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There's a Free Hot Spring Outside That Station and Everyone Walks Straight Past It.

Name: There's a Free Hot Spring Outside That Station and Everyone Walks Straight Past It.
Uploaded: 2026-08-25T06:11:03Z
Duration: 22 s
Description: Learn to say 足湯 (ashiyu) — foot bath, a public hot-spring bath for your feet with your clothes on. A 30-second Japanese lesson for travelers from Kōfuku.

To say foot bath, a public hot-spring bath for your feet with your clothes on in Japanese, say 足湯 (ashiyu).

No booking, no changing room, no getting naked in front of strangers. Japan's easiest hot spring is a bench with a river of hot water running under it.

足湯 ashiyu foot bath, a public hot-spring bath for your feet with your clothes on

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In this video

これ、足湯ですか？ kore, ashiyu desu ka? Is this a foot bath?
足湯はどこですか？ ashiyu wa doko desu ka? Where's the foot bath?

Kanji in this phrase

足湯: あしゆ

Why this phrase

The low-anxiety on-ramp to onsen culture, and it fills a real gap: the catalog already covers bath etiquette, tattoos and paid day-use, but nothing about 足湯. Accuracy guardrails from the Japanese verifier, keep these: most municipal foot baths are free but a minority charge 100 to 200 yen, so say usually free. Do NOT claim they're usually right outside the station; say that in an onsen town there's often one by the station or on the main street. Towels are not handed out, but some busy spots sell a hand towel for a coin, so don't state flatly that there are none.