A day trip to an onsen is very popular in Japan

Japanese travellers love to go on a day trip to an onsen. Spend the day with your friends, try some local foods, and relax in the bath. Higaeri onsen 日帰り温泉 is the Japanese word for a one day trip Japanese hot spring.

The Japanese TripAdvisor site released its new ranking of Day Spas and Onsen for 2015 (日帰り温泉&スパ 2015). The ranking is based on the reviews of visitors for onsen all over Japan and includes some hot springs that are not listed in regular guidebooks. Here is the translated list for you.

1. Healthy Land Tamatebako Onsen in Kagoshima Prefecture, Kyushu (ヘルシーランド たまて箱温泉)
2. Lamune Onsen in Oita Prefecture, Kyushu (ラムネ温泉館 )
3. Yawaraginosato Hoheikyo Onsen in Hokkaido (やわらぎの里 豊平峡温泉)
4. Kusatsu Onsen Otakinoyu in Gunma Prefecture (草津温泉 大滝乃湯)
5. Miharashi no Yu in Tokyo Hachijo-machi （みはらしの湯）
6. Mitamanoyu in Yamanashi Prefecture (みはらしの丘 みたまの湯)
7. Oedo-Onsen-Monogatari in Tokyo Odaiba （大江戸温泉物語）
8. Shikanoyu in Tochigi Prefecture （鹿の湯）
9. Shintoronoyu in Miyagi Prefecture (中山平温泉 しんとろの湯)
10. Enoshima Island Spa in Kanagawa Prefecture (江の島アイランドスパ えのすぱ)
11. Yudomari Onsen in Kagoshima Prefecture, Kyushu （湯泊温泉）
12. Takinoyu in Miyagi Prefecture （滝の湯）
13. Sainogawara Rotenburo in Gunma Prefecture （西の河原露天風呂）
14. Yamagawa Sunamushi Onsen in Kagoshima Prefecture, Kyushu （山川砂むし温泉）
15. Yunomine Onsen in Wakayama Prefecture （湯の峰温泉）
16. Takegawara Spa in Oita Prefecture （竹瓦温泉）
17. Sukayu Onsen in Aomori Prefecture （酸ヶ湯温泉）
18. Kuma-no-yu in Hokkaido （熊の湯）
19. Dogo Onsen Main Hall in Ehime Prefecture, Shikoku （道後温泉本館）
20. Saraku in Kagoshima Prefecture, Kyushu （砂楽）

Please enjoy some of the baths that are popular with the locals. There is a lot of information about onsen available in Japanes. Unfortunately, there is still a lot less information available in English and other languages.

The TripAdvisor ranking page in Japanese http://www.tripadvisor.jp/pages/Publicbath_2015.html 

Higaeri onsen day trip from Tokyo

With the fast and reliable Japanese trains, you can reach several of these onsen from Tokyo for a day trip. Staying in Tokyo, I have been to #7 Oedo-Onsen-Monogatari in Odaiba and #10 Enoshima Island Spa near Kamakura.

Oedo-Onsen-Monogatari

Visit Oedo-Onsen-Monogatari on Odaiba in Tokyo Bay if you want to go with friends. It has a fun atmosphere and everybody can meet for drinks, snacks, and games between baths wearing a Japanese yukata, a light robe cut like a kimono. There is also a special ashiyu foot bath area outside that you can all try together. Inside the onsen baths are separated for men and women. There are baths inside and outside with different water temperatures as well as a sauna. If you stay in Tokyo, you can spend an afternoon or evening here after sightseeing in the city.

Enoshima Island Spa
(http://enoshimaislandspa.com/)

For a visit to Enoshima Island Spa I recommend making it a full day trip from Tokyo. The Spa is located on the small Enoshima Island. It is a very nice place to go for a walk, visit the local shrine, and have some seafood dishes. From this island you can see Mount Fuji. There is a Japanese style onsen area with sauna and a pool area here (bring a swimsuit for this). Enoshima is very close to Kamakura and you can come to this onsen also after visiting the famous Big Buddha, taking a walk on Kamakura beach, or visiting some of the many temples. It is about an hour by train from Tokyo to Enoshima and about 15 minutes from Kamakura.

I hope to visit a few more onsen from the list soon. Please try relaxing in a Japanese bath. There are good onsen all over Japan!

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*Please note Enospa entrance fee (Full Day Use ¥2,742  |  Night Spa Entrance ¥1,705) will be required separately.

Holistic Beauty Plan, 110 minutes

The Special ¥19,440 per person plan includes:

This is the spring version special massage plan using 10 kinds of herbs. The bloom of health makes you a real beauty!

• Flower bath to warm up your body, using herbal bath oils
• Careful Aromatherapy light lavendor oil body massage from back through back legs in order to promote the flows of blood and lymph.
• Foot massage with foot cream, from the bottoms of your feet and up to the calves.
• This unique treatment with herbal oils can treat hormone balancing and stress management and also improve circulation of the blood to relieve coldness.
• Beng Teng Spa membership fee (¥1,080) will be waived.

Premium Plan, 110 minutes

The Special ¥19,440 per person plan includes:

This is the very special package for entire body to offer a series of our most popular massage menus; body, facial, scalp and hot stone therapy.

• Careful Aromatherapy light oil body massage from back through back legs in order to promote the flows of blood and lymph.
• Facial treatment: moisturizing care, gentle oil lymphatic massage for décolleté and face,  moisture retaining mask based on your skin type
• Scalp massage with hot Ayurvedic oil treatment, designed to relax, promote clarity and ease mental fatigue
• Delicate hot stone relaxation therapy with 10 stones
• Beng Teng Spa membership fee (¥1,080) will be waived.

Crystal Plan, 80 minutes

The Special ¥14,900 per person plan includes:

10 Hot Stone therapy course entices you to transcend the everyday world and indulge in premium spa treatments.

• Careful Aromatherapy oil massage for entire body with a focus on back and shoulders
• Delicate 10 hot stone relaxation therapy on back and backlegs. Hot stones soothe and de-stress muscles to encourage deep relaxation.
  *At the Beng Teng Spa, you can try a hot stone massage with stones that have been blessed at the local hilltop Enoshima Shrine. The highest quality of basalt stones, originating from the volcanic eruptions of Mt Fuji, have been cured and hand-polished for hot stone massage at the Beng Teng Spa. The purified stones (fuku-ishi) retain heat for up to 45 minutes and when taken to the shrine, a prayer was carried out to ask for better fortune, health and beauty for those who receive a hot stone massage using these stones. Each month the stones are placed in the light of the full moon in order to purify and recharge their power!
• Beng Teng Spa membership fee (¥1,080) will be waived.

You can call directly to 0466-29-0690 or email jarmaninternational@gmail.com to make a reservation at BengTeng Spa. Looking forward to serving you!

*Please Note: children over six are welcome every day except Sunday and there is a strict no tattoo policy enforced at the spa. Also, Enoshima Island Spa offers a device free experience, so please leave all cameras, phones and electric devices in your changing area locker.

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“Couples massage” is one of the most popular services at the spa right now. Two people are massaged in the same room, at the same time, by two different therapists. It can be a husband and wife, girlfriend and boyfriend, or even moms and daughters sometimes or best friends. It would be a lovely way to relax and enjoy your time together.

Enoshima Island Spa has special treatment rooms big enough for two people to get a massage at the same time. There are 8 treatment rooms which have all different designs and atmosphere and two of them are couples suites to accommodate the demand.

As for couples massage etiquette, it’s fine to talk to each other through the massage if you want, or be quiet the whole time. It’s really up to you. It can also be a good choice if you’re traveling with someone you don’t get to see often enough— a sister, girlfriend, mom or best friends — and you want to spend as much time together as possible.

After your treatments, you can relax at Beng Teng Spa’s Members’Exclusive Lounge with a cup of herb tea. It would be also a pampering experience to enjoy a nice lunch or dinner at the Island Grill after the massage or treatments.

The Enoshima Island Spa Presents its JI Plan for International Guests:
The Special 18,510 yen/person plan includes
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– Overall entrance for full day use of the facility
– Use of the hot spring bath (untouched natural hot spring water from 1500 meters below the island), outside heated pools/exercise pools and pool cave/waterfall area for beautiful and secluded views of the Shonan shore and Mt. Fuji.
– Full course lunch set using locally sourced produce and organic ingredients.
(3 options : Pasta, Curry or Pizza lunch set)
– 80-minute Aromatherapy light oil massage treatment at the Bengteng Spa
(Option1 : Body Treatment & Reflexology, Option2 : Body Treatment & Facial Treatment)
– BengTeng Spa Membership included in plan
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You can call directly to 0466-29-0690 to make a reservation at BengTeng and ask for couple massage arrangement or please feel free to email jarmaninternational@gmail.com.

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