Issue No. ２▶All creating, publishing, and editing
SYUN Editorial Committee （Sansuiso）

Currently looking for LINE friends!
We’ve created our own line handle! Will you be our LINE friend?
For our first-time friends, we’re giving out a one-time-use coupon—a ¥500 off
coupon for friending Sansuiso, and a ¥ 200 off coupon for friending YUMORI.
There are more goodies and deals to come, as well!
On the talk page, we have an automated message system that can answer any
commonly asked questions. Also, check out our homepage or Instagram
account, via the “Rich Menu!”▲YUMORI LINE

▲Sansuiso LINE

Going out for picnic? Grab some take out from Sansuiso and YUMORI!

Sansuiso has managed to fit their luxurious ryokan meal into a bento box! Enjoy the ryokan life at home! At adreary day at work! At hanami! At picnics! Anywhere! We’ll also deliver within a 30 min radius for any orders over¥3000! Plus, for orders over ¥ 7000, there’s no delivery fee! Otherwise, a ¥1000 delivery charge will be added.
Orders can be made via phone, FAX, and via our homepage online store. These bentos are made with the utmost
care, so we ask that you put in your reservation up to three days before you’d like to feast!

MENU①Shunsai Bento ¥3,500② Sansui Bento ¥5,000③Locally Sourced Beef Steak Bento ¥2,000④Kawamata Shamo Chicken Teriyaki Bento ¥1,600⑤Our Chef’s Chinese Special: Hors d’oeuvres platter (serves 4-5) ¥6,000⑥Fruit Platter (serves up to 5)¥3,000◀Steak Bento
This beef is locally sourced
from Fukushima. It’s quite
the extravagant bento!

◀Shamo ChickenTeriyaki Bento
This shamo chicken isfrom Kawamata andthe meat has a great
umami flavor!

▲Shunsai Bento
Our Chef Shida picks
out seasonal
vegetables for thisJapanese style bento.

At YUMORI, we believe that it’s important to take care of your body inside and out. And you can do that, here—with
the power combo of onsen and our fermented food menu (trust me, it’s much better than it sounds)! We use koji (orfermented rice) in most of our food/drink menu. Our koji comes locally from Wada Kojiya in Motomiya City and our kojichef, Chef Nakamura, using all her love and expertise, creates delicious sandwiches, sweet drinks, and more!
Our most popular item, the “ice de bikoji,” is a drink with amazake and jammy syrups. We do seasonal ice de bikojis aswell, with seasonal fruit!

MENU①ice de bikoji (lemonade) ¥600
②Bikoji Sandwich(herb chicken, chicken salad, or shoyu ginger chicken) ¥780
③Bikoji Rice Plate(miso koji pork or miso koji chicken) ¥850
④Bikoji Sandwich with soup ¥930
⑤Bikoji Rice Plate with soup ¥1000
We also serve a variety of different café and bar drinks as well!
Everything can be made to-go!

◀Bikoji Rice
Plate with Soup
This comes with alight but flavorful
onion soup that isalso made withkoji♪

◀Bikoji Sandwich(shoyu gingerchicken)
The pickles thatcome with this arevery snackable!

▲Try this amazake drink!
ice de bikoji (lemonade)Tsuchiyu Onsen’s Hot Spring Water Quality
The quality of Sansuiso’s and YUMORI’s hot springs is simple.
This clear and odorless hot spring water is known to help
people with high blood pressure, arteriosclerosis, rheumatism,
neuralgia, skin disease, hormone imbalance, and badcirculation.
Recently, this simple quality spring water’s alkalinity rose toa pH of 8.55, requalifying it as simple spring water withalkaline qualities. This new type of water, as well as hydrogencarbonate, sulfur, and sulfate, are known as the top 4
beautifying hot spring waters. These hot springs have anabundance of the natural moisturizing element called
metasilicic. Metasilicic promotes the regeneration of skin tissue
and balances your ceramide levels. Tsuchiyu Onsen has theirown Tsuchiyu Onsen Mist spray as well as Yuhada Bijin facemask that utilizes these beauty promoting elements. Checkthem out at our online store!

Hanami Spots InFukushima

Spring Quality

Tsuchiyu Onsen Facilities

Simple(mild, clear)

Sansuiso, YUMORI, New Ougiya, Yamaneya Ryokan, Satonoyu,
Otome Yuri, Hotel Mukaitaki, Kintaki Ryokan, Kotaki Ryokan,
Kawakami Onsen, Fudoyu Onsen, Public Bathhouse Nakanoyu,
Akayu Kozanso

Sulphur(smelly, milky)

Fudoyu Onsen, Sagamiya Ryokan, Akayu Kozanso

Simple Sulphur

Noji Onsen Hotel, Yoshikuraya Ryokan, Mitoya Ryokan

Hydrogen Carbonate(water has a thickfeeling)

New Ougiya, Fuku Usagi, Public Bathhouse Nakanoyu

Light Sulphur

Washikura Kougen RyokanAcidic(discolors metals)

Washikura Kougen Ryokan№３ Shotoku Taishido Weeping Cherry Tree
about 240m from Sansuiso (5 min.)Shotoku Taishido is a spot commemorating the opening ofTsuchiyu Onsen. Its cherry trees are rumored to be about 500
years old! This Taishido was registered as a cultural piece ofFukushima Prefecture in 1983. It is said that Shotoku Taishi isenshrined here, blessing it’s visitors with safe births, childcare,and knowledge.
🌸In bloom end of April to the beginning of May№４ Shinobuyama Park 🚘about 20km from Tsuchiyu (4min)
Shinobuyama Park is a must-go-to place for the hanami season.
About 300 of a variety of cherry trees can be found in the park area,
and about 2,000 can be seen across the entire mountain. Once thecherry blossoms start blooming, food stalls open, and the sakura
festival begins at the park. If you can’t catch them during the day, theflowers lit up at night are just as beautiful!
🌸 In bloom mid-April▲ The weeping cherries at Shotoku
Taishido are lit up at night♪About us, the staff!♪
Sansuiso Staff ②

Ｑ.What’s your job？
Ａ. I manage the businessAccounting Division (for 8 years) finances as well as cooperatewith the bank.

Takehisa Niibori

Ｑ. When do you feel yourjob is worth it?
Ａ. I feel like it’s worth it
when I’ve managed thefinances so thoroughly thatour business interactions run
smoothly.

YUMORI Staff②
Overall Operations
Manager (for 4 years)

Yukari Itakura

The COVID-19 pandemic ismaking us go through some
hard times right now, but we’repreparing and perfecting
everything so that we can takeyou in with a smile!

お問合せ■Sansuiso〒960-2157 Aburahata 55, Tsuchiyu Onsen-machi, Fukushima City／☎024-595-2141／✉sansuiso@cocoa.ocn.ne.jp■YUMORI Onsen Hostel〒960-2157 Dounoue 7-1, Tsuchiyu Onsen-machi, Fukushima City／☎024-595-2170／✉info@yumori-hostel.jp■Mascot Characters：Kibokko-chan（©2013 土湯温泉 きぼっこちゃん 許諾第101号）・Yupacchi▲ Sakura festival at
Shinobuyama Park

Ｑ.What’s your job？
Ａ. I oversee all operations ofYUMORI as well as train the staff.
I manage and plan the schoolgroup reservations, am a part ofthe social media team, and as I
have an local English tour guide
license, work with our foreign
guests. Sanitizing/ventilating ourfacilities has become an
important part of my daily
routine. I want our guests to feel
comfortable and safe at YUMORI.

I strive to create a warm
atmosphere that the guests
want to come back to!
Ｑ. When do you feel your job isworth it?
Ａ. I feel thrilled and blessed to
be able to work in Fukushima. It’s
those moments when I’m able toshare something that you
couldn’t find in a guidebook, orshare any local spots within theprefecture or see that guests had
a great time in Tsuchiyu that I
feel like it’s most worth it.