Jozankei Gensen Park — Attraction in Sapporo

A small but beautiful park with a footbath, a place to cook onsen eggs, statues, and a Kappa-themed photo stand-in. It’s gorgeous in the winter.

You can purchase the eggs, and towels if you need, across the bridge at the souvenir shop. It’s 180円 for 3 eggs in Winter 2024. No salt or pepper is provided. The sign says to cook them for 17 minutes, but our eggs were still very soft (gooey white, running yolk) even after 25 minutes. If you like harder eggs, cook them for longer. However, do watch out for crows...

A small park on your walk down Jozankeionsennishi.

In the winter-time, the park is relatively empty, but that just means you get to enjoy the footbaths all to yourself.

While there's a lack of greenery, there's something special about dipping your feet, up to your ankles, into a hot spring footbath of your own with the cold air chilling it dry the moment you remove them from the waters.

Make sure you bring your own hand towel and you're...

Very nice park with koi streamers celebrating Children’s Day. The park has a free foot bath onsen as well. Parking was difficult here and I did not find a public parking lot close by.

The small onsen town has a few onsen facilities for day or overnight use with plenty of parking. Unfortunately the road to get to this spot is under heavy construction and traffic backup is very common even during...