outdoor hot water baths after sand bathing Sand baths, a typical Japanese style sauna, utilizes hot springs right by the ocean. Here you can embrace natural steaming sand in a peaceful and idyllic setting. For our guests' to experience the ultimate in luxury and comfort, outdoor hot water baths are used after sand bathing to cleanse and revitalize. Guests can choose bathing locations in front of the hotel, as well as a rooftop hot water bath which has magnificent views. Enjoy the unforgettable sand baths at our hotel and emerge in a healthy glow. •  Fee : 1,050 yen(consumption tax incl.) •  Open : from 5:30 to 23:00(enter by 22:30) •  Effects : Stiff neck (shoulders), Neuralgia, arthritis, rheumatism, asthma, whole body aesthetic treatment, etc. •  Features : • Lying on your back helps blood circulate smoothly. • Comfortable pressure of sand helps blood circulate all the way to capillaries • The temperature of 50 degrees increases cardiovascular system and helps blood circulate all over the body. • Cardiac output (blood quantity from the heart to the body) increases, which helps remove waste substances or pain producing substances, and which helps supply enough oxygen and nutrition. • It is said that sand bathing is three or four times as effective as hot springs. • How to sand-bath : 1, Put on a Japanese style Yukata bathrobe for sand-bathing. 2, Our staff welcome and will assist you at the sand-bathing location. Lie for 10 or 15 minutes as you relax in the sand warmed by natural hot springs. As you listen to the sound of waves, you slowly perspire and feel as though all the impurities are cleansed out of your skin and body. 3, Step out of the sand bath and wash excess sand off your body. Go to the outdoor hot water bath and soak with your Yukata bathrobe. 4, Put on a clean Yukata bathrobe in the shower room, and move up to the rooftop hot water bath which has a splendid view through the glass windows. There is no better way to harmonize and balance your body.