[Utanobori Onsen in Esashi] Day Trip Bath Can Be Enjoyed at Onsen That Is Popular with Thai People

Matsuyama Wetland

Matsuyama Wetland (松山湿原) is a marshland at 797 m elevation in Bifuka town located in the northern direction of Asahikawa city, and is the northernmost high moor at a high place in Japan, and has been chosen as one of 500 Most Important Wetlands in the Japan. By the way, the northernmost high moor in the Japan is Meguma-numa Wetland (メグマ沼湿原) in Wakkanai. The high moor does not point to a high place, and point to a wetland formed at higher place than ground-water level. Admission free. A parking lot is free of charge. A public restroom is built beside the parking lot. Besides the parking lot and the restroom, there is not a sightseeing facility at all. Tenryu Marsh (天竜沼) is nearby the parking lot. A road to the Matsuyama Wetland is closed around from late October to mid June. Read More

Mt. Hakodake

Mt. Hakodake (函岳) is a mountain between Bifuka town, Otoineppu village and Esashi town in the northern direction of Asahikawa city. Its elevation is 1,129 m. The mounatin is known as a good place to enjoy 360 degree view from the mountaintop, and Mt. Rishirifuji (利尻富士) can be seen if it is fine weather. In the evening, starry sky can be enjoyed, too. Kasumi-toge Hakodake Forest Road (加須美峠函岳林道) to the Mt. Hakodake as well as the Mt. Hakodake also has a lot of popularity. Its familiar name is Super Forest Road (スーパー林道), the narrow gravel road is popular with motorcycle riders. The road was used as a shooting place for CM of Mitsubishi Pajero. A meteorological station, Hakodake Hut (函館ヒュッテ), a parking lot are built at the mountaintop, and a restroom is at the hut, too. Except the parking lot and the hut, there is not a sightseeing facility at all. Beware of bears, too. Admission free. The parking lot is free of charge. The road is closed aroud from late October to mid June. Read More

Usutaibe Senjoiwa Rocks

Usutaibe Senjoiwa Rocks (ウスタイベ千畳岩) is a rocky seashore in Esashi town located in the southeastern direction of Wakkanai city. Although the seashore is located in North Okhotsk Prefectural Natural Park (北オホーツク道立自然公園), the distance is only 2 km away from the center of the Esashi. Its name was named after the state like tatami‐floored shore. The Usutaibe (ウスタイベ) is the name of the cape, and the Usutaibe Senjoiwa Rocks is at the tip of the cape. Usutaibe Campsite (ウスタイベキャンプ場), a parking lot, a public restroom and a common kitchen are built at the site. The campsite has a good reputation because facilities are well-kept. The campsite is also large, and campers can enter grassy ground by their motorbike or their cars directly. Admission free. The parking lot and the campsite are free of charge. Read More

Utanobori Green Park Hotel

Utanobori Green Park Hotel is a middle-sized onsen hotel that is popular with a lot of Thai people, and has opened a business since 1989. They visit here in a winter, and see snow for the first time, and can enjoy traditional Japanese events such as “Snowball Fight (雪合戦)”, “Penmanship (習字)” and “Making a Rice Cake (餅つき)” all at once. It is a good point of this hotel that they can thoroughly enjoy all the traditional Japanese events in Hokkaido that they can not readily visited. There are decorations expressed typical Japan at some places of the hotel. An entrance fee to a bath facility is JPY 410. Restraunt “Hakodake” is at the building, too, and visitors for day trip bath can use the restraunt. A staying is possible, too.

There are 2 indoor baths, 1 whirlpool bath, 1 cold bath and 1 sauna at a large public bathhouse. The tiled bathhouse is L-shaped, and the sunny bathhouse with large windows is feeling good. A view of garden through the windows is very good, and bathers can relax.

The large indoor bath is the size that about 20 people can take a bath beside the large glass windows, and uses heated water. The whirlpool bath seats 1 person, and uses heated cold springs. The drinking hot spring facility is set near the whirlpool bath, too. It seems to be effect for Chronic digestive diseases, Chronic constipation, Diabetes, Gout and Liver disease.

The small indoor bath is the size that about 6 people can take a bath, and uses heated water.

The hot springs are carbon dioxide calcium and magnesium bicarbonate cold spring, and are opaque and light brown and have carbonate taste and metallic taste smell. The sum total of the hot spring ingredients are 3.719 g/kg. Shampoos and body soaps are provided at the bathhouse. A restroom and free hair dryers are installed at a dressing room.

Atmosphere of Utanobori Green Park Hotel Can Be Watched on Youtube

Movie of Utanobori Green Park Hotel

Types of Hot Springs	Carbon dioxide calcium and magnesium bicarbonate cold spring (Type: Weak acidic, Osmotic Pressure: Low, Spring Temperature Type: Cold spring)
Water temperature of Hot Spring Source	11.7 C
ph	5.9
Indications	Neuralgia, Muscular pain, Arthralgia, Frozen shoulder, Motor paralysis, Tightening of the joint, Bruise, Sprain, Relieving fatigue, Chronic digestive diseases, Hemorrhoid, Cold sensitivity, Convalescent convalescence, Healthy increase, High blood pressure, 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 digestive diseases, Chronic constipation, Diabetes, Gout, Liver disease
Contraindications of drinking	Diarrhea, Kidney disease, High blood pressure and diseases accompanied by edema in general
Facilities	Indoor bath(4), Sauna(1). * Sex-Segregated Bathhouse.
Entrance fee to the bath facility	Adult: JPY 410. Child: JPY 210.
Business hours	10:00-22:00 (Monday 15:00-22:00)
Regular closing day	Open all year round
Parking lot	A free parking is provided (100 cars)
Telephone number	+81-163-68-3101
Home page	Home page is here
Reservation	Jalan is here, Rakuten is here
Mapcode	571 107 792*01

Asakura Onsen

Asakura Onsen is a long-established hot spring facily for day trip bath beside the Utanobori Green Park Hotel, and owns a hot spring source. Mr. Fukuichi Asakura opened a business in 1949. An entrance fee to a bath facility is JPY 500. They open a bussiness only from 16:00 to 21:00 on weekends at prsent.

There is 1 indoor bath at a public bathroom. The bath uses heated cold springs. A drinking hot spring facility is set, too. It seems to be effect for Chronic digestive diseases, Chronic constipation, Diabetes, Gout and Liver disease. The hot springs are carbon dioxide calcium and magnesium bicarbonate spring, and are opaque and light brown and have carbonate taste and metallic taste smell. Shampoos and body soaps are provided at the bathroom.