I Say You Yunessun and Relax in Hakone, Japan

If you're headed to Hakone Yumoto in Japan after a hard day of viewing Mt. Fuji be sure to make one of your stops at either an Onsen or the Yunessun.

An Onsen is the Japanese version of a Hot Tub but only sorta. The idea behind an Onsen is that you wash yourself thoroughly prior to entering the Onsen. Then the Onsen is simply a hot water bath. Male and Female are separated as you go 'O Natural'. Although, this is a pleasant experience and and a 'must do' if you're in Japan you can't spend time with your Kids or Partner in the Onsen. Another option in Hakone, Japan is the Yunessun.

The Yunessun is a bathing suit wearing waterpark. However, it's not a water park in the North American manner. Yes, there are three water slides (or Rodeo slides as they're called). However, the real features of the Yunessun come with the water baths. There are over 30 water baths at the Yunessun. These range from simply hot water to Coffee to Wine to Sake to Salt Water. Here's a run down of some of the more popular water baths and my thoughts (pictures from the Yunessun website).

Coffee

The Coffee Water bath, although, sounds good in principal is actually not that well done. I was really looking forward to this bath as it sounded terrific. However, it didn't smell very strongly like coffee.

Wine
The wine bath is neat because it makes everything look really pink. The bath again doesn't have a distinct 'wine' smell but it definitely looks neat.

Green Tea
The Green Tea bath is not suprisingly the strongest smelling bath. It really smells as if you're soaking in Green Tea.

Sake
The Sake bath didn't smell strongly of Sake, however, right above where the water drops into the bath a drip of Sake is released every 20 seconds or so. You can actually go and taste the Sake above the water if you like!

Dead Sea Salt Bath
The dead sea salt water bath was really cool. It made your skin and the pool feel really slimey but the neatest part is the weightlessness. You are literally buoyant in the water and can just lie on your back and float around. It's really cool!

All that being said the highlight of the whole Water Park or Yunessun is the Garra Rufa fish as I mentioned here. It's quite the experience having a group of fish gnawing at your feet.

We went on a Sunday which is one of the busier days and it was actually not as busy as we'd expected. Overall I'd say if you're looking for a nice day of relaxing visit the Yunessun. Be warned that you do need at least 2-3 hours to really see and enjoy everything at the Yunessun.