JAPAN'S BEST-DESIGNED SAUNAS
LocationNishi 7-jo Minami 19-chome, Obihiro, HokkaidoHot springMoor onsen (a Hokkaido Heritage)Men's saunaRenovated May 2021; indirect lighting and three tiers of benchesWomen's saunaRenovated March 2024; walls of birch roundsCold bathUnderground water from the Satsunai River
Introduction
Tokachi's hot spring and Tokachi's sauna
The large bath uses moor onsen, chosen as a Hokkaido Heritage.
Both saunas have been renovated, and the cold bath uses underground water from the Satsunai River.
01 · Men's sauna
Indirect lighting and three tiers
The men's sauna was renovated in May 2021, with indirect lighting and three tiers of benches.
02 · Women's sauna
A wall of birch rounds
The women's sauna was renovated in March 2024; its walls are clad in slices of birch.
03 · Hot spring
Moor onsen, a Hokkaido Heritage
The large bath's water is moor onsen, chosen as a Hokkaido Heritage.
What is moor onsen?
A brownish hot spring containing substances from plants that have changed over a very long time.
Tokachi's moor onsen is listed as a Hokkaido Heritage.
OperatorHokkaido Hotel
Photos© Hokkaido Hotel (official website: “Moor onsen”)
SourcesHokkaido Hotel official website: “Moor onsen”
