[Nakagoya Onsen in Tobetsu] Day Trip Onsen Can Be Enjoyed at Nakagoya Onsen Kiku-no-En

Flax Flowers

Flax Flowers (亜麻の花) bloom in late June in Tobetsu located in the northeast part of Sapporo. Tobetsu is a main producing district of the Flax, and tourists can see the Flax Flowers from the outside of the Flax Fields at the best time to see that is from late June to mid July. The Flax Flowers bloom only in the forenoon, and the bloomed Flax Flowers are scattered in a day. Small light blue lovely flowers make me even feel melancholy, too. But I guess that those are the strong life force because a nyriad of the Flax Flowers bloom everyday. By the way, a parking lot is not provided at each fields. Read More

Kabato Seimenjo

Kabato Seimenjo (かばと製麺所) is a self-service udon noodle restraunt in Tobetsu located in the northeast part of Sapporo and has opened a business since 2011, and is famous for always lines. In a winter, it close a business and opens Mandegan Gaiden (まんでがん外伝) in Sapporo. They open a business in Tobetsu in a summer and open a business in Sapporo in the winter. Mr. Kenichi Hashimoto (橋本憲一), a restraunt owner, trained a cooking at famous Udon restraunt Ikegami Seimenjo (池上製麺所) in Kagawa Prefecture, so customers can enjoy the genuine taste of Kagawa udon in Hokkaido. He takes his ingredients produced in Tobetsu seriously, and they use wheat flour Kitahonami (きたほなみ) produced in Tobetsu and a lot of vegetables produced in Tobetsu for tempura. Read More

Nakagoya Onsen Kiku-no-En

Nakagoya Onsen Kiku-no-En is a small-sized long-established onsen ryokan founded in 1905. A Japanese-style garden is built on the site, too, and a pond and flowers can be enjoyed. When I visited here around 12:00 on weekdays, a lot of visitors came, and I saw that it was popular. The interior decoration has an atomosphere of Showa period, and it is very Shibui. An entrance fee to the bath facility is JPY 540. A restraunt is at the building, too, and visitors for day trip bath can use the restraunt. A staying is possible, too.

There are 1 outdoor-style bath, 1 indoor bath, 1 whirlpool bath, 1 cold bath and 1 sauna at a public bathhouse. The sunny tiled bathhouse is feeling good. The indoor bath is the size that about 10 people can take a bath, and hot springs pour into the bath from large rocks. The quarter-round whirlpool bath is the size that about 2 people can take a bath. The outdoor-style bath surrounded by rocks is the size that about 6 people can take a bath, and bathers can take a bath only in a summer. All baths uses heated cold springs. Those have slightly smooth and slippery touch.

The hot springs are sulfur and sodium chloride and calcium carbonated cold spring, and and are clear and colorless and have neither taste nor smell, and are not drinkable because of circulation type baths. Shampoos and body soaps are not provided at the bathhouse, so the bathers should bring those. A restroom is installed at a dressing room. By the way, a resing room is provided for a fee, too.

Atmosphere of Nakagoya Onsen Can Be Watched on Youtube

Movie of Nakagoya Onsen