JAPAN'S BEST-DESIGNED SAUNASCollections
59 collections
Saunas grouped by trip and by theme, so you can compare places that share something.
7 saunas
Saunas by the sea in Japan
Cool down to the sound of waves. Saunas and bathhouses on the coast, from the Pacific at Oiso and Tokyo Bay…
7 saunas
Hot-spring saunas inside Tokyo and Osaka
You don't have to leave the city for a natural hot spring. Big-city spas in Tokyo and Osaka that pair their…
9 saunas
Saunas near Asakusa, Skytree and Ryogoku
Asakusa, Kuramae, Oshiage, Ryogoku and Kinshicho lie along the Sumida River in east Tokyo. Saunas to fit…
10 saunas
Saunas near Shibuya, Harajuku and Shinjuku
West Tokyo's busiest districts, and the quieter neighbourhoods a few stops away. From a 24-hour hot spring in…
6 saunas
Saunas near Ginza, Nihonbashi and Kanda
Central Tokyo, around Ginza and the business districts near Tokyo Station. Saunas for the evening after…
6 saunas
Saunas in Roppongi and Akasaka
Akasaka, Roppongi and Nishi-Azabu, home to hotels, embassies and museums. Design-led saunas, private rooms…
9 saunas
Saunas for a trip to Kyoto, Osaka and Kobe
Kyoto townhouses, Osaka's Shinsaibashi and Tenma, Kobe's Sannomiya and Harborland. Saunas to fit into a…
13 saunas
Sentō: Japan's neighbourhood bathhouses, with a sauna
A sentō is a public bathhouse for the neighbourhood. These sentō have saunas, and many keep their old…
10 saunas
Saunas with a Japanese aesthetic
Tea rooms, ukiyo-e, a mountain-village inn, löyly made with roasted green tea. Saunas that take their design…
8 saunas
Stay at a hot spring hotel or ryokan with a sauna
Hotels and ryokan in hot spring towns, from Hokkaido to Okinawa, where the sauna is part of the stay.
11 saunas
Open all night: saunas for a late arrival or an early start
Open 24 hours, or until the next morning. Saunas in the big cities where you can go after a late flight or…
15 saunas
Tattoo-friendly saunas in Japan
Many Japanese baths turn away people with tattoos. These places say on their official websites that you may…
14 saunas
Saunas where you can pay by card
Places whose official websites list credit cards or other cashless payments. Small sentō are often cash only…
11 saunas
Private saunas you can book in Tokyo
Rooms for one person, a couple or a small group, booked in advance. Booking pages are often in Japanese; each…
5 saunas
Saunas with a view of Mt Fuji
Places whose official websites mention a view of Mt Fuji, from Lake Yamanaka at its foot to outdoor baths in…
8 saunas
Day trips from Tokyo: saunas in nature
Rivers, forests, lakes and the sea within reach of Tokyo. Saunas for a day out of the city, or a night away.
5 saunas
Saunas for a trip to Yokohama and Kawasaki
Yokohama Station, Chinatown, the bay and Kawasaki. Saunas easy to reach from Tokyo.
9 saunas
Saunas worth the journey
Saunas by a lake, in a forest, facing the Sea of Japan, in a building by Shigeru Ban. Places to plan a trip…
2 saunas
Saunas in design-led sentō bathhouses
A storeroom under the stairs turned into an outdoor rest area, a car park turned into a lounge. Neighbourhood…
2 saunas
Beautiful private saunas you can book for yourself
Alone, or just with your friends. Saunas with no queue.
13 saunas
Saunas with wonderful outdoor rest areas
Rooftops, planted courtyards, inside a park. Places where you rest in the open air after the sauna.
4 saunas
Saunas where you choose your room
Six styles, nine rooms, a forest, a bucket and a pond. Pick a room to suit your mood.
3 saunas
Saunas where you can also work
Workspaces, a library, desks. Places to work or read before and after the sauna.
6 saunas
Beautifully designed saunas in Hokkaido
Sapporo, Jozankei, Obihiro, Hakodate, Noboribetsu. Saunas inside hotels and hot spring inns.
13 saunas
Beautifully designed saunas in Kansai
Osaka, Kyoto, Kobe, Shiga. From a private sauna in a machiya townhouse to large bathing complexes.
5 saunas
Beautifully designed saunas in Kyushu and Okinawa
Fukuoka, Kumamoto, Saga, Okinawa. From private rooms to a mountain hot spring inn and an island by the sea.
8 saunas
Beautifully designed saunas in Nagoya and Tokai
Sakae, Marunouchi, Chiryu. From a small sauna to a facility with three cold baths.
4 saunas
Saunas built of Nordic kelo wood
Kelo is the sauna wood loved in Finland. These sauna rooms are finished in it.
4 saunas
Wood-fired saunas
Traditional saunas heated by a wood fire.
13 saunas
Dark, quiet meditation saunas
Sauna rooms with low light, made for spending time in silence.
11 saunas
Saunas with deep, very cold baths
160 cm deep, 7 °C, below 10 °C. Cold baths you can sink into completely.
8 saunas
Design saunas you can stay at
Saunas where you can spend the night. Some have a sauna in the guest room.
14 saunas
Design saunas with natural hot springs
Soak in a hot spring, then sweat in the sauna. Places that have both.
10 saunas
Herbal and steam saunas
Lower-temperature saunas filled with the steam of herbs and medicinal plants.
7 saunas
Saunas with Aufguss (heat-wave) sessions
Places where staff fan the heat of löyly towards you at set times.
3 saunas
Bathhouses with beautiful tile murals and ukiyo-e
Showa-era painted tiles and Hokusai's ukiyo-e. Saunas that keep the memory of the bathhouse.
6 saunas
Design saunas open 24 hours
Open late at night and early in the morning, around the clock.
10 saunas
Wooden sauna huts and barrel saunas
Saunas shaped like huts or barrels, set inside the bathhouse or outdoors.
7 saunas
Design saunas close to the station
Directly linked, 30 seconds' walk, one minute's walk. Easy to drop in on the way home.
9 saunas
Beautifully designed saunas with auto löyly
Every hour on the hour, every 30 minutes. When the time comes, water pours onto the sauna stones and steam…
3 saunas
Beautifully designed saunas with self-löyly
Places where you can pour water on the sauna stones whenever you like.
8 saunas
Stylish saunas open past 2 a.m.
After the last train, in the middle of the night. Places that stay open late.
10 saunas
Stylish saunas with a salt sauna
A lower-temperature sauna where you rub salt on your body. Whether it is in the men's or women's bath differs…
10 saunas
Beautifully designed saunas in Tohoku, Niigata and Hokuriku
Tubs of Aomori hiba, a storehouse bath, a sake bath. Places with a sense of their region.
10 saunas
Beautifully designed saunas in Saitama
Barrel saunas, totonoi decks, dim saunas. Places to choose from in Saitama.
9 saunas
Beautifully designed saunas in Yokohama and Kanagawa
The 5th floor of a station building, outdoor baths in Shonan, a hilltop residential area. Places to choose…
5 saunas
Saunas in old Japanese houses and machiya
A Kyoto machiya, a farmhouse over 150 years old, the annex of a Taisho-era inn. Saunas made by bringing old…
10 saunas
Private saunas with a different world in every room
The bottom of the sea, the moon, mist, an imaginary dwelling. Private saunas finished with a different theme…
8 saunas
Stylish saunas men and women can use together
Saunas where men and women go in together, in swimwear or loungewear. Some have large sauna rooms for big…
9 saunas
Stylish saunas with ganbanyoku stone baths
Besides the sauna and cold bath, you can warm up on heated stone beds. Some rooms have names, and one is a…
10 saunas
Stylish saunas with high-concentration carbonated baths
Places with a high-concentration carbonated spring bath as well as a sauna. Some are outdoors, and some you…
11 saunas
Stylish saunas where you rest with a view
Mt Fuji, the Sea of Japan, Lake Biwa, Tokyo Bay. Places where you rest after the sauna looking at a distant…
12 saunas
Beautifully designed saunas in central Tokyo
Shibuya, Ginza, Akasaka, Ryogoku, Ikebukuro. Saunas in the city with interiors worth seeing.
10 saunas
Beautifully designed saunas in Tama and Hachioji
Fuchu, Koganei, Kunitachi, Hachioji, Ome. Places in Tokyo's Tama area with saunas worth seeing.
9 saunas
Beautifully designed saunas in Chiba
Katori, Kisarazu, Kashiwa, Makuhari, Matsudo. Places in Chiba with saunas worth seeing.
10 saunas
Beautifully designed saunas in Ibaraki, Tochigi and Gunma
From an art hotel in Maebashi to Tsukuba, Utsunomiya and Mito. Places in northern Kanto with saunas worth…
9 saunas
Barrel saunas in Japan
A five-sided barrel in Saitama, a barrel with a view of Ashibetsu, one with a large window beside a bonfire —…
11 saunas
Cave baths and cave saunas in Japan
A cave sauna of lava tile in Shinjuku, a cave salt sauna in Kanagawa, cave baths in Niigata and Miyagi —…
10 saunas
Forest-themed saunas in Japan
Saunas named after the five elements in a Saga forest, a forest spa resort in Obihiro, forest cold baths and…
