Canal Resort

This place is amazing! Spent hours here relaxing. I would go every night if I lived here. But as a tourist new to this, I'm glad I went with a friend that guided me. There is at least two packages, 1) access the onsen area and 2) access to the onsen, saunas, library, lounge. Both let you into the food court. On a weeknight the lounge and saunas were not crowded. The onsen was crowded. You charge everything to your wristband and pay when you exit.

This is a lovely hot spring, [Nagoya] if you can get parking. It's best to take the shuttle bus. The ground floor along with 3 other floors for parking were absolutely filled with cars at 7pm on Sunday. Had to wait inline for a parking spot. The baths are interesting but a bit crowded. The saunas (2) are pretty nice. For ¥800, it's ok. Also has a nice lounge spot for relaxing after your bath. Has a few restaurants including a Korean restaurant.

This place is huge! I had 2 hours and it wasn't enough if you want to properly enjoy everything. There were 3 buildings - one for the wet area, one for resting (with lots of manga shelves) and one for the gobanyoku (heated area) - be warned, you will sweat a lot! Pro-tip: For those taking the shuttle bus from Kanayama station, I asked the tourist information centre who pointed me to bus stop 2 on the map (see picture).

It is a facility which you have hot spring, sauna, steam room, massage, Internet cafe all together. There are a lot of young couples due to the location. After bath you can have a dinner. The meals are not bad. It will be closed 1-2am depends on the day and restaurant will be closed 11:30pm. *if you have a tattoo, not allowed to enter….* Due to make fierce to other people that you might be YAKUZA.

No tattoos allowed even if you’re a foreigner and even if you cover them with water proof tattoo patches. Sometimes they’ll allow foreigners with tattoos if the tattoos are covered but if you ask over the phone they will in a very rude way just tell you it isn’t allowed whatsoever. So be aware of that before even thinking of going.