砂湯

Japanese

Kanji in this term
砂	湯
すな Grade: 6	ゆ Grade: 3

砂湯: women in a sand bath in Beppu, Oita, Japan c. 1930

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sɨna̠jɯ̟]

Noun

砂(すな)湯(ゆ) • (sunayu) 

1. sand bath; a type of onsen in which people are buried in warm sand

   Synonym: 砂風呂 (sunaburo)

   • 2020 January 6, “Sunayu”, in Tenshikaga Navi‎^[1]:

     砂浜(すなはま)を掘(ほ)ればたちまち露(ろ)天(てん)風(ぶ)呂(ろ)の出(で)来(き)上(あが)り！そんなワクワクするような楽(たの)しい場(ば)所(しょ)が、ここ砂(すな)湯(ゆ)。

     Sunahama o horeba tachimachi rotenburo no dekiagari! Sonna wakuwaku suru yō na tanoshī basho ga, koko sunayu.

     If you dig a hole in the beach sand, you can make an instant outdoor bath! That kind of exciting happy spot is here, a sunayu.