[Koganeyu Onsen in Sapporo] Day Trip Bath and Sulfur Spring Can Be Enjoyed

SAPPORO

Sapporo (札幌) that about 1,960,000 people live is the largest city in Hokkaido. Although there are various theories, its origin of the name is “Dry Big River (乾いた大きな川)” in Ainu language. A population of the Sapporo is the 4th largest city after Yokohama, Osaka and Nagoya in japan, and the population accounts for 36 % of Hokkaido’s population! So the Sapporo has been flourished as the center of the Hokkaido. The area of the Sapporo is 1,121.26 km2, and is about as big as Hong Kong, and is the 7th largest city in the Hokkaido. The Sapporo is also famous as a tourist city, and about 15 million people come. As for a climate, it is hot that temperature rises to nearly 25 degrees in a summer, but it is easy to live without moisture. I always feel a little cool. It is cold that temperature falls to nearly -10 degrees in a winter, and amount of snowfall sometimes has more than 1 m. Read More

Shun-no-Oyado Matsu-no-Yu

Matsu-no-Yu is a small-sized long-established onsen ryokan with 10 guest rooms on the shore of the Toyohira River, and has opened a business since 1956. An entrance fee to the bath facility is JPY 700. A staying is possible, too. A restraunt is at the building, too, and visitors for day trip bath can use the restraunt. Delicious meals using local cooking ingredient have a good reputation.

There are 1 open-air bath and 2 indoor baths at a public bathhouse. The bathhouses for men or women are replaced every day. The tiled bathhouse is not so large, but the sunny bathhouse with large windows is feeling good. The indoor baths are the size that about 8 people can take a bath, and use heated hot springs. I felt that water temperature of the baths were different, but it did not make a great difference. The bathhouse has a lot of steam. By the way, the hot springs looked like more colorless and clear than the hot springs of open-air bath.

The open-air bath is the size that about 8 people can take a bath, and uses heated hot springs. Because the open-air bath opens out toward the Toyohira River, a view is splendid. I felt that a scenery looked like a black-and-white drawing. A sense of openness can be enjoyed. Fresh green can be enjoyed in a summer, Fall foliage can be enjoyed in an autumn, and snow can be enjoyed in a winter. The hot springs had smooth and slippery touch. I felt that the open-air bath was stronger smooth and slippery touch than the indoor baths.

The hot springs are simple sulfur spring, and are clear and colorless and have tasteless and sulfur smell, and are not drinkable because of circulation type baths. The sum total of the hot spring ingredients are 0.863 g/kg. Shampoos and body soaps are provided at the bathhouse. Free hair dryers and a restroom are installed at a dressing room, too.

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Types of Hot Springs	Simple sulfur spring (Type: Weak alkaline, Osmotic Pressure: Low, Spring Temperature Type: Warm spring)
Water temperature of Hot Spring Source	27.6 C
ph	8.2
Indications	Neuralgia, Muscular pain, Arthralgia, Frozen shoulder, Motor paralysis, Tightening of the joint, Bruise, Sprain, Cold sensitivity, Relieving fatigue, Convalescent convalescence, Hemorrhoid, Convalescent convalescence, Healthy increase, Chronic skin diseases, Arteriosclerosis, Cut, Chronic woman’s diseases
Contraindications	Acute disease(when there is the heat in particular), Malignant tumor, Severe heart disease, Respiratory failure, Renal insufficiency, Hemorrhagic disease, High anemia, Sensitive person of the skin(Person of the photoallergy in particular), Other diseases during condition of a patient progress generally
Indications of drinking	Not drinking
Facilities	Open-air bath(1), Indoor bath(2). * Sex-Segregated Bathhouse.
Entrance fee to the bath facility	Adult: JPY 700. Child: JPY 300.
Business hours	09:00-23:00
Regular closing day	Irregular closing day
Parking lot	A free parking is provided (80 cars)
Telephone number	+81-11-596-2131
Home page	Home page is here
Reservation	Jalan is here
Mapcode	708 761 838*84

Yumoto Koganeyu

Yumoto Koganeyu is a small-sized onsen hotel with 10 guest rooms, and has opened a business since 2008. Kudosangyo inc. runs it. Its predecessor is Yumoto Nakaya Ryokan (湯元なかや旅館). An entrance fee to a bath facility is JPY 900 on weekdays, and is JPY 1000 on Saturdays, Sundays, and national holidays. A staying is possible, too. The restraunt “Katsuratei” (お食事処「桂亭」) and a shop are at the building, too, and visitors for day trip bath can use the restraunt. Taiwan-style Shaved Ice is very popular, too. A chartered bath is provided, and an extra cost is JPY 3800 per 90 minutes on weekdays, and is JPY 4300 on Saturdays, Sundays, and national holidays.

There are 2 open-air baths, 3 open-air pot baths, 2 indoor baths, 1 whirlpool bath, 1 cold bath, 1 dry sauna and 1 wet dauns at a large public bathhouse. The tiled sunny bathhouse with a high ceiling and large windows is feeling good. The indoor baths are set beside the windows, and use heated hot springs.

At the outside, there are 1 open-air bath with a roof and 1 open-air bath without the roof, and 3 open-air pot baths that seat 1 person. The baths use heated hot springs. Blind fencess obstructed the bather’s view, so a view is not good, but a sense of opneness can be felt.

The hot springs are simple sulfur spring, and are clear and colorless and have tasteless and sulfer smell, and are not drinkable because of circulation type baths. The sum total of the hot spring ingredients are 0.771 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	Simple sulfur spring (Type: Weak alkaline, Osmotic Pressure: Low, Spring Temperature Type: Warm spring)
Water temperature of Hot Spring Source	28.8 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, Healthy increase, Chronic women’s diseases, Cut, Diabetes
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, Sensitive skin, Photoallergy
Indications of drinking	Diabetes, Gout, Constipation
Contraindications of drinking	Diarrhea
Facilities	Outdoor bath(1), Indoor bath(4), Sauna(2). * Sex-Segregated Bathhouse. There is a chartered bath.
Entrance fee to the bath facility	Weekdays Adult: JPY 900. Child: JPY 450. Saturdays, Sundays, and National Holidays Adult: JPY 1000. Child: JPY 500.
Business hours	10:00-23:00
Regular closing day	Irregular closing day
Parking lot	A free parking is provided (150 cars)
Telephone number	+81-11-596-2111
Home page	Home page is here
Reservation	Jalan is here
Mapcode	708 761 834*74

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