Ibusuki Tennen Sunamushi Onsen (and Sand-Bath Middle Saraku) is a laid-back seaside resort on the southern tip of the Satsuma Peninsula that may provide your chance to try a therapeutic hot-sand bath. Exit Ibusuki Station and follow the signs to the "natural hot sand bathing spot", a 15-20 minute walk or five-minute cab ride to the beach. You buy your ticket and rent a yukata, or cotton robe the small towel is yours to keep on the second floor of the main "Saraku" Sand Bath Hall, and then go down in to the locker rooms (separate sexes) to remove your clothes and alter in to the robe before heading to the beach. Stand in line and wait for an assistant to call you over. They will scoop a place for you and show how to wrap your head and neck in the towel. They will then bury you in hot, mildly sulfur-smelling sand with their shovels. It is going to get squirmy, but stay in the Zen zone for at least ten minutes.
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