[Sakazuki Onsen in Tomari] Day Trip Bath and Benten Island Can Be Enjoyed

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

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 600. 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.

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)
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 600. Child: JPY 350. Infant: Free of charge.
Business hours	10:00-19:00
Regular closing day	Wednesday
Parking lot	A free parking is provided (20 cars)
Telephone number	+81-135-75-2111
Home page	Home page is here
Reservation	Jalan is here, Rakuten is here
Mapcode	775 069 627*06

Moiwa Onsen

Moiwa Onsen 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 Can Be Watched on Youtube

Movie of Moiwa Onsen

[Shut Down] 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. Unfortunately, they have been closed down. This article before closing is as follows.

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