Wednesday, June 27, 2007

The Betsukai hot spring



The hot spring is only a short car ride away from center of Betsukai. It is in the countryside and tree is only forest, but the hot spring has a high popularity among tourist, who like to take a bath there. The hot spring helps heal various pains, including, stiff neck, joint pain, muscular pain, backache so the hot spring is popular among not only tourist also the local like the hot spring. The hot spring is open from 10 to 9p.m. The view from a open-air bath of the hot spring is very beautiful and we can see many animals from the bath.


There is a restaurant, a Japanese-style hotel, and a municipal park near the hot spring. Almost of the tourists stay at the hotel and eat a meal in the restaurant. The hotel is very old and quaint village atmosphere. The view from open-air bath of the hot spring is very beautiful we can see many trees. In fall the trees turn colors.

The municipal park has a river in center of the park. The tourists go for a walk in the park.

When to go: The hot spring is open 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. The best time to go is winter.

How to go: to get to Betsukai, take a JR to Kushiro from Sapporo. Next take a bus to Betsukai from Kushiro. Also you can go to Betsukai from Sapporo by car. If you use freeway, it take 7 hours.

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