日本三名泉、草津温泉の宿「炯-kei-」でのリラックス体験 – 湯畑と紅葉を満喫

日本三名泉、草津温泉の宿「炯-kei-」でのリラックス体験 – 湯畑と紅葉を満喫

Moving from within the city to Ueno Station I can see the Shinkansen Arrived at Ueno Station Transferring to the limited express “Shima” Limited express ticket and regular ticket. The fare is about 5000 yen Taking a break at a coffee shop until departure Let’s wake up with a morning cafe latte Shopping a bit at the kiosk The face of the limited express Kusatsu Shima They transferred my coffee to a takeout cup Hello Let’s depart! Heading north on the limited express train. About 2 hours and 20 minutes ride Arrived at the terminal station, Naganohara-Kusatsuguchi Station November. Much chillier than Tokyo Thank you, Kusatsu Shima, for bringing me this far Naganohara-Kusatsuguchi Station is very crowded From here, we’ll take a bus to Kusatsu Onsen Buses run 1-2 times per hour It takes about 25 minutes by bus The fare to Kusatsu Onsen costs 780 yen The mountains are very beautiful with autumn foliage Arrived at Kusatsu Onsen Station The bus terminal arrives on the 2nd floor. The hot spring town exit is on the 1st floor Taking the elevator to the 1st floor There are also souvenir shops on the 1st floor Let’s take a quick look first Being a famous tourist destination, there are many choices So we’re heading to the hot spring town The completely reddened maple leaves are beautiful The exterior of the station. Retro and charming You can also warm your feet in the foot bath Going down the slope to the hot spring town About a 5-minute walk to the hot spring town A lovely townscape spreads out This is the famous Yubatake A device for naturally cooling the high-temperature hot spring water that gushes out Not just a tourist spot, but originally a practical hot spring cooling facility Kusatsu’s hot springs are extremely hot at 50-90°C, so you can’t bathe in them as they are A facility that combines both practicality and symbolism It smells of sulfur Hand-washing hot water This Yubatake was designed by artist Taro Okamoto In 1975, Okamoto supervised the design as part of community development So it was built about 50 years ago Hot water fall: Further lowering the temperature by dropping it Heading toward “Jizo-no-yu” to go to the inn Ura-Kusatsu: A new name for the recently redeveloped hot spring town area centered around the north side of Yubatake A modern hotel has come into view Face bath. You can warm your face too Warm with steam, and has moisturizing effects Arrived at the inn where we’ll be staying Kusatsu Onsen Kei, where we’ll be staying this time Only 7 guest rooms in total. All are suite specifications Uses two types of spring water: the historic Jizo hot spring and Bandai mineral spring Hotel lobby You can purchase apple jam, chopsticks, and tea cups Public space next to the lobby Stylish interior Going out since there’s a little time before check-in Let’s have lunch over at Yubatake To zen: a restaurant serving steak bowls, kaiseki, and sukiyaki Good thing they’re still open The steak bowl looks delicious The grilled kalbi bowl is reasonably priced at around 1800 yen Ordered the grilled kalbi bowl The meat is very delicious I’m full! Let’s explore Kusatsu hot spring town Hand-washing hot springs everywhere Let’s try it. It’s quite hot Sugi Bee Garden Beehive display. Honey is a specialty Next, to the monkey hot spring stirring place You can watch a monkey show for 700 yen per person On the 2nd floor, there’s also a petting area with capybaras and other small animals: 2nd floor is 500 yen Small monkey stage A narrow space that gets full with about 15-20 people Show of monkeys doing hot spring stirring Hot spring stirring is a traditional method to lower high-temperature hot springs to a bathable temperature without diluting with water The monkeys are very cute Filming during the show isn’t allowed, but we could take lots of photos during the final photo time Bye bye Next door is a karinto sugar candy shop called “Yuagari Karinto” You can purchase various types of karinto The most popular No. 1 is brown sugar honey karinto, apparently There are various other shops too. For example, a shooting gallery Food shop “Sakaeya” with fried mochi and other items Chicken meatballs 400 yen, yakitori 400 yen, etc. Tickets are purchased with cash at the vending machine You can eat while walking around, but you can also eat inside the warm shop Ordered yakitori They serve it freshly grilled. Delicious Also ordered fried mochi The hot mochi is delicious Peace to those who enter. Happiness to those who depart Donguri Republic This is a Studio Ghibli character goods store The Totoro bus stop figurine is also interesting: 2,310 yen Kusatsu Rilakkuma Hot Spring Although the boom has passed, it’s still very popular KASHO KASHO is a konjac sweets specialty store located in Kusatsu Onsen, Gunma A relatively new store that opened after renovating an old folk house built about 120 years ago Konjac souvenirs Konjac and cafe latte It seems to go surprisingly well with coffee Masunari-ya Ryokan is about a 1-minute walk from Yubatake, the central area of Kusatsu Onsen It’s a small-scale long-established ryokan with only 6 guest rooms in total Something like a tower came into view The five-story pagoda of Kusatsu Sankosen-ji Temple Built in 2023, it has become a “new landmark of Kusatsu” as a landmark visible from near Yubatake Let’s also visit Kosen-ji Temple Kosen-ji is a temple said to have been founded by Gyoki, a high-ranking monk from the Nara period Statue of Kobo Daishi: revered as the founder of Shingon Buddhism A temple associated with travel safety and good health So we’ve come back near the hotel Let’s try the foot bath near the hotel It’s hotter than expected. Be careful with Kusatsu’s hot water Now, let’s check in Welcome drink: You can choose from green apple and grapefruit, or grape and cranberry cocktails Since it’s a special occasion, I ordered both types We were shown to our room What kind of room will it be? It’s a very spacious room with suite specifications The Japanese-style bedroom has a nice feel It comes with a small balcony You can see the autumn leaves from here too Checking the contents of the refrigerator Japanese rusk sweets and several types of tea Kusatsu rusk Oolong tea Green tea Original blend coffee Checking the contents of the refrigerator Beer, water, and cola are free Lighting can be switched between 6 modes Amenities: mouthwash, razor, toothbrush, comb, etc. The room’s bathroom is spacious The hotel has 3 private baths, and you can check availability on an iPad Let’s head to the private bath First, let’s bathe in the HIKARI type private bath It’s a very stylish hot spring The scent of sulfur fills the air It was very good hot water There’s tea and tea service in the first-floor lobby Let’s head to dinner The head chef of kei (the chef who oversees the evening dinner) is Mr. Tsunehiro Murata Chef Murata was born in Chiba Prefecture in 1977 He has a background of training at multiple renowned ryokans and luxury accommodations Creative Japanese cuisine / Course meals based on Japanese food Ordered plum wine Sea bream, golden beet leaves, yellow chrysanthemum, Chinese yam, okra Ezo abalone, lily bulb, wasabi chawanmushi White tilefish, Kaga lotus root, broad green beans, yellow yuzu The basket presentation is beautiful Herring pickled with Japanese pepper Yellowtail and Kitaakari potato croquette Snow crab and chrysanthemum greens ohitashi Skipjack tuna mixed with wild garlic Beniazuma sweet potato chips Marinated mackerel kosode sushi Fuyu persimmon white sesame salad Joshu beef, burdock root, chrysanthemum greens, shiitake mushrooms The burdock root and beef match very well Pike conger, winter melon, young lotus stem, plum paste, green yuzu The winter melon is tender and delicious Salmon, fresh salmon roe, black maitake mushrooms, mitsuba, pearl barley You can make it into an oyakodon by adding the salmon roe Western pear, Shine Muscat, Nagano Purple The cuisine was delicious right up to dessert After the meal, we went to the private bath called RYOKU This is the only outdoor private bath in the facility The autumn leaves are beautifully lit up Let’s go see the Yubatake at night The purple lighting is fantastical The nighttime atmosphere is also wonderful Arrived at Yubatake The lighting changes to various colors It was good during the day, but it’s also nice at night Hotel Ichii Let’s look at souvenirs in the gift shop Official tourism ambassador “Yumomi-chan” goods for Kusatsu Onsen The bath bucket accessories are cute Kusatsu no Koibito: reminds me of Hokkaido’s famous souvenir “Shiroi Koibito” You can also experience making bath salt blends 300 yen per time Kusatsu T-shirt And when it comes to hot springs, onsen manju are popular The five-story pagoda is also shining So let’s return to the hotel My body got completely cold Let’s warm up again in the private bath AWASE Here you can enjoy three types of hot springs with different temperatures I thoroughly enjoyed it Good night! Waking up to natural light To the same breakfast venue on the 2nd floor as last night What is this? It looks like a wet towel The autumn leaves are dazzling from the morning Breakfast menu. Breakfast using local ingredients Ingredients gathered from various places in Gunma Prefecture Tea and sweet sake Seasonal vegetables Served with bagna cauda sauce Koshihikari rice and miso soup Overnight dried salmon, Kagura Nanban meat miso, pickled red onions Kinpira burdock / Salted cod roe and whitebait, blanched vegetables / Simmered hijiki and edamame / Deep-fried eggplant and okra Rolled omelet with dashi, grated daikon radish Kita-Karuizawa yogurt, seasonal fruits, apple jam After the meal, back to the private outdoor bath AWASE The outdoor bath in the cool morning air is the best The autumn leaves reflected on the water surface are also beautiful Finally, I’ll have a glass of cola Last coffee in the lobby. I’m enjoying it to the fullest Just when I was about to leave, I discovered a charming cafe Tea house Gute Reise Coffee brewed carefully one cup at a time after grinding beans upon order is the signature menu From the seats inside, you can feel the scenery of the ryokan district/hot spring town and the atmosphere around “Yubatake” A retro Japanese space renovated from an old ryokan’s bathhouse The cafe latte had a strong milk flavor It goes well with cheese toast It has plenty of mustard and is very delicious Well then, let’s head back! I really enjoyed Kusatsu Onsen From the bus terminal to Naganohara-Kusatsuguchi Station Likes and comments are very encouraging! Please subscribe to the channel as well!

東京・上野駅から特急「四万」に乗り、群馬県の草津温泉へ向かう旅をお届けします。
11月の紅葉シーズン、都心とは違う肌寒さの中、日本三大名泉の一つである草津温泉の魅力を満喫しました。

タイムコード
00:00 – 上野駅から出発、特急「四万」に乗車
03:24 – 長野原草津駅到着、バスで草津温泉へ移動開始
05:24 – 草津温泉駅到着、温泉街へ
07:17 – 湯畑到着、岡本太郎デザインの施設を探索
09:30 – 草津温泉 炯-kei- 到着
11:09 – お昼ご飯（zenで焼きカルビ丼）
12:05 – 温泉街探索（おさるの湯もみ処、菓匠迦葉など）
18:26 – 光泉寺の五重塔
19:43 – ホテルにチェックイン
20:26 – ルームツアー
23:27 – 貸し切り温泉 – HIKARI
24:37 – ディナー（村田シェフの創作日本料理コース）
28:27 – 貸切風呂RYOKU（露天風呂）
29:34 – 夜の湯畑ライトアップ
32:49 – 貸切温泉AWASE 3種類のお湯
33:49 – 翌朝、自然の光で目覚め
34:00 – 朝食（地元食材を使った和食）
35:24 – 朝の露天貸切風呂AWASE
36:45 – 茶房ぐーてらいぜでコーヒー
37:40 – 帰路へ

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