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Hyotan Hot Spring

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Hello

I saw an older post that suggest this place and I have a few question as it will be my first time to an osen so its a new experience for us and if anyone can help us answer these questions; I am sorry in advance if my questions are silly. Thank you

1) Do we need to bring our own clothes to use in the osen?

2) Since my husband and myself with my mom will be at different part of the osen for the hot spring; will there by any clock or do we bring our own watch to keep time so that we can meet up again at a later time?

3) Would any staff speak english or would there by any english signs?

4) Anything we should be aware of going to this osen?

Thank you

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How can we reserve one of the family bath?

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http://www.hyotan-onsen.com/english/family.html

Have you searched this? Answer to your questions can be found there. I don't guarantee it, but tourist attractions in Beppu often employ APU international students beside regular staff speaking foreign languages.

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Thank you EFlyer for answering my last question. Can I ask you of my earlier questions? Thank you

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http://www.hyotan-onsen.com/english/manner.html

I'm not sure for what you mean by clothes in onsen. You'll dress off all the clothes you wear in the dressing room.

Like Hyotan onsen says in its web site, towels can be purchased there as other onsen does. Bringing your towels (regular towel and bath towel) with you saves some hundred yen.

When we use onsen seprately (like for male and female), we wear water resistance watch to meet at the entrance while we're warm.

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sorry for the confusion, I meant the robe and shoes to be used in the osen; would they loan it to us or do we need to bring our own

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Though I've not visited this public onsen in Beppu, I've visited Myoban and Kitahama in Beppu, and plenty of others elsewhere in Japan.

As part of the onsen etiquette, all visitors should bathe themselves thoroughly before enjoying onsen. From the moment you start bathing you should be naked until finishing your soak in onsen. No one wears anything -no shoe, no robe whatsover even when it snows outdoor in subzero temp.

As part of the local custom, one might bring a small tower when you go to the onsen area, though the towel should not be left soaking in the onsen.

Look up onsen etiquette online for more details.

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I'm also confused by your question. Are you trying regular onsen (hot water onsen) or sunayu onsen (hot sand bath)? Hyotan Onsen has both facility. In regular onsen, you don't wear anything, bringing a towel. In sand bath onsen, yukata wear can be rented.

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No shoes are to be worn in this (or any other) proper onsen. Take them off as soon as you enter the doors. Most places have a step up inside the entrance, a good indicator of where you need to take off your shoes.

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I have a related question. So I hope it is ok to ask here.

Are the 8 pools sharing the same changing room? Or do I soak in one pool, get up, dry, change back to clothes and then move to another pool, repeat the processs at each of the 8 pools which might take up a lot of time?

How much time should I set aside if I want to try all 8 pools here and also have steam cooked lunch here?

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I clicked the Japanese site and found a map.

http://www.hyotan-onsen.com/onsen/

Looks like just one changing room serving all 8 pools.

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