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eunjeong
Joined: 27 Jan 2009
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 Posted: Sat Aug 08, 2009 7:05 pm Post subject: Japanese Hot Spring in Fukuoka |
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| Is it possible to wear bathing suits or must you be naked when entering the onsen/hot spring? =_= |
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matthews_world
Joined: 15 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 6:30 pm Post subject: |
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Did you find a natural hot spring in Fukuoka?
Please tell the location details.
I suppose just bring a swimsuit just in case. |
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innominat
Joined: 30 Jun 2009
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| Posted: Sat Aug 15, 2009 4:11 pm Post subject: |
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| Beppu is filled with onsen its somewhere I will have to visit in coming years. |
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cangel
Joined: 19 Jun 2003
Location: Jeonju, S. Korea
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| Posted: Fri Aug 21, 2009 11:10 pm Post subject: |
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| There are a couple of natural sento (public bath houses) in Fukuoka and they require the full monty. There is one located at Hawks Town that uses natural hot water (they accidentally discovered while drilling) and suits are ok - at least 3 years ago they were. Onsen, like aprevious poster replied, are found in Beppu, a short trip from Fukuoka. |
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matthews_world
Joined: 15 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2009 4:39 pm Post subject: |
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You mean inside the mall across from the Korean consulate or near it?
I'll have to check it out. |
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cangel
Joined: 19 Jun 2003
Location: Jeonju, S. Korea
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| Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2009 11:29 pm Post subject: |
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| Yes, it located at Hawks Town, that shopping mall directly in front of the stadium and next to the Korean consulate. The name of the place is Taka Noyu (sp). The entrance fee is Y1200 for full access. They have 7 different onsens under 1 roof. Unfortunately, and I do apologize, the onsens are au naturel... |
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saw6436
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Daejeon, ROK
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| Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2009 8:49 am Post subject: |
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| Can my wife and I go together or are the sex segregated like Korea? |
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hugekebab
Joined: 05 Jan 2008
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| Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2009 7:29 pm Post subject: Re: Japanese Hot Spring in Fukuoka |
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| eunjeong wrote: |
| Is it possible to wear bathing suits or must you be naked when entering the onsen/hot spring? =_= |
Naked, they don't like you wearing clothes in onsen. Try going in the buff, it'sd a thrill.
Fukuoka isn't great for them, go to beppu on the bus from there, there is a great hostel called beppu khaosan and it has an onsen inside that's usually empty. The best onsen are the outdoor ones up in the mountains, but even in those it is taboo to wear rags. |
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b-class rambler
Joined: 25 Mar 2009
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| Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2009 8:16 pm Post subject: |
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| saw6436 wrote: |
| Can my wife and I go together or are the sex segregated like Korea? |
Usually segregated, as in Korea. However, some places also have individual family onsens, which of course you and your wife could use together. My wife and I did this often when we lived in Japan. In Japanese these are known as kashikiri-buro. 貸切風呂 is the kanji for it, on the off chance that you can read it on this board.
Usually, they're more expensive than the regular onsen for males and females separately and, especially on weekends, they may be reservation only.
And BTW, if you go over to Kyushu from Korea, bear in mind that you don't HAVE TO go to Beppu for onsens. Beppu is certainly good for them and is also likely to have onsens that are less wary of dealing with foreigners. But onsens are absolutely all over the place in Kyushu.
I used to use this site to search for them when I lived in Japan. (All in Japanese, I'm afraid.) But it came up with 106 for Fukuoka prefecture, and 16 within Fukuoka City.
http://onsen.nifty.com/cs/catalog/onsen_255/lst/srt_n1/1.htm?oarea=4001
Oh yeah, the outside onsens (generally, but not only, up in the mountains) are known as rotem-buro 露天風呂. |
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matthews_world
Joined: 15 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2009 10:54 pm Post subject: |
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Is it typical to find spring-fed onsens in the city or are they just like the Korean segregated saunas with boilers?
I'm assuming many of the mountain ones are naturally spring-fed. Those are the ones I'd like to try.
On another note, don't forget that you can get the fish foot-cleaning in Busan. There's another thread on here about it. |
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