[Access] About 20 minutes by bus toward Misasa Onsen from JR San-in Main Line Kurayoshi Station.
[Fee] 300 yen

Misasa Onsen is home to several communal baths, and Bosatsu-no-yu is one of them. At first glance, the entrance near the bus stop looks a bit like a public restroom, but inside there’s a traditional reception counter where you pay, just like a classic bathhouse. The simple circular tub is filled with quite hot water. It looked slightly yellowish, so I wonder if the spring source is different from the one at Ryokan Ohashi. Regardless, it’s the kind of water that really warms you to the core. Just a short soak had me sweating like crazy, and I stayed warm for a long time after getting out.
Right in front of Bosatsu-no-yu, there’s a spring-water drinking station called Hakuro-no-yu. You can drink the source water there, but it’s pretty hot. Apparently, it’s recommended to drink about 100cc at a time, up to 350cc per day.

Along the Mitoku River, there’s a free open-air bath called Kawara-no-yu. It’s a quiet hot spring town, so you’ll often see local guys just relaxing there. When I went to check it out fairly early in the morning, the steam glowing white in the morning sunlight was absolutely beautiful. Also, on the edge of town, there’s another communal bath called Kabuyu, which happened to be being cleaned when I visited. There’s a drinking station there as well.
I really felt it was a lovely, quiet, and wonderfully understated hot spring town.