Manza Hot Spring

We had Friday off so I decided to take an onsen run. I left the house at around 9 and I didn't think it would take that long but I got to Manza just before the 3:00 check in time. The last time I was here was a little over 10 years ago when I went with Nerima church people and we had a conference at the Manza Onsen Hotel. Above Manza there is a volcano and alot of the area looks alot like picture below.
I stayed at Manza Tei 万座亭 a really nice hotel just across from the Manza Onsen Hotel that I had stayed at before. Many places won't let you stay by yourself on a weekend but they had a special offer for men traveling alone so I stayed here. You can see that I had a great time relaxing in the bath.

I was able to get a number of shots in the bath with out anyone around, since I was eating alone I finished before most people and headed directly to the bath and just as I had guessed it was empty.


The meal, as usual at a hot spring, was wonderful and of course too much although I ate it all. One of the most interesting items was tempura chrysanthemum. It was just normal tempura, the taste wasn't anything unusual, I thought it might be rather aromatic, oh well. I usually take pictures of the meal but silly me I forgot my camera both meals. Anyway the bath was wonderful and they even had a massage room and it worked out that after my first dip in the bath I had enough time before supper to work in a massage, foot and body. The foot massage was nice even though a little painful at times. In all I was in the bath 5 times; before supper, after supper, at 2am, before breakfast, and after breakfast. Have to get the most for my money. Got more to say and will post later on tonight.