あおい温泉 草薙の湯

The place is quiet spacious. There arre two car parks but parking is bit a headache if it's full went on a nation holiday car park was almost full. But staff is freindly.

Got naked with the boys for the first time. Really brought us together. The bubble baths outside are *chef's kiss* highly recommend.

Unlike Yunoki No Sato, I had a very positive experience at this particular onsen. My son and I have been here 4 times already. Very clean, family friendly environment. It’s cool to interact with the locals from Shizuoka, always very nice welcoming people. My go to spot when my family and I visit this town.

This public bath is big. There is a good variety of baths: hot, cold, indoor, outdoor. You will be spoiled for choice. The entrance fee costs only ¥990. You are advised to bring your own towels as you will need to pay extra for them. You also need to use a ¥100 coin to use the locker, you can take back the coin after use. The restaurant outside the bath operates till 9:30pm. I have no chance to try the food as I reached there around 8:30pm and after spent an hour in the bath the restaurant was already closed. Nevertheless, the experience was enjoyable. It took me around 15min driving from the hotel near Shimizu Station. Parking is free after validation by the reception.

This is a compact onsen and 岩盤浴, 2-in-1, and yet it wouldn't fall short of your expectations on either. The environment is serene, clean, quiet and not overcrowded, even on Sunday. The result is a relaxing, comforting and amazing experience. (Updated on 15/11/2019) Came here again in 2019 and I was pleasantly reminisced about the setting. Basically there were 3 rooms of ganbanyoku (岩盤浴), Viz 羽衣の間, 天平の間 and 飛天の間. 羽衣 was made of pink lava rocks, which was my favourite as it helped me sweat profusely. 飛天 was similar to a sauna room and there was a huge stack of charcoal for heating up the room. 天平 was relatively banal in that it consisted only of flat polished marble rock beds but over time you could feel its power in sweating you up. If compared with 柚木の郷, this onsen would seem to serve the local people in the neighborhood more than 柚木, as attested by the prices: this onsen charged ¥1100 while 柚木 charged ¥2200 which was double of the former.