Noboribetsu Manseikaku is a hotel in Noboribetsu Onsen. Its sauna, completed in April 2021, runs at 80–90 °C with a Finnish MISA stove for self-löyly. There are two cold baths: river underflow water, and cooled hot spring water. Everything below is based on the hotel's official website.
LocationNoboribetsu Onsen-cho, Noboribetsu, HokkaidoSaunaCompleted April 2021; 80–90 °C; about 11 m²StoveMISA, self-löylyCold bathsRiver underflow 13–15 °C (no chiller), hot spring cold bath 17–19 °C
Introduction
Two cold baths at a hot spring resort
There are two cold baths: one of river underflow water and one of cooled hot spring water.
In November 2024 a private hot spring and sauna also opened on the 11th floor.
01 · Sauna
A MISA stove
The sauna was completed in April 2021: 80–90 °C and about 11 m².
Its Finnish MISA stove allows self-löyly.
The saunaThe sauna
02 · Cold baths
River underflow and spring water
The underflow cold bath is 13–15 °C, without a chiller.
The hot spring cold bath cools the spring water to 17–19 °C.
The underflow cold bath
03 · Rest
Totonoi chairs
There are totonoi chairs and benches indoors and out.
Totonoi chairs
04 · Private hot spring and sauna
“LEVEL M” on the 11th floor
The premium 11th floor, “LEVEL M”, has a private hot spring and sauna (up to 90 °C).
The private hot spring and sauna
What is fukuryusui?
Water flowing through the sand and stones beneath a river — underflow water.
One of Noboribetsu Manseikaku's cold baths uses it.
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