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Test & review of the Spa World Onsen in Osaka (Japan)
To find out how a session in an Onsen takes place, it’s this way. Spa World is the Disney Land of Onsen, it is unbelievable! Imagine an 8-story building dedicated to wellness On the 1st floor you have the reception. On the 3rd floor you can eat and drink. On the 4th floor you have spas with a European atmosphere (Rome, Greece, Atlantis, Capri, Spain, Mediterranean Sea and Finland) On the 6th floor a gym and spas with an Asian atmosphere (Japanese, “Islam”, Persian, Bali) On the 8th floor you have a swimming pool. Massage rooms, solariums, rest areas, … everywhere Difficult to make an inventory of all the services…
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Test & review of Irifune Onsen in Osaka (Japan)
To find out how a session in an Onsen takes place, it’s this way.Very little touristic, it is a very popular experience that you will live at the Irifune Onsen (in my opinion rather Sento (popular bath) in spite of its name).This Onsen isn’t listed on Google Map, so here is a link to locate it precisely.Even before entering the Onsen, you must take off your shoes and put them in a locker (no room needed).An automatic machine is available to buy your ticket but also to rent a towel, buy soap, shampoo, … (which aren’t provided).The exercise isn’t easy because everything is in Japanese. It took us a good…
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Test & review of the Tennen Onsen Naniwa Hot Spring in Osaka (Japan)
To find out how a session in an Onsen takes place, it’s this way.Located north of Osaka, on the 8th floor of a commercial building.You have to take off your shoes before entering (so plan 2 pieces of 100 yens for two lockers: one for shoes at the entrance and one for your clothes afterwards).You can buy your tickets through the ticket machine (800 yen for the entrance, 150 yen for the small towel). The directions are in English.The first time we hadn’t seen the machine, it is quite possible to buy the tickets directly at the counter.It is also possible to buy all the necessary hygiene items.The Tennen Onsen…
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Onsen and Sentō: the guide to public baths in Japan
Having loved the experience of thermal baths in Budapest, I was eager to discover the Onsen in Japan I had the opportunity to get a taste of it by testing an Onsen in Hanoi, Vietnam, but the day after our arrival in Osaka, we went to a first real Japanese Onsen The experience is great and we will surely test several of them during our stay 🙂 In the first part of this article we will describe how a session in an Onsen takes place. In the second part, we will talk more specifically about those we have tested Obviously you won’t find many pictures in this article, this will…
