Hello, we plan on visiting Kinosaki this spring and I was just wondering if anyone had some insight into the onsen tour.
We are not staying at a ryokan in town, but a hotel nearby.
I am a plus sized woman and I am worried about the yukata not fitting so I was considering ordering one online and bringing it along.
But that’s expensive, and cumbersome to haul around.
I’m also traveling with two other people, I had it in my head that we would spend the day hopping bath to bath and exploring the area while wearing yukata.
– Do the kinosaki onsens provide yukata? And are you able to walk around the town with then or are they only for each onsen?
– Any insight into contacting the onsen to ask about yukata sizing.
– Also, what kind of yukata are they? The ones I have found for plus sized women online are fairly ornate/beautiful and I don’t want to overdress.
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you might get a reply at r/japanlife even though that sub is not as travel related
the onsens do not by itself provide yukata. they will be provided by the ryokans, if at all. ask your hotel/ryokan, if they say no, you’ll have to bring your own…
you can walk around town wearing the yukata. many people do.
yukata are usually one size fits all. and yes, japanese people are small. if you are plus size, there is a risk of the yukata not fitting. you can “risk” it, and if it wont fit, just not wear it. or you can supply your own, by whatever means you can.
you totally dont have to wear one, you can have normal clothes, or even wear “underdressed” comfy sweater style clothes, which makes sense when you are onsen hopping…
seeing how where, which one, and how, is all totally up for grabs, I can not give you any answer to how ornate the yukatas are. usually, yukata are not that ornate. did you compare it with kimonos?
edit: to clarify, there are onsens that also have rooms for rent, and there are hotels/ryokans that also have baths to rent. I used the word ryokan/hotel for a place where you pay to stay overnight, and onsen for a place where you pay to sit in water for a while. in that regard, even if the onsen were a hotel, they will not give you a yukata just because you have a daypass for the bath or buy one there.
You don’t have to wear one. The hotel ones are really simple. Kinda like a Pyjama that you can wear outside.
They are not that comfortable to wear anyways, especially when you sit on the floor and don’t want half of you legs showing.