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[Sakazuki Onsen in Tomari] Day Trip Bath and Benten Island Can Be Enjoyed
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Sakazuki Onsen
Sakazuki Onsen (盃温泉) in Tomari village is a hot-spring place in the west coast of Shakotan Peninsula located in the western direction of Otaru city. Precipitous cliffs along shoreline are beautiful. Hot springs has been gushed out since around 1905. The Sakazuki Onsen passed a rigorous screening in 1975, and has been appointed by Minister for the Environment, and is one of 15 nation insurance hot spring resorts in Hokkaido. The Sakazuki Onsen is roughly divided into 2 districts, Benten Island district (弁天島エリア) and Sakazuki Fishing Port district (盃漁港エリア). 6 accommodations and a hot spring facility are built in total, Unfortunately, souvenir shops and convenience stores are not built. There are the Benten Island (弁天島), the Sakazuki Sea-Bathing Place (盃海水浴場), the Moiwakanko Toilet (もいわ観光トイレ) and the Sakazuki Camping Ground (盃野営場) around the Sakazuki Onsen. The Sakazuki Onsen is crowded with campers and sea bathers in a summer.





The Benten Island and Moiwa River (茂岩川) are famous as an angling place, and a lot of anglers come. Sea fishing and stream fishing can be enjoyed. By the way, Sakazuki Terrace (さかずきテラス) open a business from late April to Octorber at the Sakazuki Sea-Bathing Place, and activities such as a snorkel and a sea kayak can be enjoyed. A cafe is at a building, and they serve pasta or rice and curry.







As for public transport, Chuo Bus (中央バス) controls the Shiretoko Peninsula, Highway Bus Shakotan-go (高速しゃこたん号) runs between Sapporo and Cape Kamui from April 21 to October 21. Highway Bus Yoichi-go (高速よいち号) runs between the Sapporo and the Yoichi, and Highway Bus Iwanai-go (高速いわない号) runs between the Sapporo and the Iwanai. In addition, Summer One-day Sightseeing Tour Bus and Autumn One-day Sightseeing Tour Bus run from the Sapporo to the Shakotan Peninsula.
Shakotan Peninsula
Shakotan Peninsula (積丹半島) is a peninsula located in the northwestern direction of Otaru city, and has been designated as Niseko-Shakotan-Otaru Kaigan Quasi-National Park (ニセコ積丹小樽海岸国定公園) because of a precious complicated coastline with steep cliffs. The sea of the Shakotan is very beautiful, and looks clear blue, so everybody call Shakotan Blue (シャコタンブルー). A traffic used to be inconvenient in the old days, and tourists rarely visited here. People are easy to access the Shakotan Peninsula as well as Shiretoko Peninsula (知床半島) at present, but it is called an unexplored region because it would not develop very much. Read More

List of Day Trip Onsen
Tourists can take a day trip bath at Onsen Minshuku Rest-House Iwata (温泉民宿レストハウスいわた) and Sakazuki Moiwa Onsen Hotel (茂岩温泉ホテル) in Benten Island district and at Choko-so (潮香荘) in Sakazuki Fishing Port district. On the other hand, accommodations without taking a day trip bath are Minshuku Asano (民宿浅野), Minshuku Takei (民宿たけい) and Minshuku Tanaka (民宿たなか) in Benten Island district.
Choka-so
Choka-so is a small-sized onsen ryokan on a hillside in the Sakazuki Fishing Port district. The appearance and the interior decoration make the visitors feel Showa period. They only have an open-air bath in the Sakazuki Onsen, and it is well-known for a good view from the open-air bath. An entrance fee to the bath facility is JPY 500. A staying is possible, too, and dishes with a lot of seafood have a good reputation.


There are 1 open-air, 1 indoor bath, 1 cold bath and 1 sauna at the large public tiled bathhouse. The sunny bathhouse with large windows is feeling good. The indoor bath is the size that about 10 people can take a bath.






The open-air bath is the size that about 10 people can take a bath. Hot springs at the open-air bath is more lukewarm than the hot springs at the inddor bath. A sence of openness can be felt because the open-air bath does not has a roof. By the way, views from the open-air bath is a highlight. That is very nice, and bathers can look over Sakazuki Port and the Sea of Japana. The sunset over the Sea of Japan can be seen. A blindfold fence is built, so the bathers would not be able to see the views while bathing, but you might as well enjoy the cool air while seeing the views.






The hot springs are calcium and sodium sulfate spring, and are clear and colorless and have neither taste nor smell. The sum total of of the hot spring ingredients are 1.452 g/kg. The hot springs seem to be drinkable, but a drnking hot spring faciliy is not founded.


Shampoos and body soaps are provided at a bathhouse. A free hair dryer is installed at a dressing room. There is not a restroom at the dressing room, so you should get a wash beforehand at the restroom along a corridor. A free cold water dispenser is provided near the entrances of the bathhouses for men or women. In addition, there are a game place and a capsule toy place at the building.
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Atmosphere of Choka-so Can Be Watched on Youtube
Movie of Choka-so
Types of Hot Springs | Calcium and sodium sulfate spring (Type: Weak alkaline, Osmotic Pressure: Low, Spring Temperature Type: Extra hot spring) |
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Water temperature of Hot Spring Source | 43.7 C |
ph | 7.6 |
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, Arteriosclerosis, Chronic skin diseases, Cut, Burn |
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 | Chronic cholecystitis, Cholelithiasis, Chronic constipation, Obesity disease, 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), Sauna(1). * Sex-Segregated Bathhouse. |
Entrance fee to the bath facility | Adult: JPY 500. Child: JPY 350. Infant: Free of charge. |
Business hours | 10:00-20:00 |
Regular closing day | Irregular closing day |
Parking lot | A free parking is provided (20 cars) |
Telephone number | +81-135-75-2111 |
Home page | Home page is here |
Reservation | ![]() |
Mapcode | 775 069 627*06 |
Onsen Minshuku Rest-House Iwata
Onsen Minshuku Rest-House Iwata is a small-sized onsen ryokan in Benten Island district. I visited here around 10:00 on weekdays. I did not find an owner for a while, but about 10 minutes later I was able to find him. He did something afternoon when I asked him, and he said "You could take a bath only just now", I would take a bath. An entrance fee to the bath facility is JPY 400. I walked through a dining room, and took off my shoes, and raised a corridor, and walked to an entrance of public bathroom. A lot of small paper lanterns hanging on a wall of a corridor caught my eyes. A staying is possible, too.



The public bathrooms are divided into 2 parts, and there are 1 tiled indoor bath at each parts. Each indoor baths are the size that about 4 people can take a bath. The indoor baths use 100% natural free flowing hot springs. It has a smooth and slippery touch slightly. The bathrooms were small, but other visitors did not come, so I relaxed.







Hot springs are calcium and sodium sulfate spring, and are clear and colorless and have neither taste nor smell. The sum total of the hot spring ingredients are 1.548 g/kg. A shampoo and soaps are provided at the bathtoom. Because there is not a restroom at a dressing room, You should get a wash beforehand at the restroom along the corridor.



Atmosphere of Rest-House Iwata Can Be Watched on Youtube
Movie of Rest-House Iwata
Types of Hot Springs | Calcium and sodium sulfate spring (Type: Weak alkaline, Osmotic Pressure: Low, Spring Temperature Type: Extra hot spring) |
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Water temperature of Hot Spring Source | 46.7 C |
ph | 8.0 |
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, Arteriosclerosis, Chronic skin diseases, Cut, Burn |
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 | Indoor bath(2). * Sex-Segregated Bathhouse. |
Entrance fee to the bath facility | Adult: JPY 400. |
Business hours | 10:00-20:00 |
Regular closing day | Irregular closing day |
Parking lot | A parking lot is provided (5 cars) |
Telephone number | +81-135-75-2138 |
Home page | Home page is not provided |
Mapcode | 775 099 261*52 |
Moiwa Onsen Hotel
Moiwa Onsen Hotel is an onsen ryokan beside the Onsen Minshuku Iwata in Benten Island district, and turns into a hot spring facility for day trip onsen at present. Business hour is 15:00-20:00. The appearance and the interior decoration make visitors feel Showa period. An entrance fee to the bath facility is JPY 500.


There is 1 indoor bath at a sunny tiled public bathhouse. The bath is the size that about 5 people can take a bath, and the depth is about 30cm. Hot springs gush out from a hot spring gushing point at the bottom. In addition, the hot springs always are overflowing from the bath, and flow to a hot spring outlet. The hot spring on the bath floor is comfortable, so sleeping on the bath floor can be enjoyed if there are not other bathers.




Most of bathers are local people, so they use here as a social meeting place. When I asked one of them, he told me the hot springs are very hot in a summer, and the hot springs are comfortable in a winter. I felt water temperature of the hot springs is nearly 43 C, so I thought it was hard to take a long bath in the summer. But water sometimes are added into the bath in the summer.

The hot springs are calcium and sodium sulfate spring, and are clear and colorless and have neither taste nor smell. The sum total of the hot spring ingredients are 1.459 g/kg. Drinking hot springs seemed to be possible, but I could not find a place for drinking the hot springs. Because there is not a restroom at the dressing room, You should get a wash beforehand at the restroom along a corridor. In addition, a bathroom sink is along the corridor, too. The building is very old, but the bathhouse and the dressing room are totally kept clean, so are comfortable.

Atmosphere of Moiwa Onsen Hotel Can Be Watched on Youtube
Movie of Moiwa Onsen Hotel
Types of Hot Springs | Calcium and sodium sulfate spring (Type: Weak alkaline, Osmotic Pressure: Low, Spring Temperature Type: Extra hot spring) |
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Water temperature of Hot Spring Source | 46.9 C |
ph | 8.3 |
Indications | Rheumatoid arthritis, Osteoarthritis, Low back pain, Neuralgia, Frozen shoulder, Bruise, Sprain, Motor paralysis, Reduction in renal function, Mild hypertension, Diabetes, Mild high cholesterol, Mild asthma, Emphysema, Autonomic instability, Hemorrhoid, Sleep disorder, State of depression, Convalescent convalescence, Relieving fatigue, Healthy increase, Cut, Peripheral circulatory failure, Cold sensitivity, Xerosis cutis |
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 | Biliary tract obstruction, Mild high cholesterol, Constipation |
Facilities | Indoor bath(1). * Sex-Segregated Bathhouse. |
Entrance fee to the bath facility | Adult: JPY 500. |
Business hours | 15:00-20:00 |
Regular closing day | Irregular closing day |
Parking lot | A free parking is provided (8 cars) |
Telephone number | +81-135-75-2106 |
Home page | Home page is not provided |
Mapcode | 775 099 261*37 |
List of Accommodations
Refer to following websites for the accommodations in the Sakazuki Onsen. You can get information regarding online reviews and photos.
A page of Shakotan Peninsula is here
Shakotan Peninsula
By the way, Club Tourism (クラブツーリズム), a Japanese tour travel agency, provides various types of tours such as day trip tours or ordinary tours. In the case of bus tours, tourists do not drive their cars themselves, so they can savor alcohol. Choosen tourist attractions are national parks such as Rishiri and Rebun, Shiretoko, and popular tourist places such as Furano and Biei, and some activities such as hiking and fruit picking are also enjoyed depending on seasons. If you are interested in tour trips, you should visit the club tourism's website for details.
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