Jigokudani No Yu Monkey Bath Salts from Japan

INITIAL BUBBLES

The Jigokudani Monkey Bath Salts sitting in the store display at the Snow Monkey Park’s giftshop called my name the second I got there. Not only do I love monkeys, but this was the perfect way to remember my experience there and to create one at home. I wanted to feel like I was swimming with these creatures. They were so precious to look at (more on that in my other article, coming soon!), and I felt a deep personal connection with them. Here’s hoping the bath salts live up to the park’s hype!

INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT THE AREA

Alright. Let’s get down to business. Monkey business. We visited the famous Snow Monkey Park at the end of the summer and were well aware that we wouldn’t be seeing any snow on our way there. We arrived the long way: from several train rides spanning 7h+ from Hiroshima. If one wanted to save themselves that trouble, they could make it a day trip from Tokyo (or better yet, a weekend trip). We stayed close to the monkey onsen (Japanese for “hot spring“) in Yamanouchi, an onsen town itself. To get to the base of the monkey park, it would have been a long morning walk. However, our hotel kindly offered a shuttle service to bring us to the base. After a little hike up a mountain, surrounded by nature’s quietness, we paid the small entry fee and went to see the monkeys.

THE MONKEY BATH SALTS

This was my first time using bath salts. And it was not what I expected. Maybe I expected the water to bubble like hot springs? Or for some sort of odd chemical reaction to occur? None of that happened. It was like putting sand into the water. A cloud of sand with a sulphur-like odour formed where I had poured all the powder (granted, I should have poured it evenly around the bath… probably). The sulfur smell made sense and so did the color of the bath salts, after all, we were emulating the outdoors!

Most of the bath salts seemed to sediment at the bottom of the tub, and thus making this not the most exciting bath product to watch unfurl.

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FINAL THOUGHTS

Scent: sulphur-like smell

Opacity: Transparent

Final colour: looked like dirty water.

Verdict: Interesting for the novelty and to remember monkeys!

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