May 14th, 2019
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[21th Century Mori-no-Yu in Asahikawa] Day Trip Onsen Can Be Enjoyed for JPY 100 at Simple Bathing Facility

CONTENTS

21th Century Woods
- List of Highway Bus
- ASAHIKAWA
List of Day Trip Onsen
- 21th Century Mori-no-Yu
List of Accommodations

21th Century Woods

21th Century Woods (21世紀の森) is a forest park in the eastern part of Asahikawa city, and has opened as the Asahikawa resident's place for relaxation and refreshment since 1985. It is far away from the center of the Asahikawa, and is close to Biei and Higashikagura. Lands around Lake Pepan (ペーパン湖) are roughly divided into 5 zones, Residential Workshop Zone (宿泊研修ゾーン), Creek Interacting Open Space (せせらぎ交流広場), Mutual Friendship Open Space (ふれあい広場), Family Zone (ファミリーゾーン), Niipe(21) Woods Nature-Based Experience Zone (ニイペの森自然体験ゾーン), and Mori-no-Yu (森の湯) is at the Family Zone. A lot of campers use here, the Mori-no-Yu is a popular bathing facility for free. * It has changed to a paid bathing facility since April, 2020.

21th Century Mori-no-Yu in Asahikawa — 21th Century Woods

Movie of Camping

A direct bus does not run between Sapporo or New Chitose Airport and the Arashiyama Observation Deck. But High Speed Asahikawa-go (高速あさひかわ号) and Express Nayoro-go (高速なよろ号), express buses, runs between the Asahikawa and the Sapporo, and Taisetsu Liner (たいせつライナー), an express bus, runs between the Asahikawa and the New Chitose Airport, and Sunrise Asahikawa-Kushiro-go (サンライズ旭川・釧路号), an express bus, runs between the Asahikawa and Kushiro, and Limited Express Sekihoku-go (特急石北号), an express bus, runs between the Kitami and Asahikawa, and "North Liner-go (ノースライナー号)", an express bus, runs between the Asahikawa and Obihiro.

List of Highway Bus

Refer to following companies for the highway bus service between the Asahikawa and the Sapporo, the New Chitose Airport, the Kitami, the Obihiro and the Kushiro.

Chuo Bus(中央バス)	From Sapporo to Asahikawa	HP	Jalan	Rakuten
Chuo Bus(中央バス)	From Asahikawa to Sapporo	HP	Jalan	Rakuten
Chuo Bus(中央バス)	From Asahikawa to Sapporo	HP	Jalan	Rakuten
Chuo Bus(中央バス)	From Sapporo to Asahikawa	HP	Jalan	Rakuten
Asahikawa Denki Kido(旭川電気軌道)	From New Chitose Airport to Asahikawa	HP	Jalan	Rakuten
Asahikawa Denki Kido(旭川電気軌道)	From Asahikawa to New Chitose Airport	HP	Jalan	Rakuten
Hokkaido Kitami Bus(北海道北見バス)	From Asahikawa to Kitami	HP	Jalan	Rakuten
Hokkaido Kitami Bus(北海道北見バス)	From Kitami to Asahikawa	HP	Jalan	Rakuten
Takushoku Bus(拓殖バス)	From Asahikawa to Obihiro	HP	Jalan	Rakuten
Takushoku Bus(拓殖バス)	From Obihiro to Asahikawa	HP	Jalan	Rakuten
Akan Bus(阿寒バス)	From Asahikawa to Kushiro	HP	Jalan	Rakuten
Akan Bus(阿寒バス)	From Kushiro to Asahikawa	HP	Jalan	Rakuten

ASAHIKAWA

Asahikawa (旭川) that about 340,000 people live is the 2nd largest commercial city in Hokkaido, and has flourished as the center of the North Hokkaido area. Woodworks have been prosperous since the old days, and furniture is famous. Because water is clear, a liquor such as sake of Otokoyama (男山) and Godo Shusei (合同酒精) are famous, too. Popular tourist attractions such as Asahiyama Zoo (旭山動物園) and Biei (美瑛) are around the Asahikawa, so a lot of tourists use tourist bases in the North Hokkaido. As for a climate, the Asahikawa is located in Kamikawa Basin, the largest basin in the Hokkaido, so it is hot that temperature rises to 30 degrees C in a summer, and it is cold that temperature falls to -25 degrees C in a winter, and it snow very hard, too. So a winter festival using the snow is famous. Read More

List of Day Trip Onsen

The visitors can take a day trip bath only at the 21th Century Mori-no-Yu.

21th Century Mori-no-Yu

21th Century Mori-no-Yu is a simple bathing facility for the campers, and a log‐house-style building is built in the very back of the 21th Century Woods. A building manager hut is built in front of the bathing facility, and is well-kept clean. In addition, a gazebo is built near the log‐house-style building. But a lot of gnats and flies fly in a summer. An entrance fee to the bath facility is JPY 100. A parking lot is free of charge.

There is 1 indoor bath at the building. As for water temperature on that day, the indoor bath for men was 39.1 C, and the indoor bath for women was 38.8 C. Those are suitable for bathing. The public bathhouse surrounded by wooden boards is not so large, and it is a little dark, but the ceiling is relatively high, and the bathhouse is well-kept clean that you would not think that it was free of charge. The indoor bath is the size that about 6 people can take a bath, and hot springs are always overflowing for the bath. I enjoyed the hot springs with an ample supply of water.

The hot springs are sodium and calcium sulfate spring, and are clear and colorless and have tasteless and no smell. The chlorinated hot springs are not drinkable. Using a shampoo and a soap is not allowed. A restroom is at a dressing room.

Atmosphere of 21th Century Mori-no-Yu Can Be Watched on Youtube

Movie of 21th Century Mori-no-Yu

Spring quality	Sodium and calcium sulfate spring (Type: Alkaline, Osmotic Pressure: Low, Spring Temperature Type: Hot spring)
Water temperature of Hot Spring Source	- C
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Indication	Rheumatoid arthritis, Osteoarthritis, Low back pain, Neuralgia, Frozen shoulder, Bruise, Sprain, Motor paralysis, Decline of gastrointestinal function, Mild hypertension, Diabetes, Mild hypercholesterolemia, Mild asthma, Emphysema, Autonomic instability, Hemorrhoid, Sleep disorder, Depressive state, Convalescent convalescence, Relieving fatigue, Healthy increase, Cut, Peripheral circulatory failure, Cold sensitivity, Xerosis cutis
Contraindications	Acute disease(when there is the heat in particular), Active tuberculosis, Malignant tumor, Severe heart disease, Respiratory failure, Renal insufficiency, Hemorrhagic disease, High anemia, Sensitive person of the skin, Person of the photoallergy, Other diseases during condition of a patient progress generally
Indications of drinking	Not drinking
Facilities	Indoor bath (1). Gender segregated indoor bath.
Entrance fee to the bath facility	JPY 100
Business hours	09:00-20:00
Regular closing day	From December to April
Parking lot	A parking lot is provided (6 cars)
Telephone number	+81-166-76-2333
Home page	Home page is here
Mapcode	914 157 852*17

List of Accommodations

Refer to following websites for the accommodations around the 21th Century Mori-no-Yu. You can get information regarding online reviews and photos.

21th Century Woods(21世紀の森)	HP	Booking	Jalan	Rakuten

A page of Secret Onsen in Hokkaido is here

Secret Onsen in Hokkaido

A page of Asahikawa is here

Asahikawa

Map

Transport Facilities

Transportation to 21th Century Mori-no-Yu

New Chitose Airport station (新千歳空港駅) --> (Approximately 35 minutes by Rapid Airport Express (快速エアポート)) --> Sapporo station (札幌駅) --> (Approximately 1 hour 30 minutes by Limited express Super Soya [To Wakkanai] or Limited express Super Kamui [To Asahikawa] (特急スーパー宗谷「稚内行き」or 特急スーパーカムイ「旭川行き」)) --> Asahikawa station (旭川駅) --> (Approximately 40 minutes by Train [Furano Line: To Furano] (電車「富良野線：富良野行き」)) --> Biei station (美瑛駅) --> (Approximately 30 minutes by Taxi)

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I am from Nayoro, and used to live in Kushiro and Sapporo, and have been back Hokkaido after I lived in Kanagawa prefecture for 14 years again. Around 50-year-Japanese old boy mainly have released articles that I found nature, tourist attractions, onsen and foods in the Hokkaido to the non-Hokkaido people. I am bad English, so I apologize if you do not understand the meaning. Using photos are my photos, free images, various tourism associations’ photos and photos cited from official websites and so on. Reproduction of my photos and texts from within this site is prohibited.As for my photos, I used to provide those for profit, but I stop providing the photos now. Most of youtube movies belong to others, and I just share those on my blog.