Ikata Town Health Interaction Hall - Kamega Pond Hot Spring

Kamegaike Onsen is a day-use bathing complex at the westernmost point of Shikoku, on the Sada Misaki peninsula. Two large bathing halls (the men's and women's sides swap on a rotating schedule) lead out to a rotenburo with both a regular-temperature and a hotter pool, plus a bubble bath, a cypress barrel bath, and three ceramic pottery tubs. There's a high-temperature sauna, a salt sauna, and a cold bath, with a rock-bed sauna (ganbanyoku) available for an extra charge. The spring water itself is clear and faintly salty. The building is new and low-slung, with cedar-clad walls and warm indirect lighting inside. It sits on the road out to Sada Misaki lighthouse, so hikers heading for the cape often stop in, and the free footbath out front is open to anyone just passing through. There's a restaurant serving local seafood and a small shop selling citrus and seafood products from around Ikata.