Best Saunas in Kobe, Japan
ととのうサウナ HIGH BALANCE
High Balance is a small membership sauna in Mikage, Higashinada, with single-person sauna rooms and a three-person room, all with self-löyly, and a cold bath held at 16 to 17°C. Visits are booked in two-hour slots; a drop-in costs ¥1,800 after online registration and a ¥3,300 joining fee. It is for men except on the 15th of each month, which is Ladies Day. Open 8:30 to 22:00.
SPA専 太平のゆ
SPA-sen Taihei no Yu is a large bathhouse on the Tarumi waterfront whose open-air baths and restaurant look out on the Akashi Kaikyo Bridge and the sea. The men's sauna has auto-löyly every 20 minutes and staff löyly sessions at 15:00, 19:00 and 22:00; the women's sauna has self-löyly with daily aroma water. There is also a mist sauna, a cold bath, bedrock baths and outdoor chairs for cooling down. Open until midnight every day.
ジェームス山天然温泉 月の湯舟
Tsuki no Yufune is a natural onsen in the James-yama hills of Tarumi with milky-white hot spring water and baths of natural seawater piped from the Seto Inland Sea. It has three saunas: a large tiered high-temperature Stadium Sauna, a salt sauna and a Rocky Sauna with heated stones. Staff run heat-wave events, and there is a cold bath and outdoor seating for cooling down. Open 9:00 to midnight, last entry 23:00.
天然温泉スパ&サウナ awa awa KOBE
awa awa KOBE is a natural-onsen spa and sauna on the HAT Kobe waterfront that reopened after a renewal in October 2025, with its own craft brewery and a restaurant inside. The baths use natural onsen and groundwater, with a sauna and an open-air area for lying down under the sky. A bookable private sauna with self-löyly, a deep cold bath and its own open-air bath is also available. Entry is ¥1,000 on weekdays; open 10:00 to midnight.
有馬街道温泉 すずらんの湯
Suzuran no Yu is a day onsen on the Arima Kaido road in Kita ward with one of Kobe's largest garden open-air baths. Its sauna has auto-löyly every 15 minutes using Miyamizu spring water, and there is a herbal steam sauna. The open-air area adds Jouan, a three-tier forest sauna for 33 people with self-löyly and vihta, open to men only. Cold baths include a hinoki tub, and there is a tatami cooling-off area. Open 10:00 to midnight.
朝日温泉
Asahi Onsen is a Hyogo-ward bathhouse founded in 1941 whose free-flowing natural hot spring is certified by the Japan Natural Hot Spring Organization, yet it charges ordinary sento prices. It runs five baths at separate temperatures, from a 45°C black-water bath to a 31°C spring bath and a 20°C cold bath, plus a free steam sauna and a high-temperature sauna for a fee. Open 9:00 to 23:30; closed Wednesday.
水木湯
Mizuki-yu is an old sento near Shinkaichi in Hyogo ward that manga artist Shigeru Mizuki, creator of GeGeGe no Kitaro, once used. Its high-temperature sauna is free with entry, and there is a cold bath, an extra-hot bath and an electric bath, with face towels lent free. Open 14:00 to 23:00; closed Sunday.
湊河湯
Minatogawa-yu is a bright, spacious sento near Minatogawa station in Hyogo ward, known for strong shower pressure and free toiletries, cleansers and towels for hire. It has a free steam sauna, a cold bath, a medicinal bath, an electric bath and an open-air bath. Open 13:00 to 23:00; closed Tuesday.
湯あそびひろば 二宮温泉
Ninomiya Onsen is a sento seven minutes' walk from Sannomiya station that stays open all night, from 14:00 until 10:00 the next morning, every day. Its facilities include a high-temperature sauna (extra charge), a cold bath, a popular carbonated bath, a medicinal bath and an open-air bath. On weekends it is busy with runners and hikers.
湯あそびひろば 六甲おとめ塚温泉
Rokko Otomezuka Onsen is a Nada-ward bathhouse that pours its own carbonated hot spring, 480 litres a minute, into the baths without adding water or heat. Its two bath halls swap between men and women daily: one has a high-temperature sauna and the other a salt sauna, both with open-air onsen baths. Entry is ¥500 plus ¥300 for the sauna. Open every day from 6:00 to 1:00.
湯あそびひろば 芦原温泉
Ashihara Onsen is an all-night sento in Minatogawa, Hyogo ward, open every day of the year from 14:00 until 10:00 the next morning. Its high-temperature sauna runs at around 100°C with a cold bath beside the door, and a separate low-temperature bedrock sauna; free crushed ice is handed out to eat in the sauna. Bathers also get a natural-onsen open-air bath and ten kinds of jet bath. Entry is ¥500, or ¥700 with the sauna.
湯あそびひろば森温泉
Mori Onsen is a sento two minutes from JR Konan-Yamate station in Higashinada, fully renovated in 2006 after the earthquake and popular with hikers from the Ashiya Rock Garden. It has a high-temperature sauna (extra charge), a recently renovated cold bath, and an open-air bath. Open 14:00 to 0:30, with a Sunday morning bath from 7:00 to 10:30; closed on the first, third and fifth Tuesday.
灘温泉 六甲道店
Nada Onsen Rokkomichi began as a bathhouse in 1932 and drilled its own hot spring after the 1995 earthquake. Bathers alternate between a cool, unheated carbonated spring bath and the heated onsen; there is a far-infrared sauna, a well-water cold bath at about 18 to 20°C and open-air baths. Entry is ¥500, or ¥800 with the sauna. It opens at 5:00 and stays open through Friday night into Saturday.
灘温泉 水道筋店
Nada Onsen Suidosuji is a neighbourhood bathhouse founded in 1938 in the Suidosuji shopping arcade, fed by its own carbonated hot spring. It recommends alternating between the cool 35°C unheated spring bath and a heated onsen bath; there is also a far-infrared sauna lined with binchotan charcoal, a well-water cold bath at about 18 to 20°C and an open-air bath. Entry is ¥500, or ¥800 with the sauna. Open 5:00 to midnight.
神戸サウナ&スパ
Kobe Sauna & Spa is a men's sauna and capsule hotel a minute from Sannomiya subway station. The men's floor has a main sauna with staff löyly every 30 minutes, a kelo-wood Finnish sauna with self-löyly and vihta, a marble hammam and a salt sauna. Its open-air cold bath is held at 11.7°C all year in memory of the 17 January 1995 earthquake, beside a natural-onsen bath. Open around the clock; free time costs ¥3,100 on weekdays.
神戸ハーバーランド温泉 万葉倶楽部
Kobe Harborland Onsen Manyo Club fills floors 7 to 16 of the Promena Kobe building at Harborland with natural alkaline onsen baths, a carbonated bath, bedrock baths and a sauna with a television. The rooftop footbath garden, 105 m above the ground, looks over Kobe Port Tower. The complex is open 24 hours a day all year, with the large baths open from 5:00 to 2:00; a full-day set costs ¥2,950 plus bathing tax.
神戸レディススパ
Kobe Ladies Spa is the women's floor of Kobe Sauna & Spa in Sannomiya. It has a dry sauna with löyly sessions by heat masters, a rose-oil mist room (the Rose Thermarium), two bedrock-bath rooms and a natural onsen bath drawn from 1,004 m underground. Day use runs 8:00 to 23:00, last entry 22:00, with free time at ¥2,900 and a one-hour course at ¥1,900; capsule stays are also offered.
第一平和温泉
Daiichi Heiwa Onsen is a Nagata-ward bathhouse with its own natural hot spring, the Ryu (Raga) no Yu, and a large open-air bath built in its former garden. It has a high-temperature sauna for a fee and a cold bath, and it is open every day through the night, from 14:00 until 10:00 the next morning.
萬歳湯
Manzai-yu is a family-run sento in Shin-Nagata, open since 1945, known for very hot baths, oden sold in the lobby, a daily medicinal bath and a high-temperature sauna for a small extra charge. There is also a cold bath and an open-air bath, and regulars chat over beer in the lobby afterwards. Open 13:00 to midnight; closed Tuesday.
さふぃスパ舞子
Safi Spa Maiko is a men-only sauna in the Seaside Hotel Maiko Villa Kobe, produced by 'sauna king' Hiroshi Ota. Miru Miru is a chatty sauna with an EOS Watermill steam heater, a loft and a 30°C bath inside the room. Moku Moku is a silent sauna with self-löyly. Cooling uses two 1.37 m deep cold baths, one below 10°C with five-way jets and one at about 16°C. Day use ¥2,750 on weekdays; open 14:00 to midnight.
サウナリゾートオリエンタル神戸
Sauna Resort Oriental is the 24-hour sauna and spa inside the Centurion Hotel & Spa Vintage Kobe on Port Island. The men's bath has a high-temperature sauna with automatic löyly, a cold bath and an indoor bath with jets; the women's bath has a steam sauna and a low-temperature carbonated bath. Day use costs from ¥2,600 including towels. Baths close for cleaning from 11:00 to 15:00.
神戸みなと温泉 蓮
Kobe Minato Onsen Ren is a hot-spring hotel on the Kobe waterfront that also sells day bathing for guests aged 12 and over. It has a Finnish-style dry sauna (90°C for men, 85°C for women) and a 45°C mist sauna with 100% humidity, which the venue recommends as gentler. It suggests rinsing with water at about 30°C rather than a cold plunge. Day entry is ¥2,715 on weekdays; open 6:00 to midnight.
ととのうサウナ HIGH BALANCE
High Balance is a small membership sauna in Mikage, Higashinada, with single-person sauna rooms and a three-person room, all with self-löyly, and a cold bath held at 16 to 17°C. Visits are booked in two-hour slots; a drop-in costs ¥1,800 after online registration and a ¥3,300 joining fee. It is for men except on the 15th of each month, which is Ladies Day. Open 8:30 to 22:00.
SPA専 太平のゆ
SPA-sen Taihei no Yu is a large bathhouse on the Tarumi waterfront whose open-air baths and restaurant look out on the Akashi Kaikyo Bridge and the sea. The men's sauna has auto-löyly every 20 minutes and staff löyly sessions at 15:00, 19:00 and 22:00; the women's sauna has self-löyly with daily aroma water. There is also a mist sauna, a cold bath, bedrock baths and outdoor chairs for cooling down. Open until midnight every day.
ジェームス山天然温泉 月の湯舟
Tsuki no Yufune is a natural onsen in the James-yama hills of Tarumi with milky-white hot spring water and baths of natural seawater piped from the Seto Inland Sea. It has three saunas: a large tiered high-temperature Stadium Sauna, a salt sauna and a Rocky Sauna with heated stones. Staff run heat-wave events, and there is a cold bath and outdoor seating for cooling down. Open 9:00 to midnight, last entry 23:00.
天然温泉スパ&サウナ awa awa KOBE
awa awa KOBE is a natural-onsen spa and sauna on the HAT Kobe waterfront that reopened after a renewal in October 2025, with its own craft brewery and a restaurant inside. The baths use natural onsen and groundwater, with a sauna and an open-air area for lying down under the sky. A bookable private sauna with self-löyly, a deep cold bath and its own open-air bath is also available. Entry is ¥1,000 on weekdays; open 10:00 to midnight.
有馬街道温泉 すずらんの湯
Suzuran no Yu is a day onsen on the Arima Kaido road in Kita ward with one of Kobe's largest garden open-air baths. Its sauna has auto-löyly every 15 minutes using Miyamizu spring water, and there is a herbal steam sauna. The open-air area adds Jouan, a three-tier forest sauna for 33 people with self-löyly and vihta, open to men only. Cold baths include a hinoki tub, and there is a tatami cooling-off area. Open 10:00 to midnight.
朝日温泉
Asahi Onsen is a Hyogo-ward bathhouse founded in 1941 whose free-flowing natural hot spring is certified by the Japan Natural Hot Spring Organization, yet it charges ordinary sento prices. It runs five baths at separate temperatures, from a 45°C black-water bath to a 31°C spring bath and a 20°C cold bath, plus a free steam sauna and a high-temperature sauna for a fee. Open 9:00 to 23:30; closed Wednesday.
水木湯
Mizuki-yu is an old sento near Shinkaichi in Hyogo ward that manga artist Shigeru Mizuki, creator of GeGeGe no Kitaro, once used. Its high-temperature sauna is free with entry, and there is a cold bath, an extra-hot bath and an electric bath, with face towels lent free. Open 14:00 to 23:00; closed Sunday.
湊河湯
Minatogawa-yu is a bright, spacious sento near Minatogawa station in Hyogo ward, known for strong shower pressure and free toiletries, cleansers and towels for hire. It has a free steam sauna, a cold bath, a medicinal bath, an electric bath and an open-air bath. Open 13:00 to 23:00; closed Tuesday.
湯あそびひろば 二宮温泉
Ninomiya Onsen is a sento seven minutes' walk from Sannomiya station that stays open all night, from 14:00 until 10:00 the next morning, every day. Its facilities include a high-temperature sauna (extra charge), a cold bath, a popular carbonated bath, a medicinal bath and an open-air bath. On weekends it is busy with runners and hikers.
湯あそびひろば 六甲おとめ塚温泉
Rokko Otomezuka Onsen is a Nada-ward bathhouse that pours its own carbonated hot spring, 480 litres a minute, into the baths without adding water or heat. Its two bath halls swap between men and women daily: one has a high-temperature sauna and the other a salt sauna, both with open-air onsen baths. Entry is ¥500 plus ¥300 for the sauna. Open every day from 6:00 to 1:00.
湯あそびひろば 芦原温泉
Ashihara Onsen is an all-night sento in Minatogawa, Hyogo ward, open every day of the year from 14:00 until 10:00 the next morning. Its high-temperature sauna runs at around 100°C with a cold bath beside the door, and a separate low-temperature bedrock sauna; free crushed ice is handed out to eat in the sauna. Bathers also get a natural-onsen open-air bath and ten kinds of jet bath. Entry is ¥500, or ¥700 with the sauna.
湯あそびひろば森温泉
Mori Onsen is a sento two minutes from JR Konan-Yamate station in Higashinada, fully renovated in 2006 after the earthquake and popular with hikers from the Ashiya Rock Garden. It has a high-temperature sauna (extra charge), a recently renovated cold bath, and an open-air bath. Open 14:00 to 0:30, with a Sunday morning bath from 7:00 to 10:30; closed on the first, third and fifth Tuesday.
灘温泉 六甲道店
Nada Onsen Rokkomichi began as a bathhouse in 1932 and drilled its own hot spring after the 1995 earthquake. Bathers alternate between a cool, unheated carbonated spring bath and the heated onsen; there is a far-infrared sauna, a well-water cold bath at about 18 to 20°C and open-air baths. Entry is ¥500, or ¥800 with the sauna. It opens at 5:00 and stays open through Friday night into Saturday.
灘温泉 水道筋店
Nada Onsen Suidosuji is a neighbourhood bathhouse founded in 1938 in the Suidosuji shopping arcade, fed by its own carbonated hot spring. It recommends alternating between the cool 35°C unheated spring bath and a heated onsen bath; there is also a far-infrared sauna lined with binchotan charcoal, a well-water cold bath at about 18 to 20°C and an open-air bath. Entry is ¥500, or ¥800 with the sauna. Open 5:00 to midnight.
神戸サウナ&スパ
Kobe Sauna & Spa is a men's sauna and capsule hotel a minute from Sannomiya subway station. The men's floor has a main sauna with staff löyly every 30 minutes, a kelo-wood Finnish sauna with self-löyly and vihta, a marble hammam and a salt sauna. Its open-air cold bath is held at 11.7°C all year in memory of the 17 January 1995 earthquake, beside a natural-onsen bath. Open around the clock; free time costs ¥3,100 on weekdays.
神戸ハーバーランド温泉 万葉倶楽部
Kobe Harborland Onsen Manyo Club fills floors 7 to 16 of the Promena Kobe building at Harborland with natural alkaline onsen baths, a carbonated bath, bedrock baths and a sauna with a television. The rooftop footbath garden, 105 m above the ground, looks over Kobe Port Tower. The complex is open 24 hours a day all year, with the large baths open from 5:00 to 2:00; a full-day set costs ¥2,950 plus bathing tax.
神戸レディススパ
Kobe Ladies Spa is the women's floor of Kobe Sauna & Spa in Sannomiya. It has a dry sauna with löyly sessions by heat masters, a rose-oil mist room (the Rose Thermarium), two bedrock-bath rooms and a natural onsen bath drawn from 1,004 m underground. Day use runs 8:00 to 23:00, last entry 22:00, with free time at ¥2,900 and a one-hour course at ¥1,900; capsule stays are also offered.
第一平和温泉
Daiichi Heiwa Onsen is a Nagata-ward bathhouse with its own natural hot spring, the Ryu (Raga) no Yu, and a large open-air bath built in its former garden. It has a high-temperature sauna for a fee and a cold bath, and it is open every day through the night, from 14:00 until 10:00 the next morning.
萬歳湯
Manzai-yu is a family-run sento in Shin-Nagata, open since 1945, known for very hot baths, oden sold in the lobby, a daily medicinal bath and a high-temperature sauna for a small extra charge. There is also a cold bath and an open-air bath, and regulars chat over beer in the lobby afterwards. Open 13:00 to midnight; closed Tuesday.
さふぃスパ舞子
Safi Spa Maiko is a men-only sauna in the Seaside Hotel Maiko Villa Kobe, produced by 'sauna king' Hiroshi Ota. Miru Miru is a chatty sauna with an EOS Watermill steam heater, a loft and a 30°C bath inside the room. Moku Moku is a silent sauna with self-löyly. Cooling uses two 1.37 m deep cold baths, one below 10°C with five-way jets and one at about 16°C. Day use ¥2,750 on weekdays; open 14:00 to midnight.
サウナリゾートオリエンタル神戸
Sauna Resort Oriental is the 24-hour sauna and spa inside the Centurion Hotel & Spa Vintage Kobe on Port Island. The men's bath has a high-temperature sauna with automatic löyly, a cold bath and an indoor bath with jets; the women's bath has a steam sauna and a low-temperature carbonated bath. Day use costs from ¥2,600 including towels. Baths close for cleaning from 11:00 to 15:00.
神戸みなと温泉 蓮
Kobe Minato Onsen Ren is a hot-spring hotel on the Kobe waterfront that also sells day bathing for guests aged 12 and over. It has a Finnish-style dry sauna (90°C for men, 85°C for women) and a 45°C mist sauna with 100% humidity, which the venue recommends as gentler. It suggests rinsing with water at about 30°C rather than a cold plunge. Day entry is ¥2,715 on weekdays; open 6:00 to midnight.