This was my first experience at an osen and I loved it! It’s a 10 minute walk from Shimura-Sakaue Station (Mita Line, I-27, exit A2) and it hardly feels that long at all since it goes by a lovely park you can observe while passing. I went on the weekend in the evening thinking it would be less foot traffic(?) and I’d say it was busy but not overwhelmingly crowded.

Changing rooms in general, no need to be shy everyone is very nude and nobody cares or is staring at you so embrace it even if it’s intimidating at first. The towel set for rent comes with a body towel and a small face towel; next time I’m bringing a smaller body towel from home since that really is enough for me when the only purposes of the towel is to cover up parts of your body out of modesty sake while walking about and for drying off. General warning for the osen, the water is SUPER HOT and will dehydrate your body so do not push your body (20 minutes is PLENTY plenty of time) or you might have trouble walking immediately after like I did😅. Rest, trying a “coffee milk” to cool down and lying down in the tatami mat area (outside of changing rooms) is simply bliss. I’m personally not a coffee enjoyer but the flavor of milk and coffee is neither overpowering for each and the drink is the perfect amount of sweetness as a whole that I truly recommend at least giving a try💞💞💞.

I think other services such as a massage are well reasonably priced. When I go again I’d be happy to try aromatic therapy or another practice foreign to me, but not every visit I feel needs to have the extras to be already very satisfied (which is a positive thing).

Food is amazingly good, one of my favorite meals of my life honestly. Though I could understand very little and not speak any Japanese the staff at the serving area (and at reception desks) worked easily with me to make sure my order was what I wanted and fulfilled.

Payment is super easy, the machine takes cash and card and all payments throughout the visit are charged to your shoe locker key so you pay it all at the end. Machine languages are Japanese and English but staff will help if they see you are still having trouble. Efficient and welcoming to osen first timers, had a wonderful time. 💝☺️