Japan Promotes Hot Springs

March 19, 2010 on 11:35 pm | In Asia, Japan, Spa Resorts | Comments Off

Dead Sea Muds and SaltsJapan is promoting its hot springs. A natural infinity hot spring pool at the elevation of 6,900 feet is the reward for a four-hour hike to the 1998 Winter Olympic host town of Hakuba. Hakuba Yari Onsen is by a chalet that operates only during the summer, serving semi-alpinists.

The natural rock tubs feature hot water with views of nearby mountain tops, clouds below, and more.

The chalet provides frugal accommodations with shared bathrooms and bunk beds.

Almost a half-day train trip from Tokyo connects to the small town of Aomori, the northernmost part of Honshu Island, where the ocean-side natural spa faces the Sea of Japan and beaches: Instead of lying on the sand, clients can take a dip in natural hot springs right by the ocean, facing the wild northern waves.

The bathtub is curbed in the rock so close to the ocean that the wave comes into the bathtub when the weather becomes stormy.

For more information, visit www.furofushi.com

Hokkaido’s Siberian winter contributes not only to the world class powder snow but also provides a hot springs experience. Lake Shikaribetsu in Daisetsu-zan National Park becomes a small winter village on the solid frozen surface with ice bars, ice theatres, ice wedding chapels and snow mobile paths as well as a make-shift round pool filled with natural hot water on ice. The mineral content of the hot water warms and relaxes even in the subzero air with a view of the deep forest and mountain ranges in the distance.

For more destination information, visit the Japan National Tourism Organization at www.japantravelinfo.com

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