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How cold are the cold baths?
Many are around 15–17 °C, and some are below 10 °C or as cold as 7 °C. Some places have two or more cold baths at different temperatures so you can choose.
7 °C, 16 °C, 30 °C
The “single cold bath” at Sauna Eagle is 7 °C and 120 cm deep.
The “double cold bath” is 16 °C, and the “silky cold bath” is 30 °C with fine bubbles.
Sauna & Hotel Karumaru Ikebukuro →
From below 10 °C to 33 °C
At Karumaru Ikebukuro, the “Thunder Tornado” is below about 10 °C and the “Acrylic Avant” about 14 °C.
There is also “Yasuragi” at about 25 °C and “Shoten” at about 33 °C.
15 °C for men, 17 °C for women
The cold baths at Sky Spa YOKOHAMA are kept at about 15 °C on the men's side and about 17 °C on the women's side.
The 14th floor has a rest space with a bay view.
Noboribetsu Manseikaku (sauna) →
River water with no chiller
The river-water cold bath at Noboribetsu Manseikaku is 13–15 °C and uses no chiller.
The spring-water cold bath is hot spring water cooled to 17–19 °C.
Yunokawa Onsen Hanabishi Hotel (löyly sauna) →
An outdoor cold bath that changes with the season
The cold bath at Hanabishi Hotel is outdoors, and its temperature changes with the season.
It is 18–21 °C in spring and 14–17 °C in autumn.
What is a chiller?
A machine that cools water and keeps it at a set temperature.
Some cold baths use groundwater or river water as it is, without a chiller.
Other questions
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