Kinugawa & Kawaji Onsen Yuzu Bath - Scent of Yuzu

About this event

December is the busy year-end season, but it is also the time of the "winter solstice." In Japan, there is an ancient custom that soaking in a bath infused with yuzu citrus on the winter solstice prevents you from catching a cold. In line with this custom, you can enjoy "Yuzu Baths" at lodging and day-use bathing facilities in Kinugawa and Kawaji Onsen. Warm your body to the core while enveloped in the fragrant citrus aroma of yuzu. Please relax and savor these limited-time baths. This program is not available at all facilities; some facilities restrict access to overnight guests only. According to long-standing Japanese tradition, taking a yuzu bath on the winter solstice is said to ward off colds for a year, with wordplay linking "toji" (winter solstice) with "toji" (hot spring cure) and "yuzu" with "yuzu" (smooth flexibility / wishing things go smoothly). All yuzu used are produced in Tochigi Prefecture, placed in bags, and floated in the bath waters.

Venue

Kinugawa Onsen

Kinugawa Onsen, Nikko, Tochigi