A service to float Zabon in hot springs was offered at a municipal hot spring in Beppu City, Oita Prefecture, one of the leading hot spring areas in Japan, and visitors warmed their cold bodies while enjoying the scent.
The Zabonyu service is held on the third day of the New Year every year at some municipal hot springs in Beppu City.
At Takegawara Onsen in Motomachi, Beppu City, about 50 zabons were floated in total for men's and women's baths.
According to Takegawara Onsen, the number of users of these three hot springs is less than half of the average year due to the influence of the new coronavirus, but visitors enjoy the sweet and sour scent of Zabon and soak their bodies in the hot water up to their shoulders. Was warming up.
A man in his thirties who visited from Ehime Prefecture said, "The scent is refreshing and pleasant."
In addition, a man in his twenties in Oita City said, "I want to take a hot spring and do my best again. I hope this will be a lively year."