Journeys to unknown destination in Japan

Hanamaki City, Iwate Prefecture.

Here is a hot spring inn with a spectacular open-air bath that Kenji Miyazawa often visited.
The name of the inn is "Osawa Onsen".
It is a well-known inn for people who like hot springs.

This inn has three buildings built on a large site.

One is "Hot spring cure inn". As the name suggests, it is an inn where hot spring guests can stay cheaply for a long time, and there is a large kitchen for self-catering, but there is also a dining room that can be used for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, and you can enjoy various menus at a low price. The building was built 200 years ago! It is a wooden building.
Inside this "Hot spring cure inn", there is a mixed bathing open-air bath called "Osawa no Yu", which is very famous.

(From the official website of Osawa Onsen)


The other is Kikusuikan. This is a wooden building with a thatched roof of the Nanbu Clan. It is not possible to stay at this time, but it seems that the building was used by the Nanbu feudal lord during the Edo period.

The last is Sansuikaku （"Sansui" means Water from mountains,"kaku" means hotel）, a pure Japanese-style inn with sophisticated modern architecture. Although it is connected to the "Hot spring cure inn" by a corridor, it is a fairly high-class hotel with a completely different atmosphere.

This time, I stayed at "Hot spring cure inn" for two nights during the autumn leaves season and was able to enjoy the wonderful autumn leaves in the mountains and the spectacular open-air bath.
By all means, I would like everyone to watch this inn by the video below.


・Dwelling place
　181 Yuguchi Osawa, Hanamaki City, Iwate Prefecture

・Telephone
　＋81 - 198 - 25 - 2021

・by Train / Bus
　Tokyo Station (Tohoku Shinkansen) ⇒ Morioka Station (Tohoku Main Line) ⇒ Hanamaki Station (bus) ⇒ 　
　Osawa Onsen

・by Car
　15 minutes from "Hanamaki Minami IC" on the Tohoku Expressway (free parking)

・Highlights in the neighborhood・
　Chusonji - Temple（YouTube）

・Video



☆ Notice
From my own experience, I believe it is very important for people to interact with each other at the individual level as a basis for international mutual understanding. Currently, international traffic of people has ceased due to the influence of COVID19, but after overcoming COVID19, I would like the people from foreign countries to come back to Japan and resume interacting with Japanese people.
With that wish in mind, I have created videos of unknown but very attractive destinations in Japan and posted them on YouTube.
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