Volcanic Sand Bath Experience ★ ONLY in JAPAN

This is Ibusuki in Kagoshima Kagoshima is famous for its natural occuring geothermatically heated waters. which makes it perfect for Onsen (hot spring) and I've come to Ibusuki for one reason in particular SUNA MUSHI ONSEN Suna meaning sand, Mushi meaning steamed Onsen is those naturally occuring geothermically heated water we all love to bathe in. Which basically means that I'm getting the.. steam cleaning of my life. There is a lot of geothermal activities here, making great onsen Kagoshima City is famous for Sakurajima an active volcano just a few kilometers from city center Kagoshima is in Kyushu. On the bottom. Here is the city with Sakurajima looming over it all Further south is Ibusuki, where the Sunamushi Onsen is and the spot where I am right now. I took a local train from Kagoshima Chuo station to Ibusuki It took about an hour. Right away you can tell the sand baths are famous here. Ibusuki is an Onsen town A free Onsen footbath by the station. You can either rent a bicycle, or walk the 1.5km to the sand bath I walked Welcome to the Sunamushi bath center. It's 1080yen for the entrance and yukata a small towel will cost an extra of 120yen Leave you stuff in the locker, and head out to the beach. You get buried here. A funny site to see those heads sticking out of the sand The recommended time, 10 minutes. The sand is cleaned by flooded with near boiling hot water from the ground. Let's ask the manager for more information about the Sunamushi Onsen There are people who adjust the temperature called Sunakake-san and these people check the temperature with bare feet We can lower the temperature for kids For those who want it hot, we can dig deeper to make it hotter The sand used is between 50C to 55C The hot spirng temperature directly is 80C When you stay in more than 10minutes, you may gey moderate temperature burns or get sizzy from heat and fall down. The pressure of sand makes the blood flow better. and increases you metabolism It's good for you skin and said to thin your blood. This has 4 times the effect of a normal onsen. A walk to the beach nearby, and you'll see this! Steam filtering through the sand A mysterious mist I asked how hot it gets, so we dug a hole. I can see water It's onsen water, It's onsen water. It's onsen water? It's very hot. Ouch! What's the temperature? Maximum 80C 80C! 80 degrees celcius So the water is coming from here. From the mountain to the sea, the hot water is running So the water comes from the mountains and towards the sea, bringing this volcanic heat This volcanic water and.. This is what heats the sand naturally over there. After a lesson on how this works, It's time to hit the sand bath. Sunamushi Onsen The volcanic sand bath experience. in Ibusuki Kagoshima A towel is wrapped around your head, and the Sunakake-san positiions you correctly She's been doing this for decades You can see she has bare feet to test the sand temperature How is the temperature? I have no problem with it It surprisingly feels good to be buried alive in sand The finishing touch is that umbrella Done just like in a cocktail. This is so awesome. It's hard to find the right words to describe what you're actually doing in the first couple of minutes. It's crazy! You're under really hot sand And that is just...kind of cool. So I've been under for about 5 minutes now. and I can definitely feel the heat, mostly on my back. and the weight of the sand is doing something strange to my body I can feel....like my heart... the blood pulsuating through my body I think that has to do a little bit from the... imp...inc...increased circulation. and the weight of the sand on my legs and my hand and on my body. What I noticed the most, Is the cool... sea air that I'm breathing It's kinda cooling down my body on the inside while the sand is boiling the rest of it. on the outside Am I uncomfortable? No...not yet Feeling pretty good. So It's about 7 minutes and... and... It's getting hot, especially on my back This is a time I can...I can...really... feel the heat if I close my eyes, I can just focus on the sound of the sea nearby That's really relaxing because It's hot It's really hot I can keep going. I can keep going My body was on fire but my bdy ad my lungs were cooled by the sea sound and the fresh breeze So now it's been about 10 minutes and Definitely I feel like I'm on a skillet or an iron My back's feeling a little bit burn. I've hit the recommended time limit. but decided to push it a little more 3,2,1.... Heavy! Heavy heavy It's heavy My body felt very heavy movement was slow but I felt great. I survived the volcanic sand bath Now, all I have to do is, stand up Prolong expoture to hot sand can cause diziness and total lack of coordination. So I'm out It was quite an experience It was baking in there. Really baking and now I'm here startng to cool real fast but definitely this volcanic sand bath experience, you gotta try it. There's nothing like this anywhere else in the world I feel more alive After the sand, rince off and take another soak, in the naturally heated spring water in Kagoshima that tingling sensation? That's the body thanking you, or slapping you. Either way, you'll never forget the volcanic sand bath experience.

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Id: vuXYq9POsYU

Length: 10min 17sec (617 seconds)

Published: Tue Apr 12 2016