prior period, we analyzed from the cultural and social levels.A Brief History and Etiquette of Mixed Bath for Men and Women in JapanIt is a start to the tour of mixed bath hot springs.
So, what are the mixed bath hot springs in Japan that are convenient for Chinese tourists to visit?
Today, we introduce a hot spring called "Japan’s National Maintenance Site No.1", located in Aomori Prefecture, Northeast China.Sukayu onsen(Takinoyu, すかゆ).
The hot spring lodge standing at the foot of Bajiatian Mountain is like a lonely place, which is where the hot spring lodge and sour soup hot spring have been for 300 years.
The houses are all built with cypress trees, and there is not a pillar in the spacious room of 300 square meters.
The quality of acidic sulfur spring is milky white at the temperature of 48-64 degrees, and it has the curative effects of treating neuralgia, rheumatism, dermatosis, gynecological diseases, stomach diseases and hemorrhoids.
History of Hot Springs: It has been a place to recuperate hot springs since ancient times.
It is said that soup was opened in 1684 on the eve of the Edo era. Although located in the deep mountains, the guests who come to the hot springs for recuperation have never stopped since ancient times.
In 1954 (the 29th year of Showa), it was designated as "No.1 National Spa" together with 40,000 Hot Springs and Nikko Tang Yuan Hot Springs.
Because it is a mixed bath for men and women, the acceptance of this custom by society has also experienced twists and turns. From this episode, we can know the acceptance of mixed bath in Japan.
Sour soup hot spring is also known as "a thousand people’s style", that is, a huge bath can accommodate thousands of tourists at a time. Everyone is crowded together, and it is inevitable that some "unscrupulous" people such as salty pig hands will be mixed in, which will bring about the collapse of hot spring etiquette and the opinions of female tourists will begin to increase. Therefore, in June 2004, the hot spring was equipped with a partition. Instead, more opinions were received, and the cultural intention of mixed bath hot springs was lost. The hot spring operators had to dismantle the partition again in October of the same year.
In order to keep the traditional mixed bath way and hot spring culture, in April 2005, some regulars spontaneously formed the organization of "Guarding the Mixed Bath Club", and the intention of keeping the traditional mixed bath culture is self-evident.
Sour Soup Hot Spring Hotel is located at an altitude of 925 meters, which is a hot spring hotel with no pretense and full of quaint nostalgia.
Since ancient times, as a spa, the "cypress with a thousand people’s winds" here has been favored by local people.
There are 160 "soup huts" as big as tatami, all made of cypress wood, without a pillar. Since ancient times, the rolling milky white color temperature spring water has witnessed the passage of time and has never stopped.
Mixed bathing between men and women is a common custom here. People of all ages, men and women enjoy the gift of God together in a spacious bathing place.
When it comes to sour soup hot springs, the first thing people think of is the bathroom with thousands of people, and the big bath with cypress wood results, "cypress with thousands of people". The momentum and scale will surprise those who come to experience it for the first time.
