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sanji
Sun Apr 27, 2008 5:50 am

Re: Looking for onsen on the way from Tokyo to Osaka
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Mountain onsen, outdoor with a public and private onsen(attached to room?), mixed gender, traditional Japaneses layout

That's a lot of conditions!!

For  a room with a private bath inside, you are looking at least a hefty 25000 yen per person (with 2 meals). If this is OK for you, you probably will have two possible destinations :
- Hakone
- Atami

Hakone is easily reached from Odawara, on the shinkansen line;
Atami is directly on the shinkansen line.

Those are probably your best choices.

You can find some good recommendations on those two web sites, which have a good selection of mixed and private baths :

- http://www.kashikiri-onsen.com/
- http://www.pre-proj.net/

Of course, Secret Onsen at http://www.secret-japan.com/onsen has also lots of mixed onsen listed, but not really in those two areas I mentioned.

Hope this help,

sanji