Cost:
Adult ¥1980, ¥1480 (evening)
Children ¥900
Directions:
From Yaesu station, walk through the Yaesu underground shopping street, keep left and look out for exit number 24 (but I'm not very sure about the exit number), once you climb up the stairs from the exit, there should be a bus stop right in front of you and there is a Macdonald's near the bus stop. You can take a direct shuttle bus to the onsen, but be sure to check the shuttle bus timetable as it is not very frequent.
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Don't get your hopes too high, it is not really a 'themepark' but still, a great visit. Once you step into the entrance, you are supposed to take off your shoes and put them into the lockers to the left. Then you can go to the counter to get a locker key for the locker you are assigned to, and a tag which will be used for payment. Before you go to your locker in the changing room and start stripping, you are able to choose a yukata which you will wear for the rest of the visit, there are quite a few designs to choose from.
So after choosing your yukata, you can change into it in the changing room, but remeber you are supposed to wear undergarments, there are instructions in the changing room teaching you how to wear a yukata properly.
Then you'll step into the common area where guys and girls will meet, and everyone will be wearing their yukata which is quite an interesting sight for tourists. :) The common area offers vending machines with free green tea, barley drink and water, there are many souvenir stores, food stalls and festival games' booths. The prices of the food sold were quite steep but you will definitely eat there because hunger usually strikes after onsen.
The entrance to the onsen area is at the common area. Once you are ready to get into onsen, go to the onsen changing room. The lady at the entrance's counter will pass you two towels, you can only bring the small towel into the onsen, if you try bringing in the big one, she'll stop you. After taking the towels from her, just go to the lockers and strip naked. Haha!
There are many hot baths available, and an open-air natural spring which I really liked! There are also saunas, cold baths and massage baths. It was a really great experience! I tried every bath. Oh, there is also a massage service but it is an additional cost.
I like the area where you blow-dry your hair as there are many products available for use! From foot cream to facial toner, to hair treatments. :)
After ossen you can once again explore the common area in your yukata. I tried the festival game which requires you to use a pair of chopsticks to pick up stones. Well I failed the game and got a consolation prize. :/
So after you're done, you can return the yukata in the changing room and settle your bill using the tag given. Oh yes, BEFORE you enter the onsen, it is good to first check the timings for the shuttle bus so that you could make use of the free service once again :)
P.S: the onsen is located at Odaiba where there are many other tourist attractions like the huge ferris wheel and marine museum. So it's good if you can spend the day there and go to the onsen in the evening.
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