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Where can you do “gaikiyoku” (outdoor rest) at a sauna?
On rooftops, in outdoor spaces with plants, in semi-outdoor lounges and so on. Even in the city centre, saunas create outdoor rest areas from rooftops, storerooms and former car parks.
A rooftop turned into a large outdoor rest space
ROOFTOP made use of its open rooftop to create a large outdoor rest space like a penthouse.
It is planned so you can go round sauna, cold bath and outdoor rest by the shortest route.
Outdoor rest surrounded by plants
The outdoor rest space at Shibuya SAUNAS is planted, and you rest on stepped benches.
There is also a cold bath deep enough to go in up to your head.
An outdoor lounge inside a park
In the outdoor lounge at TOTOPA Meiji Park, you feel the open air with your whole body while in the city centre.
It is inside the Tokyo Metropolitan Meiji Park.
Under a sentō's stairs, an outdoor rest area
Kairyoyu turned a storeroom under the stairs near the men's bath into an outdoor rest area.
A dedicated outdoor rest area is still rare at a sentō.
What is gaikiyoku?
Resting in the open air after the sauna and cold bath.
It is time to let your body rest, part of the cycle of sauna, cold bath and rest repeated several times.
Other questions
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QWhat kinds of cold bath are there?
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