Soaking in hot spring is an activity that can freshen body. The benefits that can be obtained when soaking into hot spring are to lower blood sugar levels, relieve sore muscles, and helps remove toxins in the body because the skin pores will be open when soaking into hot springs. Natural hot springs comes from ground water that comes out of the earth's crust after heated by geothermal. Hot water can dilute mineral solids so that hot springs has more minerals such as calcium, radium, and lithium. The area around the volcano allows for there are many natural hot springs because the ground water is heated by magma. Japan is one country that has many active volcanic so there are many natural hot springs. Shiretoko National Park in Hokkaido has a waterfall Kamuiwakka which has hot spring.
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Onsen in Nachikatsuura
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The number of many hot water sources in Japan became one of the tourist magnets. Provide facilities for soaking in the hot springs become one of the businesses that can be run in Japan. Onsen is a term used by the Japanese society to regional of hot springs tourism. There are about 2,850 Onsens in Beppu, Japan. The others Onsen is residing in Japan are Kokonoe, Prefecture Oita, Prefecture Akita, etc. Onsen area has two types ie indoor and outdoor. Mostly Onsen is located in a rural area and close to the mountains and hills. Some hotels in Japan also has Onsen facilities for guests staying. Recommendations for the best three of Onsen are Sawada-Koen Rotenburo Onsen,Takaragawa Osenkaku Onsen, and Kinosaki Onsen.
- Sawada-Koen Rotenburo Onsen is an onsen which has a very beautiful scenery, it is situated on the seafront. Location Sawada-kone is located in Prefecture Shizuoka. Sawada-koen has two pools, one for women and another for men. Each pool of onsen in Sawada-koen can be used by 6 people.
- Location of Takaragawa Onsen Osenkaku is located in Prefecture Gunma, Minakami-machi. This location is designed using old pine and native Japanese trinkets. The facilities are four outdoor onsens for unisex, a outdoor onsen for women, and a big size onsen which have separate rooms for men and women.
- Kinosaki become a tourist attraction ultimate onsen in Kansai, it is located in the northern of Prefecture Hyogo. Kinosaki area has many onsen onsen that can be visited by tourists. Tourists who want to visit Kinosaki Onsen area can go through 357-1 Kinosaki Cho, Yushima, 669-6101 Toyooka, Hyogo Prefecture.
Things that must be considered before entering into an Onsen is a body must be clean. Onsen providers usually have bathing facilities for tourist. The cost is required to enjoy the onsen is quite diverse ranging from JPY 2000 to JPY 7000. Varied price is certainly influenced by owned facilities. Better facilities that will be obtained, the costs to be incurred would be more expensive.
