Onsen Guide

Onsen Guide is your calm, offline companion for Japanese public baths — the neighborhood sento and natural hot spring onsen, which share the very same manners. No more guessing at the entrance. Follow a clear, illustrated walk-through of a real bath visit — from the shoe locker to the final soak — so you can relax like a local instead of worrying about getting it wrong. The same etiquette carries straight over to any onsen. TOOLS YOU'LL ACTUALLY USE • Phrasebook — 32 practical phrases with tap-to-play audio, so you can hear and say them at the front desk, at the sauna, or when you get stuck • Packing checklist — tick off what to bring; your progress is saved • Search — find any sign, phrase or rule in a second GUIDES & WALK-THROUGHS • Step by Step — an illustrated, 10-step walk-through of a real bath visit • Sauna & Totonou — the heat, cold-plunge and rest cycle, done right • Onsen or Sento? — how to tell where you've walked in • Types of Springs — recognize 9 kinds of hot-spring water by smell, color and feel • Reading the Signs — the kanji and noren curtains you'll actually see • Tattoos — your reliable options, explained without judgment • Do & Don't — the bathing manners that matter, at a glance • Staying at a Ryokan — yukata, slippers and the evening flow • Q&A — glasses, kids, crowds, and other common worries MADE FOR TRAVELERS • Works fully offline — no signal needed, anywhere • No account, no data collected, no ads • A simple one-time purchase — no subscription, ever Soak with confidence.