[Hoshino Onsen Tombo no Yu] Sauna experience “Tombo’s Sauna DAY” featuring a huge open-air bath and “Totonoi Space” overlooking the forest will be held! ｜Implementation date: January 25th, 26th, February 8th, 9th, 2025 Image
URL: Hoshino Resort Press release: November 7, 2024 [Hoshino Onsen Tombo no Yu] A sauna experience “Tombo Sauna DAY” featuring a huge open-air bath and “Totonoi Space” overlooking the forest will be held! ｜Implementation date: January 25th, 26th, February 8th, 9th, 2025 ~ A special project for the 110th anniversary of the Hoshino area, a sauna project where you can fully enjoy Karuizawa in winter. Tent sauna and “Sanabe” are also available! ～
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“Sanabe,” which is sure to make you sweat. This event is for sauna lovers to fully enjoy Tombo no Yu. About the 110th anniversary of Karuizawa Hoshino Area The Karuizawa Hoshino area, the birthplace of Hoshino Resorts, will be holding a project to commemorate its 110th anniversary. The theme is “Enjoying and understanding the forests of Karuizawa.” With a history of 110 years of growth while valuing nature and culture, we offer new pleasures. Karuizawa Hoshino Area 110th Anniversary Special Site
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/33064/836/33064-836-9b4ba46b633df0e9445d21a050df7fea-2684×2031.png Background To commemorate the 110th anniversary, the Hoshino area is holding a variety of unique events throughout the year. In winter, we have devised an event dedicated to Tombo no Yu’s sauna. This event was planned by in-house sauna enthusiasts under the supervision of Japan’s first tent sauna specialty brand, “Sauna Camp.” One of the reasons Tombo-no-Yu’s sauna is so popular is that it has a cold bath that uses spring water from the adjacent national park, Wild Bird Forest, and an outdoor bathing space that overlooks the forest. In winter, when you can enjoy these charms to the fullest, we hope you will refresh your mind and body while feeling the clear air of Karuizawa. Feature 1 Two types of saunas in harmony with nature
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https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/33064/836/33064-836-0112f9e7c498d32333478f29deb1c553-3900×2600.jpg Provided by: SaunaCamp. Tombo-no-Yu is a day-trip hot spring facility at Hoshino Onsen, which opened in 1919, and has a cypress sauna with jazz background music. The temperature of the sauna is approximately 80 to 90 degrees, and the autoroll is performed every 20 minutes, and the sauna is popular for its cold bath using spring water and outdoor bathing in fresh air. (＊1) During the event period, in addition to the permanent sauna, we will also have a tent sauna where you can enjoy louryu. In this sauna, aromatic water inspired by the forests of Karuizawa is poured over sauna stones heated on a wood-burning stove, creating steam that changes the humidity and perceived temperature and increases metabolism. We also planned an experience of “whisking” (*2), a bathing culture that has been popular in Europe for a long time. The “Whisking” program, a relaxation treatment that evenly warms the whole body, is provided by Japan’s leading provider “Shirakaba Sports” and can be experienced by multiple people at the same time. In both saunas, you can see the forest view from the window, allowing you to enjoy a sauna experience surrounded by nature. *1 See Japan’s largest sauna search site “Saunik Thailand” *2 Using a “whisk” made of bundled branches of plants such as white birch, to hit or press against the body while bathing in the sauna. Feature 2: A new giant open-air bath and a space overlooking the forest are now available
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/33064/836/33064-836-fc81f5bce762f6d655efd04340e0ddb2-3072×2048.jpg One of the attractions of Tombo-no-Yu is the low-temperature (13℃) water bath that uses spring water from the nationally established Wild Bird Forest, which is popular as a sauna. During the event period, in addition to this low-temperature water bath, a large space normally used as an open-air bath will be transformed into a huge open-air bath with a temperature of approximately 20℃. This allows you to enjoy alternating low-temperature and mild water baths.
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https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/33064/836/33064-836-c6a18d42a78e45e5457a7313af42554a-3000×2001.jpg In the space in front of the indoor bath, which is usually a pond, a new “Totonoi Space” has been added where you can relax while looking out at the forest. In this space, drinks are prepared for you to enjoy after sauna, and you can enjoy them by pouring them into original tumblers. We recommend the Karuizawa Forest Soda, which uses syrup distilled and processed from domestically produced wild aromatic trees. This syrup is inspired by the scent of the moist green leaves of the trees when you walk through the forest on a rainy day, and its flavor condenses the refreshing feeling you feel the moment you enter the forest. In addition, “Hungry Oropo”, which is popular at “Café Hungry Spot” adjacent to Tombo no Yu, will also be available. You can feel comfortable after sauna while feeling the cool winter air of Karuizawa. Feature 3: Piping hot!! Enjoy sauna food “Sanabe” Image
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https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/33064/836/33064-836-569e1fccb07ffd71e23bfafc3213c847-3900×2602.jpg Muratami Shokudo, a Japanese casual dining restaurant adjacent to Tombo-no-Yu, sells sauna food, saunabe, which you can eat after sauna to enjoy the sweat. We offer several types of hot pot dishes, including “Beef Offal Hot Pot – Shinshu Miso Tailored”, which is based on garlicky Shinshu miso and white miso, and “Tage Soba”, a local Shinshu dish. To further enjoy your sweat, try toppings with spicy miso and special chili oil. To finish off your meal, you can choose from standard udon or rice, or 100 percent soba, and enjoy a hotpot meal to suit your tastes. *Menu contents may change depending on purchasing status, etc. [Supervision] Sauna Camp. Japan’s first tent sauna specialty brand. Every day, he conveys the feeling of diving from the sauna into a natural water bath. From music festivals to mid-winter rafting venues, saunas will appear in all kinds of outdoor fields. Official Japanese distributor of the tent sauna brand “MORZH”.
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/33064/836/33064-836-f9a50dba04a3b80256ec6bdedd5a8ca7-3900×3694.jpg Overview of Tombo’s Sauna DAY Implementation date: 4 days, January 25th, 26th, February 8th, 9th, 2025 Time: 2 hours each time from 10:00 to 12:00, 12:00 to 14:00 *Regular business from 17:00 Price: 5,000 yen/person (tax included) *Available for junior high school students and above Included: Bathing fee, towel set, whisking experience, sauna hat, sauna poncho, free drink, original tumbler Location: Hoshino Onsen Tombo no Yu Capacity: 12 men and women each time Reservation start date: December 1, 2024 From Hoshino Area official website Karuizawa Hoshino area During the Taisho era, the Karuizawa Hoshino area was a gathering place for great writers and artists, and a community was formed. This place, which has been loved by many people since ancient times, has now become a “small town” where people who love nature and culture gather.
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