Aimei Wellness
The onsen
Bathing is the heart of a Japanese stay. Every Aimei house has its own — a hot hinoki onsen tub, or a cool Japanese spa pool under the sky.
Bathing, the Japanese way
In Japan the bath is not where you wash — it is where you stop. You clean first, then you get in, and then you stay there long enough for the day to leave you. It is the part of a Japanese stay people remember.
Every Aimei house has its own. Houses one and two have a deep Japanese wooden tub inside the house, private and screened — hot water, heated each evening. House three is different: a Japanese spa pool outside in its own walled garden, open to the sky — cool and refreshing rather than hot.
How to use the onsen
Shower first
Wash and rinse properly before you get in. The bath water is for soaking, not for cleaning.
Go in slowly
The onsen tubs in houses one and two are hot — around 38–40°C. Give yourself a minute to settle rather than dropping straight in. Aimei 3's spa pool is cool, so this one is the other way round.
Stay a while
Fifteen to twenty minutes is usual. Step out and cool down if you need to, then go back in.
Rest afterwards
Do not rush off. Sit in the courtyard, drink something cold, and let it finish working.
The Japanese spa pool
Aimei 3 has a tiled spa pool in its own walled garden, screened, with the sky above you and the air on your shoulders — the Japanese habit of bathing outdoors rather than under a ceiling. The water is cool and refreshing rather than hot, which on this coast is the point: it is where you go when the afternoon has been long. It is chlorinated and cleaned like any pool, and it is ready at any hour.
Best in the evening
Both are at their best after dark — the onsen hot from five, the spa pool cool and refreshing at any hour, and no one else anywhere near you. Everything is cleaned and ready when you get there. Nothing to book, nothing to arrange.
Your bathing is included with the house at no extra charge. Please avoid bathing straight after a heavy meal or alcohol, and speak to us first if you are pregnant or have a heart condition.
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Book direct with us and breakfast is included — the same houses, the same price, one thing extra.