Bathing in beverages

Bathers enjoy a Japanese sake(rice wine) bath.

As if the wine bath was not mind-boggling enough, Yunessun also lets you bath in Japanese sake(rice wine), green tea and coffee.

Coffee bath

The coffee bath was my favourite in terms of the aroma. I love the strong smell of coffee beans.

Bathers relax in the warm coffee bath.

A couple massages each other in the coffee bath. 

Green tea bath

My favourite green tea is matcha. Ever since tasting matcha and matcha products in Japan, I tend to judge all the other green teas on a zero to matcha scale. I was disappointed to find that the green tea bath was not as matcha as I expected but as someone who loves green tea, it was still a privilege to bathe in a version of it.

Green tea bath.

Bathers enjoy the green tea bath.

Tendi the posh bather

One day, I will tell my children that I took baths in wine, green tea, sake and coffee. If they do not believe me, I have the receipts to prove it.

Ntendeni enjoys baths in wine, green tea, sake and coffee.

Doctor fish

The other pool I was looking forward to was the pool with doctor fish. Here I joined fellow bathers and put my feet in a pool filled with tiny fish that nibble away dead skin cells. The fish give a tickling feeling as they feast on the dead skin.

Doctor fish feast on Ntendeni’s feet.

The fish eat away dead skin, providing a natural foot spa.

Yunessun does not only focus on over-the-top baths. The resort has normal swimming pools available.

Couples enjoy a collagen bath.

The main swimming pool at Yunessun.

A warm waterfall.

Bathing in wine

Yes. It’s true. There is a place in Japan where you can bathe in wine. It was one of the reasons I visited Hakone for golden week. It was a must for my trip.

I heard about a place where you could bathe in wine, green tea, coffee and Japanese sake and I had to see it to believe it. That place is Yunessun, a hot spring theme park dedicated to taking the idea of a Japanese  onsen to a whole new level.

Of all the baths, I really wanted the wine one because the idea of bathing in wine sounded sophisticated, royal and boujee.

What is more romantic than a couple drinking red wine together? A couple cuddling and bathing together in red wine.

The entrance to the wine bath.

Royal Tendi

It is said that Cleopatra and Queen Mary(whoever that was) used to have their beauty baths in wine. I felt royal and boujee bathing in the wine.

Ntendeni has a taste of that Cleopatra swag.

Just the idea of bathing in red wine sounds like something from a dream…or a cartoon.