After checking out of the ryokan on Wednesday morning, we headed to the Yunessun amusement park / bath house. We got the chance to take many different types of baths (i.e. different "flavors" of water) and have some unique experiences.
One of the first things we did was go to the bath where you stick your feet in and small fish (2-4 inches) eat the dead skin from your feet. This is very interesting and often tickles your feet. One of those things you just have to experience.
Next we went to a saltwater bath containing 40% salt. The density is so high that it's easy to float. Bob could put his hands behind his head, lie back in the bath and float. For reference, in fresh water or normal seawater, Bob would quickly sink. (We'd only see his nose sticking out of the water!) We all had a great time floating around. Following a quick shower to remove salt, we headed down for our initial tour of the outdoor baths.
After lunch, Rosie, Bob, Adam and Amy ventured back into the various hot baths for some "photo ops." Our first stop was the coffee bath. The bath looks and smells like coffee. Every few hours they pour a fresh barrel of coffee into the bath. You can actually drink coffee from the barrel as it's poured in if you like; they'll pour the coffee into your hand.
Next we went into the wine bath. Don't we look good in red?
The green tea bath was the next stop. It was by far the hottest bath. We don't know if there was some significance to that or not. 
We then transitioned to a sake bath. Not a lot of sake odor and we certainly didn't taste it to find out.
Our final bath (in the outside portion of our photo tour) was another green tea bath. This was a bit cooler than the first green tea bath and came equipped with a tea pitcher.
While we were out enjoying the baths, Daddy Chris was letting Lottie sleep on him. He's such a good dad!
We next did some indoor baths. Here are Chris and Bob in the chocolate bath (trust us - it only looks like mud). This bath smelled really good when we first got in. Note the chocolate bar hanging over the bath. I think they're getting ready for Valentine's day!
Rosie and Lottie had fun playing in the shallow indoor pool. There were lots of toys floating around in the water to play with.
After the exotic baths, we went back to our locker rooms, showered, dressed and took the bus to the train station. Next stop - the New Sano Hotel in Tokyo.
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