Benten-yu — Attraction in Tokyo

I visited few sento and onsen. Most onsen have couple indoor tubes and one or two outdoor tubs with “hot spring” water, which usually has no smell and it hard to tell whether it’s natural or not natural. Other sento I visited were smaller and even if it was remodeled, it still missed its charm. Crowd was bigger and diverse. Not enough spots to wash or sit in bath. Hot bath itself rarely has whirlpool. Cold tub mostly a joke. (Still talking about others). Now this one is more traditional and older generation prefers this one. It has two large hot tubs. Both with whirlpool on demand. A bit smaller tub with herbs and ginseng. I called it a tea pot. There is nice deep enough and rounded cold tub and area imitating outdoor with cooler atmosphere and hot “natural” spring. Since water circulation goes through the filters here, it might as well be a natural spring water brought in. Good illumination in entire place. And it has two shower stalls in addition to sit down washing places. Relatively comfy changing place. It also has sauna. Free soap and shampoo. Towel to rent costs 10 yen and that is a good towel. Overall it tops everything else I saw...

Simple but good hot spring (onsen). Besides that the price is relatively cheap in the Shinjuku area, Tokyo. Not too crowded and the place is clean. There are more old people than young people inside. Onsen entry fee is 480 yen and towel rental is 10 yen. For shampoo and bath soap are provided. There are many ofuro including dotenburo. There is also an ofuro with the power of the water current which feels very comfortable like being massaged. So satisfying. Unfortunately, access to this place is a bit far if you walk from Higashi Shinjuku Station for...

They speak Japanese so it might be a bit difficult to communicate. However, they are super friendly and try to help as much as they can. You need to bring you own towel here. Shampoo and shower gel are provided in the bathroom. Price for taking bath only is 520¥. There are 4 types of baths: cold, hot(medicine?), bubble, and jet. I enjoy my time here even if I am only the foreigner at that time, lol. After getting out of bath, you can refresh yourself by drinking some cold milk along with reading some manga...