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Jozankei Onsen Foot Baths (Winter)

If you're driving yourself, start with "Ashi no Fureai Taro no Yu" along Route 230. It's a spacious foot bath, so it's easy to relax there even in a large group.
Heading from there toward the center of Jozankei Onsen, you'll find Jozan Gensen Koen, marked by a wooden gate. Inside the park are foot and hand baths surrounded by rocks, as well as an "Onsen Tamago no Yu" (hot spring egg bath). Drop an egg into the high-temperature spring water and wait about 20 minutes, and you can enjoy a freshly made hot spring egg — well worth trying.
Follow the road past the park further in, and you'll spot Iwato Kannon-do, its striking red roof standing out. Right beside it is "Choju to Kenko no Ashitsubo no Yu" (Longevity and Health Foot-Pressure-Point Bath). The bottom of this foot bath is lined with small stones to stimulate the soles of your feet, so why not check your own health while consulting the nearby chart of foot pressure points and their effects?

Wandering through Jozankei Onsen, you'll come across all kinds of statues. One of them is the statue of Jozan-bo, depicted with a rich, flowing beard. The Buddhist monk Miizumi Jozan, born in Okayama and commonly known as Jozan-bo, is the figure who developed the area's hot spring resorts — the very founder of Jozankei Onsen, in a sense.
Elsewhere, statues of kappa (a legendary water creature) can be found scattered throughout Jozankei Onsen. Their origin traces to a legend of a young man who was captivated by a kappa and dragged into the river. As the story goes, the young man went on to live happily together with the kappa, and afterward no one else ever met with misfortune in the river. There are 21 kappa statues in total, so it's worth hunting for them as you make your way between the foot baths.