SPA center 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.
サウナ&カプセルホテル ルーマプラザ
Rumor Plaza is a men-only sauna and capsule hotel in Gion, open around the clock, with a rooftop open-air bath and outdoor cooling area looking over the city. The main sauna runs at about 90 °C on an IKI stove with staff-led löyly; a seventh-floor Finnish sauna at 80 °C has self-löyly, and there is a 70 °C salt sauna. Cold baths run at 17, 14 and 20 °C. A regular visit costs 2,700 yen (3,000 yen on Saturdays), and a one-hour visit 1,800 yen.
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.
玉光湯 ひじりのね 伏見店
Gyokko-yu Hijirinone is a super sento in Hazukashi, Fushimi, open 8:00 to midnight every day of the year. The men's side has a tower sauna with automatic löyly for five minutes every hour from 9:00 to 23:00 at 85 to 90 °C, and a Finnish sauna; the women's side has a tower sauna and a herb-scented salt sauna at about 60 °C. Its 10 °C cold bath is billed as the first in Kyoto, and there is a high-concentration carbonated bath.
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.
サウナ&カプセルホテル ルーマプラザ
Rumor Plaza is a men-only sauna and capsule hotel in Gion, open around the clock, with a rooftop open-air bath and outdoor cooling area looking over the city. The main sauna runs at about 90 °C on an IKI stove with staff-led löyly; a seventh-floor Finnish sauna at 80 °C has self-löyly, and there is a 70 °C salt sauna. Cold baths run at 17, 14 and 20 °C. A regular visit costs 2,700 yen (3,000 yen on Saturdays), and a one-hour visit 1,800 yen.
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.
玉光湯 ひじりのね 伏見店
Gyokko-yu Hijirinone is a super sento in Hazukashi, Fushimi, open 8:00 to midnight every day of the year. The men's side has a tower sauna with automatic löyly for five minutes every hour from 9:00 to 23:00 at 85 to 90 °C, and a Finnish sauna; the women's side has a tower sauna and a herb-scented salt sauna at about 60 °C. Its 10 °C cold bath is billed as the first in Kyoto, and there is a high-concentration carbonated bath.