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Jungle/Okudōgo Onsen (ジャングル/奥道後 温泉), (Matsuyama)

Japan / Ehime / Matsuyama / Suemachi, 267
 spa resort, bathhouse, greenhouse, onsen

Getting there: bus 52 or 73 for Okudōgo and Yuyama New Town to Yu no Moto stop -
(the stop is next to the Dogo-Onsen tram stop); it takes about 20 minutes. Taxi is about 1,350 Yen.

Phone: 089-977-1111,
E-mail: info@okudogo.co.jp
Website: www.okudogo.co.jp/spa/index.html
Open: 05:30-24:00

The best kept secret when it comes to communal bathing in Matsuyama is the old timey resort Hotel Okudōgo's onsen saffari, and that's not surprising considering it's located ''beyond'' (奥's meaning in this context) Dōgo. There are 26 pools in all, half in Seseragi and the others in Kawasemi, and men and women's areas are switched almost everyday. It's called "Jungle Onsen" because of the choking amount of live flora and the steamy atmosphere. In each part, there is a fully indoor bath, a rotemburo with a very nice view on the river and the mountain, and a number of varied baths inside a big structure which looks like a big winter garden, with many palm-trees, cycas trees, and flowers, in pots and in flower-beds.
No two pools have the same concotion (sulfur, alkaline, etc.) or style which makes pool-hopping fun. There are waterfall massages, saunas, temperatures ranging from scalding to what feels like freezing, and of course rotemburo (outdoor pools, one in each section) overlooking the forests of the Okudogo Mountains and the Ishite River. Water is higher minralized then that of the Dogo Onsen (the water feels soapy and the floor is very slippery, due to the minerals in the water).

Admission cost: Adult: ¥550; Child: ¥250

The bath is connected to the Okudogo Hotel and is operated by it.

No food is available inside.

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Coordinates:   33°51'57"N   132°49'34"E
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