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Steam under the wooden roof of a historic Beppu bathhouse

Beppu/Japan

Takegawara Onsen

Beppu's 1879 bathhouse, known for its hot sand baths.

Baignade
Intérieur

Takegawara is the emblem of Beppu: a wooden bathhouse from 1879, rebuilt in 1938, offering a plain hot bath and a room where attendants bury bathers in geothermally heated black sand.

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Pourquoi y aller

The sand bath is a genuinely local ritual, unchanged for over a century and still costing the price of a coffee.

Recommandations

Hotels nearby

Découvrez où dormir près de Takegawara Onsen.

L'eau

Eau thermale

Source
Takegawara spring
Minéralisation
Sodium chloride and hydrogen carbonate
Caractère
Hot, lightly saline water; the sand baths are heated by the same source.

Équipements

  • Thermal pools
  • Indoor pools

Histoire

Built in 1879 during the Meiji period, the bathhouse takes its name from its original bamboo-tiled roof.

Informations pratiques

Bring a small towel or rent one; the sand bath issues a yukata and often has a short queue.

Site officiel

Y aller

A ten-minute walk from Beppu Station through the old Nagarekawa quarter.

Situation

Beppu, Japan33.2790, 131.5060Voir sur la carte Balnevia

Lieux liés

Autres bains thermaux en Japan