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Speed / Internet connection speed in Spain (Seville)
To learn more about these surveys, click here. Date of measurement Type of connection Location Donwload speed Upload speed Ping speed 12/11/2017 Wifi Seville (Airbnb apartment) 31 31 17 14/11/2017 Wifi Seville (Airbnb apartment) 23 30 42 17/11/2017 Wifi Seville (Airbnb apartment) 36 31 17 21/11/2017 Wifi Seville (Airbnb apartment) 18 19 18
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Test & review of the Arima onsen Taiko-no-yu in Kobe (Japan)
To find out how a session in an Onsen takes place, it’s this way.This Onsen is located in a zone on the outskirts of Kobe, known to be close to a fault generating deep fissures in the rock. Ideal to recover deep hot springs.The Onsen Taiko-no-yu is inside the Arima View Hotel but you can go there without staying there.As usual the first step is to put our shoes in a locker (no need for a coin).We then exchange the key of the locker for an electronic bracelet that will allow us to buy food, drinks, massages, …The entrance is quite expensive: 2400 yen per person. At this price everything…
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Test and review of the Sento Shimizuyu in Osaka (Japan)
To find out how a session in an Onsen takes place, it’s this way.As usual, we take off our shoes at the entrance (no need for a locker room).No automatic machine for buying tickets, you ask directly to the lady at the reception desk.The reception is a little cold, at least that’s our perception.440 yen the entrance, 30 yen the soap, 20 yen the shampoo.The locker room is non-smoking, which isn’t often the case with the popular sentos, which is a good thing.Small curiosity, the baths are above the checkroom, so we take the elevator to get there.The sento Shimizuyu is a little bigger than the neighborhood sentos we have…
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Test and review of the Sento Akashi-yu in Osaka (Japan)
To find out how a session in an Onsen takes place, it’s this way.It is the nearest Sento that we are testing this time, it is 300 meters away. As usual we take off the shoes before entering (no need for a locker room).An automatic machine allows you to buy what you want. It is translated into English which greatly facilitates operations.The entrance fee is 440 yen. Small surprise, the sauna isn’t included in this price. So we decide to take the “kit” entrance + sauna + large towel at 640 yens.One enters and the manageress explains us as she can that the sauna is only 50°C, which isn’t much…
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Test & review of sento Suehiroyu in Osaka (Japan)
To find out how a session in an Onsen takes place, it’s this way.As our bathroom is tiny and the apartment quite cold, we make a habit of going every other day to wash ourselves in an onsen or sento.As long as we do, we test a new one each time.Today it is the turn of the sento Suehiroyu which is next door.As usual we take off the shoes and put them in a small locker (no room is needed for the locker).A machine is used to buy the tickets.Everything is in Japanese but we are starting to get used to it, you have two main rates : For 440…
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Test & review of the Onsen Tenzan-no-yu in Kyoto (Japan)
To find out how a session in an Onsen takes place, it’s this way.We went to Onsen Tenzan-no-yu as it is about 15 minutes by bus from the Kyoto bamboo forest. After walking a lot, what better way to relax than a visit to Onsen?As usual, shoes are removed before entering and stored in a locker (no room needed).We recover the key of the locker and we are going to exchange it at the reception for another bracelet which is going to allow us to open and close our locker in the checkroom. With this same bracelet, we can buy drinks, eat at the restaurant or ask for a massage.We’ll…
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Test and opinion of the Funaoka onsen in Kyoto (Japan)
If Google and TripAdvisor list it as an onsen, it is a sento (without thermal water).We arrived for the opening at 3pm. Waited for about twenty people with a small half of foreign tourists.It is so far the public bath that we have done in Japan with the most tourists. The fault lies with the Lonely Planet in which it is listed.As usual, we take off our shoes before entering, no need for locker parts.No automatic machine to buy the tickets, it is a friendly octogenarian who runs the store.Unbeatable rates: 430 yen the entrance.Soap and shampoo aren’t included, you can buy them for 40 and 30 yens respectively.Don’t forget…
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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…
