[Rausu Onsen] Day Trip Onsen and Kuma-no-Yu Can Be Enjoyed

Kuma-no-Yu

Kuma-no-Yu is an open-air bath nearby the Shiretoko National Park Rausu Onsen Camping Ground, and is well-known for a secret onsen. A building surrounded by trees is built on a small hill. Local fishermen mainly use here as a social meeting place, and local people, campers and tourists come, too. However, I visited here on the day, and something was wrong with the hot springs, and I was not able to take a bath. After that, I visited here several times, and I took a bath at last. An entrance fee to the bath facility is small token of appreciation.

Local people manages it, and cleans from 05:00 to 07:00 every day, so visitors that come during the time must help clean it. In additio, they have 10 rules, For example, to take a bath before bathers must pour the hot springs on yourself with a wash basin to rinse off your surface dirt and sweat before entering the bath, and it prohibits the bathers from soaking a towel into the open-air bath, so after reading 10 rules for taking a bath, please take a bath.

There are 1 open-air bath at bath areas for men or women. I took a bath at the bath area for men. The bath area for women is surrounded by walls, but the bath area for men is surrounded by nothing. A sense of openness is amazing! Starry sky seems to be beautiful in the evening. The concrete open-air bath for men (* mixed bathing is available) is the size that about 5 people can take a bath, and uses natural free flowing hot springs with adding water.

The bathers should pour the hot springs on yourself several times to get used to pretty hot springs before taking a bath because the hot springs are pretty hot springs. It has water from a hose, so it is allowed to add the water for lowering the water temperature. But the bathers may get in trouble with the local fishermen if they lower too water temperature, so the bathers had better get other bather's consent.

The hot springs are sulfur and sodium chloride spring, and are light milky white and have salty taste and sulfur smell, and are drinkable. A hot spring gushing out place for drinking hot springs is beside the open-air bath, and water temperature is around 60 C, so the bathers had better bring a cup. It tasted like slighly soup. The sum total of the hot spring ingredients are 3.881 g/kg. By the way, it is prohibited the bathers from taking a bath in wearing their swimsuits or covereing their body with bath towels.

Atmosphere of Kuma-no-Yu Can Be Watched on Youtube

Movie of Kuma-no-Yu

Rausu Daiichi Hotel

Rausu Daiichi Hotel is a middle-sized onsen hotel. An entrance fee to the bath facility is JPY 500. A staying is possible, too. A souvenir shop and a coin-operated laundry are at the building.

There are 1 outdoor bath and 2 indoor baths at a public bathhouse. The sunny tiled bathhouse is small but cozy. The outdoor bath is surrounded by rocks.

Hot springs are sulfur and sodium chloride spring, and are light milky white and have salty taste and sulfur smell. Shampoos and body soaps are provided at the bathhouse.

Types of Hot Springs	Sulfur and sodium chloride spring (Type: Alkaline, Osmotic Pressure: Low, Spring Temperature Type: Extra hot spring)
Water temperature of Hot Spring Source	77.4 C
ph	7.2
Indications	Neuralgia, Muscular pain, Arthralgia, Frozen shoulder, Motor paralysis, Tightening of the joint, Bruise, Sprain, Chronic digestive diseases, Hemorrhoid, Cold sensitivity, Convalescent convalescence, Relieving fatigue, Healthy increase, Cut, Burn, Chronic skin diseases, Weak child, Chronic women's diseases, 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	Chronic digestive diseases, Chronic constipation, Diabetes, Gout
Contraindications of drinking	Kidney disease, High blood pressure, Diarrhea and diseases accompanied by edema in general
Facilities	Outdoor bath(1), Indoor bath(2). * Sex-Segregated Bathhouse.
Entrance fee to the bath facility	Adult: JPY 500. Child: JPY 300.
Business hours	13:00-21:00
Regular closing day	Irregular closing day
Parking lot	A free parking lot is provided (30 cars)
Telephone number	+81-153-87-2259
Home page	Home page is here
Reservation	Booking.com is here, Jalan is here, Rakuten is here
Mapcode	757 410 344*37

Hotel Mine-no-Yu

Hotel Mine-no-Yu is a small-sized onsen hotel founded in 1978. An entrance fee to the bath facility is JPY 500. A staying is possible, too.

There are 2 outdoor baths and 3 indoor baths at a public bathhouse. The sunny tiled bathhouse is small but cozy. The outdoor baths are surrounded by rocks.

Hot springs are sulfur and sodium chloride spring, and are light milky white and have salty taste and sulfur smell. Shampoos and body soaps are provided at the bathhouse.

Types of Hot Springs	Sulfur and sodium chloride spring (Type: Neutral, Osmotic Pressure: Low, Spring Temperature Type: Extra hot spring)
Water temperature of Hot Spring Source	77.4 C
ph	7.2
Indications	Neuralgia, Muscular pain, Arthralgia, Frozen shoulder, Motor paralysis
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	Not Drinking
Facilities	Outdoor bath(2), Indoor bath(2). * Sex-Segregated Bathhouse.
Entrance fee to the bath facility	Adult: JPY 500. Child: JPY 300. Infant: JPY 200.
Business hours	13:00-21:00
Regular closing day	Irregular closing day
Parking lot	A free parking lot is provided (30 cars)
Telephone number	+81-153-87-3001
Home page	Home page is here
Reservation	Jalan is here