JAPAN'S BEST-DESIGNED SAUNASQ&A
What is a meditation sauna?
A sauna room with low light and little sound, for spending time quietly. There are rooms lit by a single shaft of light, rooms where wood blocks the view, and rooms with self-löyly.
Yulax (sauna and natural hot spring) →
A room lit by a single shaft of light
The meditation sauna at Yulax is a room with only a single shaft of light.
It was inspired by yoga meditation and the löyly sauna.
Wooden partitions block the view
Sauna Tokyo has a meditation sauna where wooden partitions block the view.
It is one of six styles of room, including a sauna based on the Edo-period todana-buro.
Low-temperature, high-humidity meditation
The “Meditation” room at Sauna Eagle is a low-temperature, high-humidity sauna.
There is auto löyly at :00, :15, :30 and :45 every hour. It holds 12 people.
A meditation sauna in the outdoor area
The “Medi-Sauna” at Ryusenji no Yu Soka-Yatsuka is a room in the outdoor area for a meditative sauna.
You can do self-löyly.
Tsurumi Ryokuchi Yumoto Suisyun →
Release steam with a button
In the meditation sauna at Tsurumi-Ryokuchi Yumoto Suisyun, pressing the “Asedasu switch” pours water on the sauna stones.
You can make steam whenever you like.
Other questions
QHow are herbal saunas and steam baths different from ordinary saunas?
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?
