JAPAN'S BEST-DESIGNED SAUNASQ&A
How are herbal saunas and steam baths different from ordinary saunas?
They are lower-temperature saunas filled with the steam of herbs or medicinal plants. Herbs and kampo are combined so you can also relax with the scent.
Sauna & Hotel Karumaru Ikebukuro →
A one-person sauna with herbs from Mt Ibuki
The steam sauna at Karumaru Ikebukuro is a one-person room at about 50 °C.
It uses nine or ten herbs from Mt Ibuki.
A steam bath you enter in loungewear
“Suchiko”, the steam bath on the women's floor at TOTOPA Meiji Park, wraps you in herbal steam.
You can go in wearing the loungewear provided.
A mist sauna of medicinal-plant steam
The herbal mist sauna at Shiroiya Hotel is filled with the steam of medicinal plants.
Kampo medicines are combined with herbs so you can also relax with the scent.
An auto-löyly herbal sauna
The sauna at Hottayu is an auto-löyly herbal sauna.
It is roomy enough for each person to relax.
SPA & SAUNA Suisyun Hattori Ryokuchi →
Herbal steam and natural salt
The kampo herbal salt sauna at Suisyun Hattori-Ryokuchi uses herbal steam and natural salt.
The same place also has a heat-wave sweating sauna and a meditation sauna.
Other questions
QWhere can you try a wood-fired sauna?
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?
