[Memanbetsu Onsen in Ozora] Day Trip Bath, Marchen Hill and Sunflower Can Be Enjoyed

Hotel Konan-so

Hotel Konan-so is a small-sized long-established onsen hotel on the shore of the Lake Abashiri at the backside of Memambetsu Station, and has opened a business since 1962. The interior decoration has an atmosphere such as Showa period. An entrance fee to the bath facility is JPY 400. A staying is possible, too.

There is 1 indoor bath at a public bathroom. The tiled bathroom is samll. The indoor bath is the size that about 10 people can take a bath, and uses heated cold spring with moor spring that is named "Kaba-no-Kuroyu (樺の黒湯 * black hot springs of the birch)" because it gashes out from sub-coal bed (white birch became deposited in 300 meters below ground). This is a rare type of the hot springs in this area. But nobody seemed to notice that it was such rare hot springs at first.

The moor spring is brown spring that gushes out from a peat bed or a lignitic bed, and contains a lot of organics of plant origin, so it has slippery touch, and is good for a skin, and is called beauty hot spring (美人の湯), too. The moor spring is different from usual types of the hot springs, and the hot springs are recognized as the moor spring if those contain humus.

The hot springs are cold spring with moor hot spring, and are opaque and brown and have neither taste nor smell, and are not drinkable because of circulation type baths. The sum total of the hot spring ingredients are 0.375 g/kg. Shampoos and body soaps are provided at the bathroom. Because there was not a restroom at a dressing room, you should get a wash beforehand at the restroom at a corridor.

Atmosphere of Konan-so Can Be Watched on Youtube

Movie of Konan-so

Yumoto Hotel Sunsui Bihada-no-Yu

Yumoto Hotel Sunsui is a long-established onsen ryokan run by Taisetsu inc., and has opened a business since 1969. It has a hot spring facility for day trip onsen, too, and is popular with local people. When I visited here, about 10 local people took a bath. An entrance fee to a bath facility is JPY 420. A staying is possible, too. A soft serve ice cream and soba can be eaten at the facility, and a free cold water dispenser is provided.

There are 2 open-air baths, 1 indoor bath, 1 electric whirlpool bath, 1 cold bath and 1 sauna at a large public bathhouse. The exposed concrete bathhouse with large windows is feeling good. The indoor bath beside the windows is the size that about 10 people can take a bath. The electric whirlpool bath is the size that about 4 people can take a bath. Both baths use free flowing hot springs. By the way, the hot springs are used as hot water of showers and faucets at wash places.

At the outside, a round open-air bath surrounded by Kitami Teppeiseki stone and an open-air bath surrounded by rocks with a roof are set, and each the baths are the size that about 4 or 8 people can take a bath, and use heated hot springs. Those are surrounded by blindfold fences, so a view is not good. But a sense of openness can be felt.

The hot springs are simple hot spring, and are clear and colorless and have neither taste nor smell. It has very slippery touch. Shompoos and bodysoaps are not provided at the bathhouse, so visitors have to bring those. Paid hair dryers and a restroom are provided at a dressing room.

Types of Hot Springs	Simple hot spring (Type: Alkaline, Osmotic Pressure: Low, Spring Temperature Type: Extra hot spring)
Water temperature of Hot Spring Source	43.8 C
ph	8.9
Indications	Neuralgia, Muscle pain, Arthralgia, Frozen shoulders, Motor paralysis, Tightening of the joint, Bruise, Sprain, Hemorrhoids, Chronic digestivediseases, Cold sensitivity, Convalescent convalescence, Relieving fatigue, Healthy increase
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	Open-air bath(2), Indoor bath(3), Sauna(1). * Sex-Segregated Bathhouse.
Entrance fee to the bath facility	Adult: JPY 420. Child: JPY 140. Child under elementary school age: JPY 70.
Business hours	11:00-22:00
Regular closing day	Open all year round
Parking lot	A free parking is provided (150 cars)
Telephone number	+81-152-74-2343
Home page	Home page is here
Reservation	Jalan is here, Rakuten is here
Mapcode	305 275 460*20

Himawari Onsen

The Himawari Onsen is a public bath at Memenbetsu Agriculture Improvement Center (女満別農業構造改善センター) near Memanbetsu Athletic Park (女満別運動公園). The appearance of the 2-story building covered with windows is stylish. The cleaning is thorough, too. Sex-Segregated public bathhouses are on the 1st floor, and a ticket vender is provided. An entrance fee to a bath facility is JPY 450. The public bathhouses are popular with local old people.

The sector public bathhouse has a lot of windows, and the sunny room is feeling good. There are 2 indoor baths at the bathhouse. Each half-oval indoor baths with different water temperature are that about 4 people take a bath. The water temperature of hot indoor bath is about 43 C, and The water temperature of warm indoor bath is about 40 C. A hot spring gushing point is at the hot indoor bath, and hot springs flow to warm indoor bath through a partition panel, and that adjusts the water temperature. The baths use 100% natural free flowing hot springs, and have smooth and slippery touch. Watch your steps because the baths are very slippery.

The hot springs are sodium carbonated chloride spring, and are clear and colorless and have neither taste nor smell. The sum total of the hot spring ingredients are 1.462 g/kg. Unfortunately, the hot springs are not suitable for drinking. Because shampoos and body soaps are not provided at the bathhouse, bathers should bring those. A restroom and a free hair dryer are set at a dressing room. A Japanese-style resting room is also on the 1st floor, and everybody can use it freely. A portable barley tea cooler is served for free, too.