Karumaru Ikebukuro is a sauna and hotel right by the west exit of Ikebukuro Station. It has four kinds of sauna room — rock, kelo, steam and wood-fired — and four cold baths at different temperatures. Everything below is based on the official website.
Location6F, Ikebukuro 2-chome, Toshima, TokyoSaunasRock sauna, kelo sauna, steam sauna, wood-fired saunaCold bathsFour (from under about 10 °C to about 33 °C)
Introduction
Four saunas and four cold baths
The four sauna rooms differ in temperature and size, from a large room down to a room for one.
There are four cold baths too, from very cold — under 10 °C — to lukewarm at about 33 °C.
01 · Kelo sauna
A self-löyly room at about 90 °C
The kelo sauna is about 90 °C and holds about nine people.
You can pour water on the sauna stones yourself.
02 · Rock sauna
The largest room
The rock sauna is about 80 °C and holds about 25 people.
It has auto-löyly and Aufguss by staff.
The rock sauna room
03 · Wood-fired and steam saunas
Wood fire and herbal steam
The wood-fired sauna is about 80 °C for up to five people — a traditional Finnish sauna heated with firewood.
The steam sauna is a one-person room at about 50 °C, using 9–10 kinds of herbs from Mt Ibuki.
The wood-fired sauna roomThe steam sauna
04 · Cold baths
From under 10 °C to 33 °C
“Thunder Tornado” is under about 10 °C and “Acrylic Avanto” about 14 °C.
There is also “Yasuragi” at about 25 °C and “Shoten” at about 33 °C.
The cold bath “Thunder Tornado”The cold bath “Acrylic Avanto”
What is kelo?
Pine in Finland that has died standing and dried over many years.
Karumaru Ikebukuro has a kelo sauna built from this wood.
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