So, this year, you have decided to travel the rich and traditional but uniquely different country Japan. Other than some of the unique features of Japan, the onsen or the hot springs of Japan is also very popular among the tourist and is one of the major tourist attraction. Japan has nearly 2000 onsen and often visiting them for relaxation and is one of the popular leisure among the people of Japan. Thus the basis of spas in Japan is onsens. Thus, every weekend, the popular onsen of Japan, remains crowded. The reasons for so many onsens or hot springs is the volcanoes. Onsens are of different kinds and it is categorized according to the kinds and amount of minerals present in water. There are some onsens in Japan that are very hot and are smelly.
Spa guide for Japan
Inn Seiryuso
It is a traditional ryokan inn located by surrounding mountain and well sculpted Japanese garden. The inn is famous and has specialization in onsen or hot spring baths. The services are provided in twenty four guest rooms and six finely designed suites. The inn is very popular and guests enjoy the mystical experience here.
While taking a hot spring bath, the guest wear a yuktan. This thin customary cotton gown helps in enjoying the hot spring bath in an amazing way. The guest soak themselves in 104 degree Fahrenheit steaming waters while melting away the stress. The ambiance of the hot spring scene is exotic and serene with misty view of the mountain. The guest can also enjoy massage, shiastu and reflelogy treatments.
Ark Hills Spa
Situated in Tokyo’s Ark Tower, the mission for this spa is to help the guest in attaining the right balance of health, mind and body to combat stress and other negative energy of the body. This is a perfect destination for weary and tired business travelers that offers fitness and health club in a luxurious and warm environment. Along with acupuncture, the spa offers different kinds of massage treatments like ayurvedic, deep tissue and shiastu. The Ocean facial mask is a great way to restoring the lost vitality of your body and face. Though, the spa is popular for providing quality ayurvedic treatments.
Roppongi Hills Spa
This spa is also located in Tokyo at the Roppongi Complex, this spa has more than 380 rooms and suites, where the guest can enjoy cinema multiplex, upscale shopping and restaurants, art center etc. This 1800 square meter spa offers some of the well known and sophisticating treatments right in the heart of buzzing Tokoyo city. The spa is divided into two areas “preparatory” and “restorative”. The “preparatory” side has showers, lockers and changing areas while the “restorative” area has plunge pools, whirlpool baths, treatment rooms and swimming pools. The spa offer are offered on the basis of member and daily guest along with its signature shisatu spa massage. The spa treatment can help in wiping out the tiredness of caused due to our busy and tight schedule.
Conrad Tokyo
The Mizuki Spa is an amalgam of modern Japanese designs and western methods of treatments. The east meets west at this spa. They perform aromatherapy while using the grape seed from Napa Valley in California. They also use natural bio-cosmetics and offers treatments for mental relaxation, physical soothing, revitalizing the skin and preserving your youth.
Mandarin Oriental Tokyo
The spa experience at the Mandarin Oriental is a supernal journey. Rather than taking a plunge rise your souls to enjoy the stress less life on the 36th floor of a sky scraper. The hushed corridors take you to the eternal experience of treatment rooms and private spa suites. You can soothe your eyes while ogling at the beautiful look outside the window. Both heat and water relaxes your mind and rejuvenates your body. It releases tension in your muscles. You can gain the state of mediation at the crystal steam rooms. To get the arctic refreshing feel check out the splash from the ice fountain. The experience is that of supreme luxury.
Tosen Goshobo
The Goshobo was founded about eight hundred years ago; the oldest inn o the Arima spa town. Gosho signifies an imperial palace, a descendant of the feudal era, a mark of nobility. The quality is still maintained along with the service of excellent Kobe beef.
Other Japan spas
- Seiryuso in Shimoda
- The Ritz-Carlton in Tokyo
- Hiiragiya in Kyoto
- Gora Kadan in Kanagawa
- Idumiso in Shizouka
- Park Hyatt Tokyo in Tokyo
- Hyatt Regency Kyoto in Kyoto
Japan Onsens
Noboribetsu Onsen in Hokkaido
The Noboribetsu onsen is reputed as one of the best hot springs paradises in Japan. This onsen has a reserve of eleven different kinds of fine water hot springs. One of the tour magazines have ranked this onsen as “the best hot spring spa in Japan”.
Kusatsu Onsen in Gunma prefecture
This is a very popular hot springs in Japan. They receive a footfall of above three million people each year. This is a proper, completely naturally cooled spring water. The water is pure and the Kusatsu is well-known for its pure water. This spa is the marriage of history and the beauty of a healthy mind.
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