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[Akaigawa Onsen] Day Trip Bath Can Be Enjoyed at Caldera Onsen Akaigawa Recreation Center

May 15th, 2014

CONTENTS

Akaigawa Onsen
- Kiroro Snow World
List of Day Trip Onsen
- Caldera Onsen Akaigawa Recreation Center
List of Accommodations

Akaigawa Onsen

Akaigawa Onsen (赤井川温泉) is a hot spring place in Akaigawa village located in the northwestern part of Sapporo city. The basin is named Akaigawa Caldera (赤井川カルデラ) with a diameter of 7 km, and the Akaigawa Onsen is like a hidden village surrounded by mountains. Caldera Onsen Akaigawa Recreation Center (カルデラ温泉赤井川村保養センター) is built around the center of the Akaigawa Caldera, and a cafe and a convenience store are relatively near here. Famous tourist attractions in the Akaigawa are Kiroro Resort (キロロ・リゾート) and Yamanaka Ranch (山中牧場). In addition, tasty food in the Akaigawa is a soft serve ice cream of Yamanaka Ranch (山中牧場) in particular.

Atmosphere of Kiroro Snow World Can Be Watched on Youtube

Movie of Kiroro Snow World

Kiroro Snow World

Kiroro Snow World (キロロスノーワールド) is a large ski resort in Akaigawa locatd in the south part of Otaru city and is one of facilities in Kiroro Resort (キロロリゾート). Property Perfect PCL in Thailand made an equity participation in the Kiroro, and many oversea skiers and oversea snowboarders come. There is a ski resort on hillslopes of Mt. Asaridake (朝里岳) with aboit 1280 m in height and Mt. Nagaminedake (長峰岳) with about 1080 m in height and are 21 ski courses, 9 ski lifts, Terrain Park on the Kiroro Snow World with 1180 m in height. It is known for heavy snow. Sapporo Kokusai Ski Resort (札幌国際スキー場) is the opposite side of the Mt. Asaridake. Backcountry skiing is possible through Kiroro Exits, and you will need to take full responsibility for your action. A business season is mostly from mid November to early May. Article is here

List of Day Trip Onsen

Visitors can take a day trip bath at the Caldera Onsen Akaigawa Recreation Center.

Caldera Onsen Akaigawa Recreation Center

Caldera Onsen Akaigawa Recreation Center is a hot spring facility for day trip onsen, and has opened a business since 1983. Bathrrooms are renewed in 2014. When I visited here in the daytime on weekday, it was crowded with local people, so I saw that it was very popular. An entrance fee to the bath facility is JPY 400. A restraunt is at the building, too, and visitors for day trip bath can buy a soft serve ice cream made from the Yamanaka Ranch that is a synonym for the Akaigawa.

There are 1 outdoor bath, 2 indoor baths, 1 cold bath and 1 sauna at a public bathhouse. The bathhouse has 2 public bathrooms and the outdoor bath at the ouside, and the bathrroms are individed into a combination of a large bathroom and Western-style bathroom or Japanese-style bathroom. The bathhouses for men or women are replaced every week. I took a bath at the bathhouse with the Western-style bathroom. Another bathroom with a high ceiling and large windows is not so large, but it is sunny. Large rocks are outstanding. The tiled indoor bath is the size that about 8 poeple can take a bath, and natural free flowing hot springs with adding water, and a lot of the hot springs overflow from the bath.

The Western-style tiled bathroom is small but cozy, and L-shaped tiled indoor bath is set along walls, and is the size that about 6 people can take a bath, and uses natural free flowing hot springs with adding water. Walls of the Japanese-style bathroom is wooden board.

The outdoor bath surrounded by rocks is the size that about 4 people can take a bath, and uses natural free flowing hot springs with adding water. Because it with a roof is surrounded by trees, unfortunately a view is not good. But bathers can take a bath while facing chilly air.

The hot springs are sodium and calcium chloride sulfate spring, and are clear and colorless and have neither taste nor smell. The sum total of the hot spring ingredients are 1.450 g/kg. Soaps are provided at the bathrooms, but a shampoo is not provided. A restroom is installed at a dressing room.

Types of Hot Springs	Sodium and calcium chloride sulfate spring (Type: Alkaline, Osmotic Pressure: Low, Spring Temperature Type: Extra hot spring)
Water temperature of Hot Spring Source	56.6 C
ph	8.5
Indications	Neuralgia, Muscular pain, Arthralgia, Frozen shoulder, Motor paralysis, Tightening of the joint, Bruise, Sprain, Relieving fatigue, Chronic digestive diseases, Hemorrhoid, Cold sensitivity, Convalescent convalescence, Healthy increase, Weak child, Chronic skin diseases, Chronic women's diseases, Cut, Burn, Arteriosclerosis
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, Other diseases during condition of a patient progress generally
Indications of drinking	Not drinking
Facilities	Outdoor bath(1), Indoor bath(3), Sauna(1). * Sex-Segregated Bathhouse.
Entrance fee to the bath facility	Adult: JPY 400. Child: JPY 200.
Business hours	10:00-21:00
Regular closing day	Monday (the following day if it is national holiday)
Parking lot	A free parking is provided (30 cars)
Telephone number	+81-135-34-6441
Home page	Home page is here
Mapcode	164 277 417*57

List of Accommodations

Refer to following websites for the accommodations around Akaigawa Onsen. You can get information regarding online reviews and photos.

Kiroro Tribute Portfolio Hotel(キロロトリビュートポートフォリオホテル)	HP	Booking	Jalan	Rakuten
Sheraton Hokkaido Kiroro Resort(シェラトン北海道キロロリゾート)	HP	Booking	Jalan	Rakuten
Hirune-no-Sato(ひるねの里)	HP	Booking	Jalan	Rakuten
A-Brand Hotel(エーヴランドホテル)	HP	Booking	Jalan	Rakuten