Onsen saunas in Kyoto, Japan
さがの温泉 天山の湯
Sagano Onsen Tenzan-no-yu is a large hot-spring bath complex near Arashiyama, fed by a sodium-calcium chloride spring from 1,200 metres down, the first of its kind in the Kyoto basin. The men's side has a tower löyly sauna, the women's a radium salt sauna and a rocky dry sauna, and staff hold Aufguss every odd hour from 13:00 to 23:00. A 16.5 °C cold bath and open-air baths follow. Open 10:00 to midnight, closed the third Monday of each month.
壬生温泉 はなの湯
Mibu Onsen Hanano-yu is a day hot-spring bath in Mibu, Nakagyo, whose open-air rock bath and tsubo pot bath use natural hot-spring water drawn from 1,300 metres at Hotaru-no-yu in Moriyama, Shiga. Inside there is a tower sauna, a steam salt sauna and a binchotan charcoal cold bath, plus a restaurant and relaxation rooms. Entry is 890 yen on weekdays and 1,020 yen at weekends, open 10:00 to 1:00. Guests with tattoos are refused.
さがの温泉 天山の湯
Sagano Onsen Tenzan-no-yu is a large hot-spring bath complex near Arashiyama, fed by a sodium-calcium chloride spring from 1,200 metres down, the first of its kind in the Kyoto basin. The men's side has a tower löyly sauna, the women's a radium salt sauna and a rocky dry sauna, and staff hold Aufguss every odd hour from 13:00 to 23:00. A 16.5 °C cold bath and open-air baths follow. Open 10:00 to midnight, closed the third Monday of each month.
壬生温泉 はなの湯
Mibu Onsen Hanano-yu is a day hot-spring bath in Mibu, Nakagyo, whose open-air rock bath and tsubo pot bath use natural hot-spring water drawn from 1,300 metres at Hotaru-no-yu in Moriyama, Shiga. Inside there is a tower sauna, a steam salt sauna and a binchotan charcoal cold bath, plus a restaurant and relaxation rooms. Entry is 890 yen on weekdays and 1,020 yen at weekends, open 10:00 to 1:00. Guests with tattoos are refused.