JAPAN'S BEST-DESIGNED SAUNASQ&A
Where can you try a wood-fired sauna?
Saunas heated by a wood fire are found at hot spring inns, in city-centre facilities and in sauna huts by a lake.
Rakan no Yu, Mifuneyama Rakuen Hotel →
Burning thinnings from around Takeo
The wood-fired sauna at Mifuneyama Rakuen Hotel Rakan no Yu is heated by burning forest thinnings from around Takeo.
In the dry sauna of the men's bath, löyly is made with hojicha tea from Ureshino, Saga.
Sauna & Hotel Karumaru Ikebukuro →
A wood-fired sauna in the city
The wood-fired sauna at Karumaru Ikebukuro is about 80 °C and holds five.
It is a traditional Finnish sauna heated with wood.
A hut built around a wood stove
“Yuksi”, Building 1 of The Sauna, is the first sauna hut they built.
An imposing wood stove is the heart of this sauna.
Other questions
QAre there hotels with a sauna in the guest room?
QWhere can you enjoy a natural hot spring and a sauna in one visit?
QWhich sauna rooms are easiest for a first-timer?
QAre there saunas you can book privately with friends?
QWhich hotels and hot spring inns in Hokkaido have good saunas?
QWhere are the sauna huts and barrel saunas?
