Yui-no-Yakata Hot Spring Retreat

Yui-no-Yakata is a hot spring retreat on the southern Tokushima coast near Cape Komoda in Minami-cho, known for an open-air bath positioned to face the Pacific Ocean along the Shishikui coastline. The mineral spring water is drawn from a coastal source, and the outdoor bath is arranged so bathers look out over the water, a setting distinct from Tokushima's more common mountain and river onsen. Alongside the bath, the retreat offers shiatsu massage by appointment, performed by staff trained in traditional Japanese pressure-point technique, and a seaweed body wrap that uses local wakame harvested along the Kaifu coast, tying the treatment menu to the surrounding fishing communities. The property functions as a small retreat rather than a pure day-spa, with an indoor rest and dining area for guests staying overnight, in addition to the day-use bathing wing. Day visitors can use the coastal bath on a walk-in basis during opening hours, but the shiatsu massage and seaweed wrap should be booked in advance, since the retreat runs a limited number of treatment slots per day. The building sits close to Cape Komoda, a known surf and diving spot, and many day-use guests combine a bath with time at the cape. Facilities are modest in scale, one main outdoor bath, an indoor bath, and a small number of treatment rooms, rather than a large resort spa complex, and the pace is deliberately unhurried. The retreat closes on Wednesdays.