Steam saunas in Kyoto, Japan
Browse 4 venues with steam sauna in Kyoto. Open a listing for its facilities, address and contact details.
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.
小町湯
Komachi-yu is a sento of more than 100 years in Nishi-Shichijo, Shimogyo, with a retro tiled front and neon lights. Its baths use mineral-rich groundwater heated slowly over firewood. It has two saunas, a steam sauna and a Bona sauna, one of only two in Kyoto, plus a flowing cold bath and a place to cool off outdoors, as well as an open-air bath. Entry is 550 yen; open 15:00 to 1:00 (Sundays from 7:00), closed Tuesdays.
Six Senses Spa Kyoto
Six Senses Spa Kyoto, in the Six Senses hotel in Higashiyama near Sanjusangendo, sells day passes to visitors: up to three hours of the pool, bathhouse, sauna and gym for 18,000 yen per person, booked through the spa. The male and female changing areas each have a sauna, a steam room and a bath house, and there is an indoor pool and a Watsu pool. Baths and sauna are open 7:00 to 21:00, last entry 20:00.
The Spa at Four Seasons Hotel Kyoto
The spa at Four Seasons Hotel Kyoto in Higashiyama welcomes outside guests with a 180-minute day pass for 18,000 yen covering the 20-metre indoor pool, jetted tubs, gym, sauna, baths and relaxation lounge on the underground Level 2; gym wear and swimsuits can be rented. The bathing area includes a steam bath, and the spa appears in Vogue's list of the 100 best spas in the world. Open daily 10:00 to 21:00, last entry 20:00.