the same its so much better in Tsubo-yu. The public bath is nothing to look down on. A single wooden tub in a small wooden room but it is just amazing. The sulfur smell hits you as soon as you open that door. There is another bath called Kusuri-Yu that is a bit cleaner and bigger with a more modern feel. Kusuri-yu is available to rent out as a private family bath. I have not tried that bath yet. The rest area above the public bath is available for anyone to use for ¥500 an hour if you need a place to stretch out indoors after your bath.
Hot Spring DataWell Name: Yu no Mine Onsen - 湯ノ峰温泉Type: Sulphur spring - 硫黄泉pH: 7.3Type: weak alkaline - 弱アリカリ性Well Temperature: 92°CType: extra hot spring - 高温泉Osmotic Pressure: Low - 低張性
*Closed* Kawayu Kinokuni
*Closed* Kawayu Kinokuni
Japanese Name: 川湯きのくにPrefecture: WakayamaCity: TanabeAddress: 和歌山県田辺市本宮町川湯26Type: HotelWebpage: http://www.kawayu-kinokuni.jp/
Review*Closed* Very nice hotel for the price. Great sulfur spring water that is definitely the real stuff once you smell it. Access to a mixed bathing rotenburo on the riverbank just outside the hotel. It is moderately private and women using the bath kept their yukata on for privacy. This hotel has been remodeled and renamed since we stayed here 5 years ago.
Hot Spring DataType: Bicarbonate spring - 炭酸水素塩泉
Review*Closed* Very nice hotel for the price. Great sulfur spring water that is definitely the real stuff once you smell it. Access to a mixed bathing rotenburo on the riverbank just outside the hotel. It is moderately private and women using the bath kept their yukata on for privacy. This hotel has been remodeled and renamed since we stayed here 5 years ago.
Hot Spring DataType: Bicarbonate spring - 炭酸水素塩泉