Mie Matsusaka City
State of perfect relaxation with a natural beauty bath hot spring, a variety of saunas, and cold plunge baths
"Matsusaka Onsen GURUSPA" is a day-use spa resort in Matsusaka City, Mie Prefecture, themed around well-being. You can luxuriously enjoy its natural hot spring, known as a beauty bath drawn from deep underground, in open-air baths and indoor baths with a spacious, open feel. In addition to an authentic dry sauna and salt sauna, the paid ganbanyoku area also features an entertainment-style sauna with sound and light effects. After your sauna session, you can choose from a range of cooling options, including an invigorating cold plunge bath at an extremely low temperature and a standard cold water bath. After bathing, relax and indulge yourself to the fullest in the dining area serving ingredients from Mie Prefecture and in the relaxation space stocked with about 15,000 manga volumes.

You can luxuriously enjoy a simple hot spring drawn from deep underground in spacious open-air baths and large indoor baths with an open, airy feel. Rich in metasilicic acid, a moisturizing ingredient, the water is beloved as a beauty bath, is gentle on the skin, and leaves you feeling warm for a long time even after bathing. Enjoy a healing moment in harmony with nature while feeling the seasonal breeze.

A special bath that adds fine bubbles to a private pot bath for one person. As you sink into the tub, countless soft bubbles gently envelop your whole body, giving you a luxurious feeling as if you were receiving a beauty treatment. In a private space with no interruptions, you can enjoy a blissful moment of relaxation all to yourself while looking up at the sky.

A rare carbonated bath made by dissolving carbon dioxide into natural hot spring water. When you soak in the water, tiny bubbles cling to your whole body, creating a pleasant stimulation that feels like a natural massage and helps promote blood circulation. You can feel your body slowly warming all the way to the core as daily fatigue and swelling gradually melt away.

A genuine dry sauna recommended for those who want to work up a good sweat. Automatic löyly performed at regular intervals fills the sauna room with a pleasant wave of steam, and together with the far-infrared effect of the sauna stones, gently warms you from the core of your body. aufguss events by a sauna master are also held regularly, letting you enjoy a refreshing sweating experience as powerful hot air washes over your whole body.

A salt sauna that lets you warm up slowly and is great for beauty and skin care. By placing salt on your body and gently massaging it in, sweating helps remove old dead skin cells, leaving your skin amazingly smooth after rinsing off. With a comfortable, moderate temperature, you can spend a calm, relaxing time caring for yourself.

An intensely cold cold plunge bath with a striking chill that quickly cools down the heat built up to the limit in the sauna. The moment you step in, your sympathetic nervous system is activated and your whole body tightens up, delivering an overwhelming sense of refreshment. The ideal cold bath for experienced sauna-goers and for anyone who wants to cool down all at once in a short time, leading you to the ultimate state of totonou.

A standard cold water bath set at a comfortably cool temperature that anyone can step into easily. It gently envelops your body after the sauna, allowing you to cool down slowly and without strain. Even if you are not a fan of very cold baths, you can enter with confidence, and it also leads smoothly into a deep state of relaxation during your later outdoor air bath.
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Most of what we surveyed never even made it onto this site. This book is a further cut from what did. Our editor bathed in every onsen and sauna in it, and wrote only what they confirmed on the ground.