[Kaitorima Onsen in Setana] Day Trip Bath and Abalone Can Be Enjoyed at Awabisan-so

Otayama Shrine

Otayama Shrine (太田山神社) is in Setana town located in the northwestern direction of Hakodate city. This is the shrine in connection with Mr. Enku (円空), famous sculptor of Buddhist images, and it is famous as the most dangerous shrine in Japan. Because there are a large shrine gate and a parking space along Hokkaido Route 740, I think that it is easy to find it. There are Ota Shrine (太田神社) and Enku Buddhist Temple (円空仏堂) near the large shrine gate, and there are a restroom and a parking lot besides Enku Buddhist Temple. By the way, a enshrined deity is Sarutahiko-no-mikoto (猿田彦命). Admission free. The parking lot is free of charge. Read More

Awabisan-so

Awabisan-so is a small-sized onsen ryokan founded in 1978, and is famous for enjoying an abalone dish. A building is old, but it has a cleanliness because it is cleaned well. The hot spring facility is popular with local people. An entrance fee to the bath facility is JPY 410. Restraunt Awabisan-so Shokudo (あわび山荘食堂) is at the building, too, and visitors for day trip bath can use the restraunt. A tourist that happened to be at Niseko Gosiki Onsen Ryokan from Kyoto told me that he favorited the Awabisan-so, so I had been looking forward to taking a bath. .

There are 1 outdoor bath, 1 indoor bath and 1 sauna at a large public bathhouse. The sunny bathhouse with large windows is feeling good. A wall partition is a remnant of an old tradition that was mixed bathing. The indoor bath is the size that about 20 peopel can take a bath, and the bathers can bath comfortably, and pretty hot springs make the bathers get up. Fresh free flowing hot springs powerfully flow towards an outlet. Hot spring ingredients have petrified on the surface of rock bathtub, and have grew a nice shape naturally.

The outdoor bath surrounded by rocks is the size that about 6 people can take a bath. A gazebo is built on the outdoor bath. Actually, Kaitorima River (貝取間川) flows in fron of bather’s eyes, but the river can not be seen with cutting off a front view by trees unfortunately. The outdoor bath has a faucet for cold water, so it is allowed to add the water for lowering the water temperature.

The hot springs are sodium chloride carbonated spring, and are opaque and reddish brown and have salty taste and slightly metallic smell. The sum total of the hot spring ingredients are 2.154 g/kg. Because the public health center does not admit it, Unfortunately, the hot springs are not drinkable. Red flowers of sulphur dance in the hot springs, so those flowers of sulphur seem to deposit on the bottom of the indoor bath, and hot spring ingredients sticked my foots. Shampoos and body soaps are provided at the bathhouse. A free hair dryer is insalled at a dressing room, but there is not a restroom. You should get a wash beforehand at the restroom along a corridor.

Atmosphere of Awabisan-so Can Be Watched on Youtube

Movie of Awabisan-so

Water temperature	Sodium chloride carbonated spring (Type: Neutral, Osmotic Pressure: Low, Spring Temperature Type: Extra hot spring)
Water temperature of Hot Spring Source	56.3 C
ph	6.2
Indication	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 dermatitis, Chronic woman’s diseases, Cut, Burn
Contraindications	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(1), Sauna(1). * Sex-Segregated Bathhouse.
Entrance fee to the bath facility	Adult: JPY 410. Elementary school student: JPY 140. Infant: JPY 70.
Business hours	From May to August 09:00-21:00 From September to April 09:00-20:00
Regular closing day	Open all year round
Parking lot	A free parking is provided (50 cars)
Telephone number	+81-1398-4-5522
Home page	Home page is here
Reservation	Jalan is here, Rakuten is here
Mapcode	718 663 337*15