Cascading Waterfall Shower (打たせ湯): A Beatific Hot Spring Experience

Visualize the strong fingers of a skillful masseuse expertly massaging your shoulders. Now, imagine that those fingers are pleasantly hot, and any tight or sore muscles will start to feel better without even being in a hot spring. If you could add a hot spring to the experience, that moment would be pure bliss. Hot spring water cascading onto your skin is the healing experience of utaseyu, 打たせ湯.

Try it! You'll probably become addicted.

Cascading Waterfall Massage at Hot Spring on Sakurajima, Kagoshima, Japan

The picture above was taken at the Furusato Kanko Hotel. To see another view of the spring and to learn more, click here. Update: The hotel went bankrupt, so we can no longer enjoy this onsen. However, many other hot springs with utaseyu wait for your visit. I recommend the Meitetsu Inuyama Hotel Onsen, and Sainokawara Onsen.