JAPAN'S BEST-DESIGNED SAUNAS96 saunas
Saunas open after midnight in Japan
96 saunas in Japan open until midnight or later, according to their official hours. Areas include Yokohama, Niigata, Sakae, Omiya, Soka, Tsurumi. Each page has photos, hours and how to get there, with the address in Japanese.
Nine sauna rooms, and a place to work
A bathhouse on the 4th floor of a Ginza building, made for looking inward
A noren-like facade, and baths floating among clouds
Hot spring and sauna surrounded by mountain nature
A tiny sauna with a kelo-wood sauna room
A Finnish hut standing inside the bathroom
Four sauna rooms: rock, kelo, steam and wood-fired
“Bazooka löyly” every 30 minutes
A one-person private sauna linked directly to the station
A big three-tier sauna that holds 40
A hot spring with a meditation sauna and a barrel sauna
Three saunas and three cold baths
A “beauty light sauna” whose light changes colour
A meditation sauna where you press a button for steam
Hot spring and sauna on an island by the sea
A 100 °C “sky sauna” and open-air rest on the 12th floor
A golden hot spring and a dry sauna with löyly
Yuragi, Homura, Mushin, Kagero — named sauna rooms
A sauna with auto-löyly every 20 minutes
A löyly sauna that holds over 30
A five-sided barrel sauna
Engan, Nen'en, Kirameki — löyly saunas with names
A weakly acidic sulphur bath and a boat-shaped “silk tub”
A natural hot spring, a carbonated bath and a silk bath
An outdoor rock bath of natural hot spring, and an auto-löyly sauna
Natural hot spring × carbonated spring: the “golden carbonated spring”
Black natural hot spring in five tubs
“Fujimi no Yu”, a natural hot spring looking towards Mt Fuji
An outdoor cold bath and a kiln steam sauna
A natural hot spring carbonated bath and a bench bath
Outdoor baths with a “totonoi area”
A weakly acidic sulphur bath and a silk tub
A hollowed-out natural hot spring tub and a carbonated hinoki bath
An Aomori hiba tub and a far-infrared tower sauna
Free-flowing natural hot spring and a far-infrared tower sauna
A high-temperature sauna and a men's auto-löyly sauna
A sauna, and a salt sauna for women
A storehouse bath, a far-infrared sauna and a steam sauna
A junmai sake bath and a far-infrared tower sauna
A far-infrared tower sauna and a binchotan cold bath
The “Akazonae” löyly sauna and a herbal steam sauna
Bazooka löyly and an ultra-cold bath under 10 °C
A loess sauna and a natural hot spring rock bath
A 14-barrel bazooka sauna and a Fuji-view rock bath
A bazooka sauna and a forest cold bath
A Medi Sauna and an aroma salt sauna
A meditation sauna and a kampo herbal salt sauna
A tall-tiered sauna and an outdoor rock bath
Saunas of four moods, open until morning
A red-walled sauna and an outdoor carbonated spring
King's Sauna, a coral steam bath and four hot-stone rooms
A tall-tiered sauna and free-flowing source water
A sauna on the 5th floor of a station building, and an outdoor bath under the sky
A scorching sauna and a black hot spring carbonated bath
A sauna of wooden tiers and a binchotan cold bath
Saunas of five moods and a totonoi deck
A dim sauna and a hot spring cold bath
A löyly sauna and a sauna with three air vents
A tower sauna and a men's meditation bath
A sauna with automatic löyly
A tower sauna and different steam baths for men and women
A sauna, two cold baths and a totonoi space
A far-infrared tower sauna and a women's salt sauna
A hot sauna, a salt sauna and an outdoor bath with a view of Mt Fuji
Auto-löyly for men and women, and a salt sauna
An aroma löyly sauna and a wooden outdoor bath
A löyly heat-wave sauna for women and Chiba city's only hydrogen bath
A tower sauna and a free-flowing rock bath
A steam room of wooden tiers and two kinds of hot spring
Auto-löyly every hour and open-air rest facing Lake Biwa
A far-infrared sauna and a free-flowing outdoor rock bath
Auto-löyly and a totonoi area where you feel the breeze
A far-infrared high-temperature sauna and a salt sauna that sprays mist
A wooden sauna with a window and an outdoor bath facing Tokyo Bay
A high-temperature sauna and a Japanese-style self-löyly sauna
A Bonasauna, löyly and the raised “Takami no Yu”
Private saunas on three floors, wrapped in herbal steam
A dim private sauna where you make löyly with aroma or tea
A stepped sauna and a loft sauna of Mie hinoki
A lava sauna and a meditation sauna of sound, on a hotel's 9th floor
A city-centre ryokan's baths and saunas, with Karurusu Onsen water
A 45–47 °C kamaburo and a far-infrared tower sauna
An outdoor rock bath and an infrared sauna
A 900 mm-deep super jet bath and a far-infrared tower sauna
Natural hot spring rock and hinoki baths, and a tower sauna with hot and cooler zones
Auto-löyly every 30 minutes and a high-concentration carbonated spring
An 8th-floor outdoor bath and an auto-löyly tower sauna
A theatre-style far-infrared sauna and Shigaraki-ware jar baths
A low-temperature löyly sauna and a cave salt sauna
Auto-löyly twice an hour and black spring water outdoors
A city sento with a far-infrared sauna and a carbonated bath
An auto-löyly sauna walled with bakuhan stone and a 13 °C big cold bath
A cave sauna of lava tile and a round, cocoon-like sauna
A mugwort steam salt sauna and a big outdoor bath with a view of Skytree
Yugawara hot spring water outdoors, and auto löyly every hour on the hour
A foot bath 105 m above ground, and a five-tier hot sauna
