This is an everyday sight at Dogo. Looking up at the fourth floor of the main building, you can see a drum hung in Shinrokaku decorated with red glassware. The drum beat is heard three times a day, lifting the heart of weary travelers. No accommodation is available inside the building. The first floor has a public bath for regulars, the second floor has a big tatami room with hot tea and sweets service, where people relax after taking a hot bath.
Visitors can enter the rooms without an admission fee.
For a small group of family or friends, private rooms on the third floor with a better atmosphere are recommended. A shopping arcade lies in an L shape between the main building and the Dogo Hot Spring street car station. If you speak Japanese, it may be fun to scour for souveniers and talk with old shop keepers in one of the small shops to hear their relaxing Matsuyaman dialect.