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Solo Onsen Trips in Japan: How Japanese Regulars Do It — and Where Going Alone Is Normal

Solo onsen travel is one of Japan's quiet institutions, and this thread is the playbook, straight from the regulars: the most-liked testimony (166 likes) says the mental hurdle collapses after a single trip — and points solo men at Beppu. A 130-like monthly regular shares the formula (paid leave on a weekday, book without meals, drink your way through the onsen town), others swear by rooms with private open-air baths and the two-night trick that gets you the bath to yourself. The thread also maps where solo guests are simply normal — Nyuto, Sukayu, Beppu's ¥100 public baths — and where they aren't. Their three favorite plays close it out.