Hotel Shiragiku

ONSEN review: amazing luxurious onsen at affordable price! Entrance ¥800, everything is provided (two towels, small to scrub, big to dry and shampoos), you can get your onsen stamp at the friendly reception. Operating hours 14:00-16:00 (for the people who are not staying at the hotel), there is parking. The hotel has many things to keep you occupied before of after bathing, pieces of art scattered here and there, a souvenir shop, a cafe and restaurant in a nice Japanese garden landscape. The onsen facilities for women and men are a bit different and they swap daily. Before you enter the onsen area you go through a corridor where you get your towels, there is a big array of different shampoos in small baskets on display for you to choose but there are shampoos inside where you wash up as well so it's not necessary to get something from here. The changing area is big and tidy with all the amenities, free hairdryers, aftershave, razors, cotton buds, combs. There are two tubs, indoor and outdoor. Entering the onsen area you are at the indoor, many places to wash up with a stool and shower heads. The tub is really big, water temperature was 41.7c, the ceiling is made entirely of cypress wood and is quite impressive. The outdoor area had also a really large tub (water temperature 40c) and it was really beautiful, big rocks on one side were creating two small waterfalls where the water was falling into the tub, plants in the middle of the tub, pine trees and greenery all around us and above our heads, there was even a small covered area in case of rain. The sound of the small waterfalls combined with the created scenery was very relaxing. Spent an hour there on a Friday which is supposed to be busy but in the mens section at least we were like 5-7 people, because the place is so big you wouldn't even notice them. Excellent and clean facilities, if you would like to have a luxury onsen experience at an affordable price this is really recommended! Gensen kakenagashi.