Should your feet tire from walking there is a free outdoor footbath for you to enjoy as well.
Access to Bessho is via JR Ueda Station. Go up the escalator to the Ueda Bessho line. Return tickets with access to two onsen are available for Y1250. The train takes approximately 27 minutes to reach Bessho from Ueda.
Daishi Yu
Entry Y150
Open 6am to 10pm
Closed every 1st and 3rd Thursdays of the month
Daishi Yu is a simple, no nonsense sento like onsen. The tiles are a lovely retro blue that reminded me of dragon scales, and the local elderly were very friendly. The front attendant also handed us maps on entry, and showed us where other onsen were in relation to Daishi Yu. Overall it was a positive experience, but not a highly memorable one.
Oh Yu
Entry Y 150
Open 6am to 10pm
Closed every 1st and 3rd Wednesdays
A lovely temple like façade welcomes you to the Oh Yu Onsen. The facility is large and the inside bath could hold at least 15 people, however I was told by a local that the inside bath is not onsen water, unlike the outside bath which is a naturally occurring hot spring.
The mineral content of the water is said to be good for the complexion, and the friendly locals certainly seemed to have wonderful clear skin.
Oh Yu is famed for its healing powers, ever since a wounded samouri soldier bathed there and his wounds miraculously healed some hundreds of years ago.
The outoor bath was great, the water has a special quality that does indeed seem to affect the skin straight away. I could feel my skin tighten upon entering the water, which I am sure why the Nagano onsens are known as ‘The hot springs of beauty’.
I could have stayed longer in this bath, mosty due to the wonderful friendliness of the local townspeople, with whom I was thoroughly enjoying an entertaining conversation.
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