Onsen Manner

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Name

Onsen Manner

Subtitle

Describe Your Trip, Match Your Onsen Type

Category

Travel

Privacy Policy URL

https://seadice.win/privacy/onsen-manner/

Promotional Text

Tell us about your trip - whether you have tattoos, who you're traveling with, and whether you prefer public or private bathing - and our AI matches you to a real type of Japanese hot spring: rotenburo, uchiyu, ashiyu, or a private kashikiri-buro, and walks you through genuine bathing etiquette so you don't commit a first-timer's mistake.

Description

Onsen - natural hot springs - are woven into Japanese daily life in a way most first-time visitors don't expect: a set of unwritten but strictly followed rules governs how you enter the water, and getting them wrong stands out immediately to everyone else bathing. Onsen Manner turns "I want to try an onsen" into a real, matched plan. Describe whether you have visible tattoos, who you're traveling with (solo, partner, family with young children), and whether you'd rather bathe alongside strangers or privately, and our AI matches you to a real bathing format: rotenburo, an open-air bath usually built into a rock or wood setting and prized for its seasonal view; uchiyu, the indoor communal bath found in nearly every ryokan and public bathhouse; ashiyu, a free public foot bath open to anyone, clothed, requiring no reservation or tattoo policy at all; or kashikiri-buro, a private family bath you can reserve by the half-hour, the standard workaround at establishments that restrict tattoos in the shared baths. Every match comes with the actual etiquette sequence, not a summary: washing your entire body at the shower stations before stepping into the shared water, never letting your small tenugui towel touch the bath water (most visitors fold it and set it on their head), entering and leaving quietly, and never swimming or splashing. The app also explains why some establishments still restrict visible tattoos (a policy tied to historical associations with organized crime that is unevenly enforced and slowly changing) and which bathing formats sidestep the issue entirely. The Etiquette tab lets you browse every rule as a standalone reference at any time, even without running a match, so you can double-check before you go.

Keywords

onsen,japanese hot spring,rotenburo,bathing etiquette,ashiyu,ryokan,tattoo friendly onsen,japan travel,ai,onsen guide

Key Features

About Ads

This app displays ads via Google AdMob, including a banner at the bottom of the screen. Free AI matches are limited to 5 per day; once that limit is reached, watching a rewarded video ad unlocks 3 additional matches. The trip description you enter is sent to Anthropic's Claude API solely to generate your match and is not permanently stored on our servers.

Roadmap

• Region-based real onsen town recommendations (Kusatsu, Hakone, Beppu, and more)
• Mineral spring type explainer tab (sulfur, sodium chloride, and other water types)
• Seasonal best-visit-time suggestions
• Additional language versions