らんぷの湯花園 (Ranpu no Yu Hanazono)
| Address: | 大分市花園12組 |
| Open: | Closed from 9:00 till noon; weekend and holidays: open 24 hours |
| Price: | Adults: 380 yen; high school students: 300 yen; children: 150 yen |
| Website: | http://www.pokapoka-onsen.com/ranpu-hana.html |
We have been going to onsen nine days straight. Yesterday we visited Ranpu no Yu. It's special because everything is in showa retro style. Besides the onsen, there is a fried chicken take-out shop, a karaoke place and a launderette.
Facade of Ranpu no Yu.
Next door you can buy fried chicken.
Lockers for storing your shoes.
Just like Asahi Onsen and SamaSama, Ranpu no Yu is a big, busy onsen. There are too many naked people walking around to take pictures in the bathing area. So, let me try to describe it. The retro design gives the place a nice atmosphere. I enjoyed bathing here. Besides about eight kinds of baths, there are four kinds of sauna. First I tried the normal sauna, after which I planned to cool my body in the cold air sauna. The cold sauna, however, wasn't so cold and it had a strange smell. I didn't stay in very long. There is also a so-called hakomushifuro. Hakomushi is Japanese for "steam box" and this is exactly what it is: a big wooden box in which your body is steamed. Only your head sticks out of the box. If you are wondering what it looks like, this page has a few pictures.
This is where you order food and drinks.
We tried the home-made pudding.
It tasted very good!
You can try aroma therapy at Ranpu no Yu.
Categories:
Rotenburo
Kazoku buro
Outside Beppu
Average price
Sauna
Amenities
Oita-ken
