Mitamanoyu - We went to an onsen!

Today, we visited Mitamanoyu みたまの湯 for some observing. Mitamanoyu is one of the famous onsen (hot spring) in Yamanashi Prefecture. It's my first time to visit a real onsen, and it really became quite an interesting experience.

They got their own bus stop! How convenient!

Although we did not really dip into the bath, we actually entered the bath area to get the feeling of how onsen really is. Mitamanoyu not only have indoor baths (内風呂 uchiburo), but they also serve the open-air bath (露天風呂 rotenburo) style.

indoor - uchiburo

open-air - rotenburo

There are also a lot of lockers that you can use to put your belongings in the dressing room. They are \100 coin-lockers, so you have to make sure to have some \100 coins in your pocket or you cannot get the key out!
If I use the locker, then I have to spend \100? 
No!
Actually, the \100 is just like for some kind of insurance, so that one can not take the keys as they please. So don't worry, once you open your locker again, your \100 would roll out again!
As you can see in the right picture, there are some sinks and mirrors provided in the dressing room, and also hair dryers. I do not know if all onsen also provide them or not because it's my first time visiting one, but if all of them really do so... how thoughtful TT


Mitamanoyu also provides restaurant and resting room. So if you want to get some rest from the bath but are planning to go in again later, you can use these places to kill time. It's free to go in and out of the bath!

Resting room

You could also visit their website (JPN/EN) for more information!

Ocha