Not only does Ogo onsen offer a great natural hot spring, but it's normal baths and showers have the greatest soft water. I love soft water, it makes you feel slippery, as if you didn't rinse the soap off well enough. The main bath is always piping hot with soft water is more enjoyable for me than the spring water outdoor bath. This isn't to say that the spring is bad. I quite like it. It's similar to Futaba and Hamada near by. The outdoor bath and the jet baths are filled with heated hot spring water. The other baths have normal water that’s been softened.

The space used by the baths is quite small but everything is fit in quite well and it actually seems much bigger. You will have to navigate around the other bathers on a busy night however. The outdoor bath is triangle shaped with a nice view of the sky. The main indoor bath is quite deep and always piping hot. They have a great super strong jet that I always use. There are two showers, both cold water, that are great in the summer. The sauna has a separate cold water bath. The only thing missing is a good place to sit outside of the baths. There are two seats outside, but I never find them that comfortable.

The bathing areas were remodeled sometime in 2005 or 2006, so much of the tile and the fixtures at the showers are new. There is a small, inch high step going into the larger cold water bath that I have stubbed my toe rather painfully on twice to watch out for.

I always have a good time here and I've bumped into people I've know from the bars I go to around Nishinomiya. There are a fair share of yakuza that go to Ogo but they all seem to interact well with the customers. Many of the people here seem to know each other. The front staff is always very nice. In the lobby is a free computer with internet for people to use and a giant TV.

This is my place to go on Wednesdays because many other sento in the Nishinomiya are closed on that day.

On the first and third Tuesdays there is a rose pedal bath for the girls.