Hakone Yuryo — day spa and Aufguss sauna 3 minutes from Hakone-Yumoto
In Tonosawa, Hakone, Hakone Yuryo is a day spa about three minutes by free shuttle bus from Hakone-Yumoto Station. Its main bathhouse looks out over wooded hills, and its sauna, Netsu-no-Muro, has a löyly service every day. Everything below is based on the official website.
LocationTonosawa, Hakone, KanagawaBathsMihara-yu, indoor bath, rock bath, mountain-water bath, Shigaraki-ware pot bath, Netsu-no-Muro saunaSaunaNetsu-no-Muro (20 people) with a daily löyly service (weekdays 11:30, 13:30, 15:30, 17:30)
Introduction
Stretching out among the hills
The official site describes a spacious bathhouse where you can stretch out while enjoying the satoyama scenery.
In the Netsu-no-Muro sauna, a löyly service in the German Aufguss style runs every day: aroma water is poured on the sauna stones and the hot air is fanned with a large paddle.
01 · Sauna
Löyly in Netsu-no-Muro
A sauna for up to 20 people; the aroma changes with the hour and the season.
At weekends, the men's sauna has löyly every hour from 11:30 to 19:30.
02 · Outdoor baths
View bath and rock bath
A bath looking out on greenery, and a rock bath.
The view bath facing the treesThe steaming rock bath
03 · More baths
Pot bath and mountain-water bath
A Shigaraki-ware pot bath and a mountain-water bath.
Shigaraki-ware pot bathsThe mountain-water bath
04 · Rest
Tatami rest room
Kyusokubo, a free tatami rest room for about 40 people.
The tatami rest room, Kyusokubo
What is Aufguss?
A German sauna ritual in which the steam from water poured on the stones is fanned towards bathers with a towel or paddle.
Hakone Yuryo's löyly service follows the Aufguss style.
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