[Biratori Onsen] Day Trip Onsen Can Be Enjoyed at Biratori Onsen Yukara

Lake Nibutani

Lake Nibutani (二風谷湖) is a man-made lake in the northeastern part of Biratori town. Nibutani Dam (二風谷ダム) was built in 1997, and the lake was born. The Nibutani Dam is a concrete gravity dam of 32 m height, and the water surface is 4 km2. It features that the form is cool. Here used to be a sacred place for Ainu people, and it is famous that a lawsuit about expropriation of land was filed. Sarugawa History Museum (沙流川歴史館), Nibutani Ainu History Museum (二風谷アイヌ歴史館), walks, Chashi Park (チャシ公園) are around the Lake Nibutani. Admission free. A parking lot is free of charge. Read More

Biratori Onsen Yukara

Biratori Onsen Yukara is a small-sized onsen inn run by Ambix group, and has opened a business since 2014. An entrance fee to the bath facility is JPY 500. A chartered bath is provided, and an extra cost is JPY 2700 per 60 minutes. A restraunt and a shop are at the building, too, and visitors for day trip bath can use the restraunt. Meals using local ingredients such as Biratori Wagyu Beef (びらとり和牛) or Biratori Tomato “Nishipa-no-Kojibito” (平取トマト「ニシパの恋人」) have a good reputation. A staying is possible, too.

There are 2 outodoor bath, 2 indoor baths, 1 whirlpool bath, 1 cool bath and 1 sauna at a public bathhouse. The sunny bathhouse with a lot of windows is feeling good. The whirlpool bath, the large indoor bath and the small indoor bath are set beside the windows. The large indoor bath uses heated cold springs with adding water, and water temperature is around 42 C. The whirlpool bath uses heated water, and water temperature is around 39 C. The small indoor bath uses artificial carbonated spring puroduced by Mitsubishi Rayon, and water temperature is around 39 C. The outdoor baths have 1 bath surrounded by rocks and 1 wooden bath, and use heated cold springs with adding water, and water temperature is around 43 C.

The hot springs are strong sodium and calcium chloride cold spring, and are clear and colorless and have salty taste and no smell, and are not drinkable because of circulation type baths. The sum total of the hot spring ingredients are 22.06 g/kg. Shampoos and body soaps are provided at the bathhouse. A restroom and free hair dryers are installed at a dressing room.

Types of Hot Springs	Strong sodium and calcium chloride cold spring (Type: Weak alkaline, Osmotic Pressure: High, Spring Temperature Type: Cold spring)
Water temperature of Hot Spring Source	12.1 C
ph	8.3
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, Weak child, Chronic skin diseases, Chronic women’s diseases, Cut, Burn
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(2), Indoor bath(4), Sauna(1). * Sex-Segregated Bathhouse. There is a chartered bath.
Entrance fee to the bath facility	Adult: JPY 500. Elementary school student: JPY 140. Infant: Free of charge.
Business hours	10:00-21:00
Regular closing day	Irregular closing day
Parking lot	A parking lot is provided (200 cars)
Telephone number	+81-1457-2-3280
Home page	Home page is here
Reservation	Jalan is here, Rakuten is here
Mapcode	442 830 190*00

[Shut Down] Elderly Citizens’ Welfare Center

Elderly Citizens’ Welfare Center is a hot spring facility for day trip onsen founded in 1977. An entrance fee to the bath facility is JPY 500. Unfortunately, They closed down in 2014. This article before closing is as follows.

There are 1 indoor bath and 1 whirlpool bath at a public bathhouse. The octagonal bathhouse is divided into 2 public bathrooms for men or women. The sunny bathroom with a lot of windows is feeling good.

A huge bath surrounded by rocks catch bather’s eyes first. The rocks are Kotaro-stones (幸太郎石) mined only in the Biratori. The bath is the size that about 10 people can take a bath, and water temperature is around 42 C. The whirlpool bath is the size that about 3 people can take a bath, and water temperature is around 39 C. Both baths use heated cold springs. Hot springs pour into the large bath, and it is like a cascading bath.

The hot springs are cold spring, and are clear and colorless and have neither taste nor smell, and are not drinkable because of circulation type baths. The sum total of the hot spring ingredients are 0.433 g/kg. Shampoos and body soaps are provided at the bathhouse.

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