KOMACHI Onsen Hot Spring & Hotel

Komachi Onsen in Akita,  Tel: 018-865-0001
http://www.spa-komachi.jp/

Enjoy relaxing in this well equipped hot spring not far from the Akita town centre.  You can book a room, sing Kareoke, have a hair cut etc.
If you like  massage (a varied price list), Shiatsu and foot massage is available.
You need to take your own towels and face creams but soap, shampoo and rinse are provided also hairdryers.
5 hours is 800Yen.  Lots of free parking is available.
On the second floor, from 1 p.m. they also have a Japanese cabaret style entertainment session which may be interesting for foreign visitors.
The restaurant is also very good.

Onsen

Onsen Hot Spring etiquette in Japan.
The hot spring water is usually at a temperature of 42/43 degrees.  Therefore, caution should be taken before entering the hot spring.  Purity of the body is a premium before entering the hot spring.  Please wash yourself thoroughly with soap and rinse well.   This pre-washing will also acclimatise the body to the hot temperature gradually.

Please try to cover yourself with a little towel when walking around in the hot spring area.  Be as discreet as you can whilst out of the bath. We hope that the diagram below will be of some help.

In most hot spring baths there are lockers for personal effects.  You may need a 100yen coin which will be returned as you vacate the locker.

Mizusawa Onsen

Mizusawa Onsen (Japanese website) features an outdoor bath (rotenburo) located between Lake Tazawa and the famous Nyutou Onsen.