Anonymous
The facility is brand new — less than a year old in December, 2025. It is primarily an onsen (a hot spring public bath), but they advertise that they have a pool. The pool is warm, and the lanes are separated with low-wake ropes; the lines on the pool floor are about one small tile wide and hard to see. There is no crossbar near the end of the lanes, which makes turns tricky. There is no lap clock. This is not a great pool for serious swimmers, but they enforce circle swimming (on the right), so it is possible to swim laps.
The outdoor pool is not for lap swimming. There is a sign that lists the prohibited swim strokes: no butterfly, no backstroke, no freestyle. The pool is curved and has an infinity edge. It has water jets in some places for massages, and a swim-up bar. There is an extra fee to swim in the outdoor pool, but when I was there the attendant let me swim/float around in the outdoor pool without charge.
You change first in the onsen part of the facility and wear the provided spa outfit and walk to the pool changing room. You can rent a swimsuit and cap (and goggles maybe). There is a suit-spinner in the changing room.
Go for the Japanese bath experience and swim a little as a "side quest."
The outdoor pool is not for lap swimming. There is a sign that lists the prohibited swim strokes: no butterfly, no backstroke, no freestyle. The pool is curved and has an infinity edge. It has water jets in some places for massages, and a swim-up bar. There is an extra fee to swim in the outdoor pool, but when I was there the attendant let me swim/float around in the outdoor pool without charge.
You change first in the onsen part of the facility and wear the provided spa outfit and walk to the pool changing room. You can rent a swimsuit and cap (and goggles maybe). There is a suit-spinner in the changing room.
Go for the Japanese bath experience and swim a little as a "side quest."