Ibaraki Hitachi City
An open-air bath that merges with the Pacific, and a panoramic sauna overlooking the sea
Yura no Sato Hitachi is a day-use bathhouse in Hitachi, Ibaraki Prefecture. Baths line the open-air area on high ground, and when you soak with your eyes low to the water, the water’s surface and the Pacific Ocean appear as one, your view running all the way to the horizon. Bathing to the sound of the waves is time you can only have here. There is also a panoramic ceramic urn bath you can have all to yourself and a reclining bath where you lie on a floor with a thin layer of flowing water, so you can keep gazing at the sea as you change position. The sauna bears the word “panoramic” in its name, and at set times aromatic steam fills the room. The indoor baths include a strongly carbonated bath whose bubbles cling to the skin and a milky-white silk bath, and the building also has a warm-stone room laid with germanium ore. From April to October, a free footbath opens in front of the entrance, quietly welcoming visitors.

A panoramic open-air bath that opens toward the Pacific. Sink to your shoulders with your eyes low to the water, and the water’s surface and the sea become one, your view running straight to the horizon. Only the sound of the waves rolling in and out echoes, and your sense of time slowly fades. There is also a ceramic urn bath you can have to yourself and a reclining bath where you lie on a floor with a thin layer of flowing water, so you can gaze at the sea for as long as you like, changing position as you go.

A strongly carbonated bath in the indoor area. As you sit still in the lukewarm water, fine bubbles cling to your skin one after another until your whole body takes on a faint flush. You feel no heat, yet warmth rises from within, and you can feel blood circulating all the way to your fingertips. Because it warms you without straining the body, it is also a pleasant place to catch your breath between the sauna and the baths.

A löyly sauna that bears the word “panoramic” in its name, with a view running from the room out to the sea. When aroma water is poured over the hot sauna stones, fragrant steam rises with a hiss, and the heat, grown dense, crawls over your skin. After sweating while gazing at the horizon, head to the cold plunge. The built-up heat recedes like the ebbing tide, leaving only a crisp, clear sensation on your skin. Once your breathing has settled, step outside, where the sea breeze strokes your wet skin and, with the sound of the waves, leads you into a quiet afterglow.

A warm-stone room filled with gentle heat, laid with ore containing rare germanium. Men and women can spend time here together in the dedicated wear, and simply lying down lets the heat slowly reach your core as sweat seeps out without a sound. Because it never feels stifling, your stiffness melts away as you doze. Without worrying about the time, you can repeat the cycle of warming up and resting.
Open Year-Round
Guests with tattoos, including tattoo stickers, are strictly not admitted.
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