Spa LaQua — hot spring and saunas at Tokyo Dome City, Tokyo
A minute's walk from Korakuen Station, Spa LaQua fills floors 5 to 9 of the LaQua building at Tokyo Dome City in Bunkyo City. Its amber natural hot spring is pumped from 1,700 m underground, and the men's bath has four saunas (up to about 100°C) while the women's bath has three. Adult entry starts at ¥3,500 depending on the day, with ¥1,000 off after 19:00. Cards, Suica/PASMO, Alipay and WeChat Pay are accepted. People with tattoos cannot enter. Everything below is based on the official website.
LocationKasuga 1-chome, Bunkyo City, Tokyo (LaQua building 5F–9F, front desk 6F)SaunasMen: Old Log (about 100°C), Wildenstein (about 80°C, Aufguss), Welle (about 80°C), Komea (about 70°C, self-löyly) / Women: Steffi (about 80°C), Järvi (about 70°C), mist sauna Terme (about 45°C)Cold bathsMen about 17°C and 22°C / women about 22°CHot springNatural hot spring “Koishikawa Onsen”: open-air bath about 38°C and a hotter bath about 43°C
Introduction
A natural hot spring in central Tokyo
The official site says the amber water is a natural hot spring pumped from 1,700 m below Tokyo Dome City.
The open-air bath has a pool at about 38°C and a hotter one at about 43°C, and there is a carbonated bath in a hinoki-wood tub.
01 · Hot spring
Open-air and indoor baths
The open-air bath has a pool at about 38°C and a hotter one at about 43°C.
The indoor bath is also natural hot spring water.
A bath (men)The indoor bath (men)
02 · Saunas
Four saunas in the men's bath
Old Log is a high-temperature sauna at about 100°C.
In Wildenstein (about 80°C) staff hold Aufguss sessions — sign up free at the counter by the locker entrance.
Wildenstein saunaOld Log, the high-temperature sauna
03 · Women's bath
The women's bath
The women's bath has an open-air bath and three saunas, including a mist sauna.
The open-air bath (women)
What is Aufguss?
A sauna service where water is poured on hot stones and the steam is fanned towards guests with a towel.
At Spa LaQua it is held in Wildenstein, in the men's bath.
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