Nagano Iizuna Town
A two-step bathing experience with an ultra-cold drinkable water bath and a gentle cold mineral spring bath, overlooking the panoramic scenery of Lake Reisenji and the Northern Shinshu Five Mountains
"Mure Onsen Tengu no Yakata" is a popular day-use hot spring facility where you can fully enjoy nature, nestled on the shores of Lake Reisenji in Iizuna Town, Kamiminochi District, Nagano Prefecture. From the large windows of the open-air bath and spacious public bath, you can take in the sweeping panorama of Lake Reisenji’s calm surface and the majestic peaks of the Northern Shinshu Five Mountains, including Mount Iizuna. The hot spring is a sodium-calcium chloride bicarbonate cold mineral spring. In addition to heated baths, the facility also offers a popular source spring cold mineral bath kept at a gentle temperature straight from the source. From the TV-equipped dry sauna, to the single-person tub-style ultra-cold water bath generously supplied with famous mountain water, and then to the cold mineral spring bath, the alternating hot-and-cold bathing experience is a blissful refreshment ritual beloved by many enthusiasts.
A sodium-calcium chloride bicarbonate cold mineral spring enjoyed in the large indoor bath and the open-air bath overlooking Lake Reisenji. It is exceptionally smooth on the skin, gently warms you from the core, and after bathing, its excellent moisturizing effect leaves you with a pleasant, lingering warmth.
A comfortable, authentic dry sauna with TV, installed inside a bath area where you can feel the great outdoors. The temperature is kept pleasantly high, and with a personal sauna mat of the board-style type laid out, you can relax while casually watching TV and working up a pleasant sweat in a classic setup.
A highly unique cold bath lined with bathtub-style individual tubs for one person, located right next to the sauna room. The water flowing from the tap is so fresh that it can be enjoyed as drinking water. The icy, intensely cold water unique to the mountainous area of northern Shinshu envelops the body at once, delivering an overwhelming sense of refreshment.
A natural cold mineral spring bath filled in its pristine state straight from the source, with absolutely no heating. The water temperature is very mild and not too cold, so even those who dislike cold water can soak with confidence and at leisure. It is also ideal for cooling down the body with a long, relaxing soak between alternating hot-and-cold bathing sessions.
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JAPAN'S FINEST ONSEN & SAUNA
The Finest Onsen & Sauna in Japan
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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.
