This hotel is in Jozankei Onsen, the hot spring retreat in the hills behind Sapporo. Its renovated large bath “Bisen” has a sauna with a Metos stove and a 1.1 m-deep cold bath of Jozankei groundwater, and there are special guest rooms with their own sauna. Everything below is based on the hotel's official website.
LocationJozankei Onsen Higashi 3-chome, Minami, Sapporo, HokkaidoLarge bath sauna90–95 °C, Metos “ZIEL” stoveCold bathJozankei groundwater, 13–14 °C, 1.1 m deepSpecial rooms with saunaCompleted October 2021, up to 85 °C
Introduction
A proper Finnish sauna at a hot spring hotel
The official page starts by explaining the difference between a dry sauna and a Finnish sauna.
The large-bath sauna handles both auto-löyly and self-löyly.
01 · Large bath sauna
The 90–95 °C sauna of “Bisen”
The sauna in the large bath “Bisen” is 90–95 °C.
The stove is a Metos “ZIEL”.
The sauna room of the large bath “Bisen”The large bath “Bisen”
02 · Cold bath and outdoor rest
Jozankei groundwater
The cold bath uses Jozankei groundwater at 13–14 °C and is 1.1 m deep.
In the outdoor rest area you can look out at the mountains.
The cold bath
03 · Special rooms
Guest rooms with a sauna
The special rooms with a view sauna were completed in October 2021; the temperature can be set up to 85 °C.
The stoves use Finnish Kerkes heaters and Hokkaido stones.
The sauna in a special view-sauna room
What is auto-löyly?
A system in which a machine automatically pours water on the sauna stones at set times.
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