[Rebun Onsen] Day Trip Onsen Can Be Enjoyed at Rebuntou Onsen Usuyuki-no-Yu

Kaisendokoro Kafuka

Kaisendokoro Kafuka (海鮮処かふか) is a seafood restaurant in Rebun Island. Kafuka fishery cooperative (香深漁協) runs it, and there is a building near Kafuka Port. It is popular for eating fresh seafood. I visited here around 11:00 on weekdays. A waitress asked me whether I grilled the seafood at first when I entered the restraunt. They seem to show me to a room of Japanese-style barbecue cooked in front of customers if I want to grill a sea urchin and an atka mackerel and eat those. But I wanted to eat a rice bowl, they showed me to my table at the restraunt. The restraunt was so large, and there were many tables and family customers seem to enjoy. Read More

Futaba Shokudo

Futaba Shokudo (双葉食堂) in Funadomari-mura is located in the northern part of Rebun island. This is a long-established restraunt founded in 1960. They serve ramen (ラーメン), buckwheat noodle (そば), curry and rice (カレーライス) and rice bowls. It is not the restaurant for tourists and is the restaurant which local people use. Therefore the opening hour is not fixed in particular, too, and it seemed to open the restraunt around 12:30 on this day. I heard that the ramen of Futaba Shokudo was tasty and visited around 13:30 on weekdays. Read More

Rishiri-Rebun-Sarobetsu National Park

Rishiri-Rebun-Sarobetsu National Park (利尻礼文サロベツ国立公園) located in the northern Hokkaido between Rishiri Island, Rebun Island, Toyotomi Town and Horonobe Town is the northernmost national park in Japan, and has been designated as the national park since 1974. The area is 24,166 ha. It consists of 2 islands, wetlands and the coast, and beautiful nature such as the sea, mountains, wild flowers and wetlands is highlight. Because the Northern Hokkaido has few famous tourist attracsions, the national park is one of the most famous nature tourist attracsions. The Rishiri-Rebun-Sarobetsu National Park is divided into 4 areas, Rishiri Area (利尻), Rebun Area (礼文), Coastal Sand-dune Area (海浜砂丘) and Sarobetsu Area (サロベツ), and the Rishiri Area (利尻), the Rebun Area (礼文) and the Sarobetsu Area have a lot of highlights. Read More

Rebuntou Onsen Usuyuki-no-Yu

Rebuntou Onsen Usuyuki-no-Yu is a hot spring facility for day trip onsen founded in 2009, and is popular for enjoying free flowing hot springs. A building is near the Kafuka Port, and it may be a good idea to take a bath to wait for a ferry. An entrance fee to the bath facility is JPY 600. A chartered bath is provided, too, and an extra cost is JPY 1000 per 50 minutes.

There are 1 outdoor bath, 2 indoor baths, 1 whirlpool bath, 1 cold bath and 1 sauna at a public bathhouse on the 2nd floor. The sunny tiled bathhouse with large windows is feeling good. Mt. Rishirifuji can be seen through the windows. The large indoor bath is the size that about 12 people can take a bath, and water temperature is around 41 C. The small indoor bath is the size that about 6 people can take a bath, and water temperature is around 38 C. Both baths use natural hot springs.

The stone outdoor bath is the size that about 4 people take a bath, and uses natural free flowing hot springs. Because the outdoor bath surrounded by walls has a roof, a sence of openness can not be felt. But Mt. Rishirifuji can be seen, so bathers can enjoy a good view and a ferry.

The hot springs are sodium chloride sulfate spring, and are clear and colorless and have neither taste nor smell, and are not drinkable. The sum total of the hot spring ingredients are 1.364 g/kg. Shampoos and body soaps are provided at the bathhouse. A restroom and hair dryers are installed at a dressing room. A resting room is large, and visiotrs can have a relaxed time.