Tamagawa Onsen

The services here at Tamagawa Onsen and the Shin-Tamagawa Onsen I visited before are too different. Shouldn't Trip.com be made aware that no meals are called a self-catering department and the service is the worst? Especially the parking attendant was unfriendly and offended. I want you to devise a little to make it affordable. I was told that I could not use the "Go to Akita!" After this, I made a reservation at the ryokan at Lake Towada through Rakuten Travel. It was a pity that Akita and Aomori became a trip where the light and dark were clearly divided.

In September, I took the Shinkansen from Tokyo to Tazawako Station and rented a car from there to Tamagawa Onsen. Because it is a hot spring, it is too hot in the summer and in the winter (from around the latter half of November), you can only get to Tamagawa Onsen by public transportation, so I decided to go in September. Since I have stayed at Shin Tamagawa Onsen before, I made a reservation at my favorite Tamagawa Onsen this time. The room was a self-catering Japanese-style room about 6 tatami mats in size, so there was no particular inconvenience. Tamagawa Onsen has a strong acidic spring quality and you can sample it. You can dilute it and drink it, but it is sour like Pocari Lemon. Because it is acidic, even a small cut can cause severe pain, so be careful not to bathe after shaving. I have atopic dermatitis, so it was quite painful to soak in it. However, I heard that it is good for skin diseases, so I tried my best to endure about 3 minutes in the water, and then my body got used to it, so I endured another 2 minutes and soaked for a total of about 5 minutes. Afterwards, we moved to the steam bath, took a short break, and then soaked in again, repeating this cycle twice. Beginners may find it quite exhausting, so it's best to take care not to get too hot, and bathe at your own pace. There is also a rock bath a short walk from the accommodations in Tamagawa Onsen. This is a real rock bath that uses geothermal energy. There you can feel the energy of nature, with beitou stones, rocks spewing steam, and a river with hot sulfurous springs, so we recommend trying the hot spring and rock bath combination.

The acidic hot spring with a pH value of 1.1 to 1.2 is probably the strongest hot spring in Japan. The rule is not to suddenly bathe in 100% hot spring water, but to first warm up your body with water that is 50% hot spring water. Indeed, after about 3 minutes in 100% hot spring water, your skin will feel a tingling sensation. It feels like a weak electric current is flowing. Of course, your skin will be smooth after bathing. Is this because the keratin has dissolved? There are a variety of baths, including a reclining bath, a standing bath, a waterfall bath, and a sauna. You can also enjoy a bedrock bath, although reservations are required. If you like hot springs, this might be a place you should visit at least once! The only disappointment is that the dinner buffet is poor in quality!

I visited 3 times for overnight stays and day trips, but I took a day trip bath for the first time in 8 years. I couldn't even take a minute in the 100% hot spring bath due to scratches on my body, heat rash, and insect bites. I climbed through other baths in a short time. The central part of the body feels less stimulating with age. The large burial mound was boiling with the same tremendous force as before. The spring quality is acid-containing carbon dioxide/ferrous-chloride hot spring, and an entrance fee to the bath facility is JPY 800. Tamagawa is known to everyone who loves hot springs. The hot spring with the strongest acidity in Japan is unrivaled by others.

I went there for a day trip, but the parking lot is in the middle of the downhill to the inn, and I have to walk a fairly steep slope from there to the hot springs, so my back hurts and it's pretty tough for me to go to the hot springs. The hot spring parking lot was for guests. The parking fee and hot spring fee are 600 yen. However, I think that the bathhouse should be improved from the old days.