Shinrokaku

Fantastic experience going back in time

I thought this would be just like any other Onsen, but it was a time slip back 100 years. It was a lot of small rooms covered with tatamifloors, narrow staircases leading down to the very deep bath. A...

Spirited awsy

I come here coz of the sprites away anime movie. Worth it to do so! Stay a night nearby and go for onsen . It is small but traditional!

Good for night photo

It's the Dogo Onsen at night with coloured window screens lighted up, perfect for photo-taking. Must visit this location both day and night as the feel was completely different.

Historical drum house

Shinrokaku is the upper part of Dogo Onsen Honkan, and actually it is a drum house. The name came from a miniature of heron on its top. You can not enter inside, but can take a look from outside.

I have come to this hot spring area dozens of times, but I have never entered this main building.

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It's like a symbol tower on the roof of an old building, but the main building itself has no attraction for me and I don't want to soak in the hot water here. As for my taste, modern hot springs, which are super modern, clean, clean and well equipped, are more attractive than those that are old or historical. I don't feel any nostalgia for poets and writers ... I think it's not a hot water to enter, but a hot water to look at the building from the outside.