Japanese Onsen Bath Experience: Hot Spring Paradise ★ ONLY in JAPAN
Grab your towel because it's time for an epic Japanese onsen bath adventure! We will explore 13 Onsen Towns, hopping from one to another as a bath tourist around Fukushima. Naked outside in the snow? It's part of the fun!
Japanese Onsen are natural hot springs and around them are amazing places where you can bathe in many different kinds of waters. Bath tourism to onsen towns has always been popular with Japanese but as more people come to Japan for a visit, more are visiting the onsen and there are hundreds of hot spring towns.
Onsen baths are loaded with minerals that are good for the body, making your skin silky soft. Most of the water in these areas seeps from the ground, the hot water being the reason why many towns exist at that particular spot, their history rooting in its water.
It's the one do not miss recommendations I have for any trip to Japan. Every onsen is different so in this episode, I visit 13 different onsen towns in Fukushima prefecture, most with history going back centuries.
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Onsen and Ryokan featured in this episode:
☆ Sahako no yu public bath house
☆ Shintsuta
☆ Hana no yu
☆ Urabandai Grandeco Tokyu Hotel
☆ Yamagataya Ryokan
☆ Kawachi Ryokan
☆ Hanakanzashi
☆ Tamago yu
☆ Hotel Sansuiso
☆ Sabakoyu
☆ Ryokan Harataki
☆ Ookawaso
☆ Toryukan
☆ Iwaburo
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More Japanese baths?
Inside Tokyo Sento Bath House Tour episode:
This show has been created and produced by John Daub ジョン・ドーブ. He's been living and working in Japan for over 19 years and regularly reports on TV for Japan's International Channel.
Japanese Hot Spring Baths & Hotel Room View 360° VR ★ ONLY in JAPAN
Japan is quickly becoming one of the hottest destinations to visit these days. Maybe you're looking into flights to Japan and wondered where the best place to stay is? Forget Tokyo, Osaka and Kyoto and journey to the heart of the Japanese countryside where fantasy-like scenery and legendary Japanese cuisine is prepared. Slumber in tatami rooms with views of the rivers, mountains, lakes and forests! Open air baths with waterfalls in snow! This could be you, too!
It's the ultimate vacation, getting away from it all and settling into the center of real Japanese culture.
What is this amazing place you ask? Why it's a Traditional Japanese Inn at a Hot Spring / Onsen!
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▶︎ Japanese Onsen Bath Experience: Hot Spring Paradise
▶︎ Japanese Inn & Kaiseki Cuisine: The Ryokan Stay Experience
★ How Much is One Night at a Ryokan?
Stays cost between 12,000 yen ($100) to 22,000 Yen ($180) and come with incredibly prepared kaiseki meals - dinner & breakfast and access to the baths! It's not just a hotel stay, it's an experience!
Here are the 13 places in Fukushima featured in this series:
☆ Sahako no yu public bath house
☆ Shintsuta
☆ Hana no yu
☆ Urabandai Grandeco Tokyu Hotel
☆ Yamagataya Ryokan
☆ Kawachi Ryokan ☆ Hanakanzashi
☆ Tamago yu
☆ Hotel Sansuiso
☆ Sabakoyu
☆ Ryokan Harataki
☆ Ookawaso
☆ Toryukan
☆ Iwaburo
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This show has been created and produced by John Daub ジョン・ドーブ. He's been living and working in Japan for over 20 years and regularly reports on TV for Japan's International Channel.
Japanese Inn & Kaiseki Cuisine: The Ryokan Stay Experience
A Traditional Japanese Inn stay can be the highlight of any trip to Japan, and this comprehensive tour of 13 hot spring towns will give you a complete picture of what to expect during a stay. From the tatami room to the kitchen and dining room, this is the story of the Ryokan.
After 20 years living in Japan, a Ryokan stay is the most authentic experience one can have traveling the country and Fukushima, Japan's third largest prefecture, is famous for that countryside charm and service found around its mountains. It's only a 75 minute Shinkansen train ride from Tokyo making it an ideal getaway from more crowded spots like Nikko and Hakone. In this video, you will see exactly what you will get from start to finish.
As Japan moves closer to the 2020 Olympics, services are catering more to international visitors and these hotels featured are all accommodating and friendly places, staff learning English to communicate with people from around the world.
▶︎ What is Kaiseki Ryori / Cuisine?
It's a traditional Japanese dinner with many courses including a starter, soup, side items, main course and dessert.
★ Sashimi / Sushi
★ Sukiyaki
★ Yakiniku
★ Tempura
★ Miso Soup
It's all here, and it's all prepared with local ingredients of the season, always freshly made in the kitchen.
▶︎ How much is a night at a Ryokan / Traditional Japanese Inn?
It is usually charged by the person instead of the room because it includes 2 meals, dinner and breakfast. On average, I have spent between 12,000 yen ($100) to 22,000 ($180) per person for a night and here is why it is worth it.
Of all the experiences you will have in Japan, this will be the one you remember the most, dressing in a cotton kimono (yukata) to walk down to dinner, bathing outdoors in a hot spring in the snow, extraordinary Japanese service, amazingly beautiful meals ... you're paying for an experience not just a stay.
Check out the special Onsen Hot Spring Bath Guide here
Here are the 13 places featured in this series:
☆ Sahako no yu public bath house
☆ Shintsuta
☆ Hana no yu
☆ Urabandai Grandeco Tokyu Hotel
☆ Yamagataya Ryokan
☆ Kawachi Ryokan
☆ Hanakanzashi
☆ Tamago yu
☆ Hotel Sansuiso
☆ Sabakoyu
☆ Ryokan Harataki
☆ Ookawaso
☆ Toryukan
☆ Iwaburo
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This show has been created and produced by John Daub ジョン・ドーブ. He's been living and working in Japan for over 19 years and regularly reports on TV for Japan's International Channel.