It is an attached museum of an onsen (hot spring) facility in Nagano Prefecture. Although there are many onsen resorts in Japan, attached museums are rare. The photo above is the entrance of onsen area.
日帰り温泉付属の“温泉博物館”です。珍しいですね。長野県大町市にあります。上の写真は温泉への入り口です。
The photo above is the entrance of the museum area. Knowledge about onsen, waters of various onsen and so on are exhibited.
こちらは、博物館スペースの入口。アルプス温泉博物館と表示されています。温泉のうんちくや湯ノ花などが展示されています。
Exhibits are placed around the comfortable resting area.
心地よい休憩スペース周りに展示されています。
The panels show discoverers of onsen in various places. Many animals (such as a deer) and historical figures are listed.
温泉の発見者一覧。動物と偉人が多いです。
The history of onsen especially in northern Nagano is explained.
日本の温泉と信濃北部の温泉の由来
Quirk exhibits (1) Towels which were soaked in various onsen have each color.
マニアックな展示① 各地の温泉につけたタオル。色に注目です。
Quirk exhibits (2) Waters of onsen in various places
マニアックな展示② 各地の温泉の湯
Quirk exhibits (3) Hot-spring mineral deposits in various places. Those are called “Yu-no-hana” (flowers of hot water). You can buy it at the onsen resort, then put it in your bathtub at home. The relaxing time would revive easily together with the scent and the color of onsen you enjoyed.
マニアックな展示③ 各地の温泉の湯の花
Quirk exhibits (3)-2 Hot-springs mineral deposits
マニアックな展示③-2 各地の温泉の湯の花
Quirk exhibits (4) Deteriorated concrete (lower left) and piping scale (lower right)
マニアックな展示③-3 湯の花(上段)
マニアックな展示④ 劣化したコンクリート(左下)と配管のスケール(右下)
Various ways of hot spring bathing (2)
温泉の入浴方法②
The panel shows hot-spring resorts which offer distinctive ways of bathing.
ユニークな入浴法とその温泉地
The mountain covered with snow is “Jii(grandpa)-ga-take(mountain)” which altitude is 2,670m. We can see it from the open-air bath of the facility, too. It is good onsen and good scenery.
爺が岳(標高2,670m)は露天風呂からも見えます。良い湯に良い景色でした。
Visited in May, 2021
Official website: https://o-yakushinoyu.com/itemlist1.html
(in Japanese), accessed in March, 2022
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