Ehime Matsuyama City
Savor Japan's oldest famed hot spring to the fullest at a modern, renowned ryokan designed by Kisho Kurokawa
A renowned ryokan where tradition and modernity coexist, designed by the master of contemporary architecture, Kisho Kurokawa, with the image of an Edo-period inn in mind. The large bath uses 100% water drawn from Dogo Onsen, Japan's oldest hot spring with a long history. The rustic bathhouse, accented with stone and wood, features a wide variety of tubs, including hot water, lukewarm water, a reclining bath, and a cascading waterfall bath in a free-flowing style. It also comes with a dry sauna and a cold plunge bath, allowing guests to fully savor this famous spring in a serene space reached through the atmospheric path of steam.
Uses 100% water drawn from Japan's oldest famous hot spring, Dogo Onsen. It is characterized by the smooth texture typical of an alkaline simple spring, gently enveloping the skin and warming you from the core. With a rich variety of baths such as hot water, lukewarm water, and a reclining bath, you can enjoy this fragrant famous spring to your heart's content. The waterfall bath is offered in a luxurious free-flowing style.
A dry sauna wrapped in the warmth of stone and wood. A convection-style stove gently fills the room with heat, allowing you to work up a comfortable sweat. In the calm lighting, you can spend a quiet moment away from the bustle of everyday life and turn inward. A cold plunge bath is located just near the sauna room, making smooth hot-and-cold contrast bathing possible.
A cold plunge bath with just the right level of coolness, ideal after the sauna. Gentle on the skin, it lets you feel the pleasant transition as your body gradually acclimates after the crisp chill. Compact yet deep, it is designed so you can immerse yourself up to your shoulders and cool down thoroughly.
[Day-use bathing] 14:00–22:00
Dogo Onsen
A luxurious soak in Dogo's famous hot spring and a self löyly sauna in an atmosphere steeped in British charm
Dogo Onsen
A blissful bathing experience with views of Matsuyama Castle from Dogo's first rooftop open-air bath
Dogo Onsen
With more than 390 years of history, this long-established inn beloved by Soseki and Shiki offers 100% source-water baths in the finest tradition of Dogo
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.
