Okayama Kurashiki City
Relax with a sweeping blue panorama of the Seto Inland Sea and an exceptional honey onsen supervised by Yamada Bee Farm
"WASHU BLUE RESORT Kazaguruma" is an all-inclusive resort hotel in Shimotsui, Kurashiki City, Okayama Prefecture. It features Washuzan Fukiage Onsen, the only natural hot spring in the Washuzan area, and from the sky-open-air bath on the annex rooftop at an elevation of 110 m, guests can enjoy a magnificent panoramic view of the Seto Inland Sea and the Great Seto Bridge. In the main building’s large bath, guests can enjoy the Honey Pearl Bath, a special bath supervised and specially developed by the long-established Okayama company Yamada Bee Farm, featuring pearl extract and fully ripened honey, said to be loved by Yang Guifei, offering exceptional moisture and relaxation.
Sky-open-air baths, Urashima no Yu and Tennyo no Yu, floating on the top floor of the annex at an elevation of 110 m above sea level. Enjoy the only natural hot spring in the Washuzan area, Washuzan Fukiage Onsen, along with a sweeping panoramic view of the Great Seto Bridge and the calm islands of the Bisan Seto. Its gentle simple weak radioactive spring quality is effective for neuralgia, recovery from fatigue, and easing sensitivity to cold.
An exceptional functional bath specially developed for this hotel by Yamada Bee Farm, a long-established Okayama company with more than 65 years of history. It is generously blended with fully ripened honey, which contains more than 180 kinds of nutrients, and gives the skin deep moisture and supple firmness. It also contains pearl extract, said to have been favored by Yang Guifei and Cleopatra, making this a special bath available only here and ideal for beautiful skin.
[Day-use bathing] 11:00-14:30, 18:00-22:00 (irregular holidays. Adults 1,500 yen / Children 1,000 yen. Sky-open-air bath only available)
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.
