Steam saunas in Kagoshima, Japan
ホテル ニューニシノ 天然温泉＆サウナ
The bathhouse of Hotel New Nishino in Tenmonkan is open to non-guests and is men only, with a monthly ladies' day. It has a Finnish sauna lined with Finnish kelo wood, where staff pour aroma löyly several times a day, and a binchotan charcoal steam sauna, plus a large bath, reclining room and izakaya. The hotel notes the bath is not natural hot spring water while a new well is drilled. General entry is ¥2,200; a morning rate is ¥1,400.
みどり温泉
Midori Onsen is a leisure-style hot-spring bathhouse in Okanohara-cho with free-flowing spring water. It has three saunas: a low-temperature rock-salt sauna, a herbal steam sauna and a high-temperature sauna, plus a cold bath, an eight-herb medicinal bath, a lie-down bath, an open-air bath and a snack corner. Open daily 5:30 to 23:00 with parking for 300 cars; adult entry ¥460.
芦刈温泉
Ashikari Onsen in Wakaba-cho is a hot-spring sento known as a 'bijin no yu' for its smooth sodium bicarbonate water, which runs free-flowing through every bath, shower and tap. It has a hinoki cypress bath, a garden-style open-air bath, jet and electric baths, a sauna with an adjoining cold bath, and a mist sauna on the women's side. A restaurant is attached. Open daily 6:00 to 24:00; adult entry ¥460.
城山ホテル鹿児島 さつま乃湯
Satsuma-no-yu is the hilltop hot-spring bath of Shiroyama Hotel Kagoshima, 108 m above the city with open-air baths looking across to Sakurajima. Day visitors are welcome from 13:00 to 21:00 for ¥3,500. Its sauna is the Ion Spa, a low-temperature steam room held at 42 to 44°C using natural water drawn from 203 m underground. Bathing in swimwear or with a towel is not allowed. Private open-air baths can be booked separately.
鹿児島サンロイヤルホテル 最上階展望温泉
The top-floor observation bath of Kagoshima Sun Royal Hotel looks straight across Kinko Bay to Sakurajima, and the hotel recommends coming in the morning to watch the sun rise behind the volcano. The water is natural chloride hot spring, with water added and reheated. The men's side has a far-infrared sauna and the women's a steam sauna. Non-guests can bathe for ¥1,500, 6:00 to 10:00 and 15:00 to midnight.
ホテル ニューニシノ 天然温泉＆サウナ
The bathhouse of Hotel New Nishino in Tenmonkan is open to non-guests and is men only, with a monthly ladies' day. It has a Finnish sauna lined with Finnish kelo wood, where staff pour aroma löyly several times a day, and a binchotan charcoal steam sauna, plus a large bath, reclining room and izakaya. The hotel notes the bath is not natural hot spring water while a new well is drilled. General entry is ¥2,200; a morning rate is ¥1,400.
みどり温泉
Midori Onsen is a leisure-style hot-spring bathhouse in Okanohara-cho with free-flowing spring water. It has three saunas: a low-temperature rock-salt sauna, a herbal steam sauna and a high-temperature sauna, plus a cold bath, an eight-herb medicinal bath, a lie-down bath, an open-air bath and a snack corner. Open daily 5:30 to 23:00 with parking for 300 cars; adult entry ¥460.
芦刈温泉
Ashikari Onsen in Wakaba-cho is a hot-spring sento known as a 'bijin no yu' for its smooth sodium bicarbonate water, which runs free-flowing through every bath, shower and tap. It has a hinoki cypress bath, a garden-style open-air bath, jet and electric baths, a sauna with an adjoining cold bath, and a mist sauna on the women's side. A restaurant is attached. Open daily 6:00 to 24:00; adult entry ¥460.
城山ホテル鹿児島 さつま乃湯
Satsuma-no-yu is the hilltop hot-spring bath of Shiroyama Hotel Kagoshima, 108 m above the city with open-air baths looking across to Sakurajima. Day visitors are welcome from 13:00 to 21:00 for ¥3,500. Its sauna is the Ion Spa, a low-temperature steam room held at 42 to 44°C using natural water drawn from 203 m underground. Bathing in swimwear or with a towel is not allowed. Private open-air baths can be booked separately.
鹿児島サンロイヤルホテル 最上階展望温泉
The top-floor observation bath of Kagoshima Sun Royal Hotel looks straight across Kinko Bay to Sakurajima, and the hotel recommends coming in the morning to watch the sun rise behind the volcano. The water is natural chloride hot spring, with water added and reheated. The men's side has a far-infrared sauna and the women's a steam sauna. Non-guests can bathe for ¥1,500, 6:00 to 10:00 and 15:00 to midnight.