Ebeotsu Onsen Hotel

November 2025, Weekdays, 9:30 AM, Adults: ¥600 Used as a day spa. Located near Ebeotsu Station, along the train tracks. Very quiet. Established in 1921. It's hard to believe it was built in 1921, but it looks quite dated. There's a ticket machine next to the reception desk. If you hand over your car keys at the reception, you'll receive a locker key in the changing room. (I wonder if people who arrive on foot hand over their house keys?) Dressing Room The lockers with locks are tall and vertical, so they're used for valuables. Clothing is stored on a lattice-shaped shelf. There's a large mirror, with a hair dryer hanging next to it. Bathroom There are 16 washing stations. Shampoo and body soap are provided. The showers are fixed and can be adjusted slightly. Temperature cannot be adjusted. Indoor bath only. The "source" section seems to be a bit cold, as the hot spring water is stored there. According to the table describing the spring quality, the source appears to be around 30°C. There's a distinct iron-copper smell. There's a "hot spring" (heated hot spring), a high-temperature hot spring, a reclining bath, and an electric bath. I tried sticking my hand in the electric bath, but it left a slight numbness even after I removed it, so I wouldn't want to soak in one. The "hot spring" was just the right temperature for me, allowing me to slowly and gradually warm my body. The "hot spring" was cloudy, but it didn't have the same iron-like smell as the "source" and had a slight celery-like scent. There's a sauna room. It's a small sauna room that can fit five people. Perhaps because it's small and the door isn't opened or closed frequently, the room was quite hot. The analog temperature indicator inside the room read 94°C. There's a cold bath in front of the sauna room. It was just the right temperature. This hot spring was recommended to me by several people, so I assumed it would be packed with locals, but in reality, the men's bath was deserted, with only one customer before me and one after me. At one point, I had the bath all to myself, which was perfect for me, but I also thought that maybe it's only in places like this that some people end up with ●● all over their body.

You could almost call it a hidden hot spring. The bathroom has four hot spring baths, as well as a cold spring bath, a sauna, and a cold bath. First, there is a hot spring (around 46°C) and a medium-temperature bath. The spring is a sodium-calcium chloride spring, and is filled with reddish-brown mineral deposits, making it appear ochre-colored from a distance. It is truly a chloride spring, and its famous quality keeps you warm for a long time after bathing. According to a regular gentleman (who claims to come 364 days a year), the water used to be much saltier, but it became what it is today after a certain earthquake. There is also a cloudy white cold spring (around 20-30°C), which is lukewarm with a slight carbonation and definitely requires a long soak. There is also an electric bath and a jet bath that heats the water. The sauna is an excellent piece, with perfect temperature and humidity. It has an electric stone heater, but of course you can't do loyly (löyly) in it. However, the stones are covered with thin iron plates, which create mysterious convection currents that allow for excellent heat circulation. The humidity is also just right. Presumably the cold water overflowing from the cold bath seeps into the wood of the door, bringing about humidity. The cold bath is cloudy and white, but it is apparently not hot spring water but a different type of well water, so it is ice cold. The bath as a whole is noticeably old. It would be difficult to renew all the facilities, so it might be a good idea to at least renew the wood on the sauna seat and walls. By the way, I also stayed overnight, and although the room was quite old, it was clean and nice. The futons were clean too. The toilet and refrigerator are shared and located outside.

Day trip in early August 2025. The building and facilities are old and have a Showa-era feel, but many visitors will find the hot springs addictive. The fee is 600 yen, and shampoos and other amenities are provided. There are free lockers in the changing room, but to use them, you must leave your car keys at the reception desk in exchange for a locker key. The bath area offers medium- and high-temperature baths using hot spring water, a source bath at approximately 30°C, a cold mineral spring bath, a vibrating (electric) bath and reclining bath using tap water?, and a sauna. Reviews state that the hot water is extremely hot, but on the day of my visit, it felt like 42-43°C. Both the medium- and high-temperature baths were covered in tiny floating deposits, which was my first time seeing such deposits. The shower area also had a handle at the base to adjust the water volume, which is quite rare these days, which was a refreshing change in a way. The source bath was the perfect temperature for this hot summer, so I could have stayed in it forever. The cold mineral spring was ice-cold, and I couldn't stand water that was too cold. Also, according to the owner, the water is normally clear, but it seems to have flowed in from somewhere in the hot spring bath next door, making it cloudy. The sauna can accommodate a maximum of four people and the temperature is displayed as 105°C, but the owner says that it's set to 95°C, but regulars sometimes change the setting without permission... It's a problem for me when it gets crowded, but I think this is a facility that I would like to see continue operating for a long time to come.

The water was good. There was a bathtub with hot spring water, which was quite lukewarm, so as someone who doesn't like cold baths, it was perfect for me to take a bath in after the sauna. The indoor bath was surrounded by stones, which really lifted my spirits. There were regular and hot baths, as well as an electric bubble bath, and although there was no open-air bath, I still enjoyed it very much. The showers and faucets were straight out of the Showa era, and the rest area had been used for quite a while, but it was clean. I think this is one of those facilities that I hope will remain forever.

I used it for a day trip. It's open from 9:30 in the morning, so you can go out after taking a dip in the hot spring. The admission fee is as cheap as a public bath, and the bathroom is full of Showa-era vibes. There are six types of baths, but they are compact in size. There is no open-air bath, but there is a sauna. As expected, they are compact in size. I soaked in a bath with water that was 30 degrees, straight from the source, and I wasn't cold or sweaty after getting out, which was great. The bathroom was bustling with regular customers from the neighborhood.