Finnish saunas in Niigata, Japan
sauna100
sauna100 is a sauna-only facility on the second floor of Minami-Bandai Terrace, a four-minute walk from Niigata Station's Bandai exit. A large sauna room looks out on a small garden, and a smaller room is arranged around the stove like an irori hearth. The 80 cm deep cold bath is filled with binchotan charcoal and kept free-flowing. Normally men only; women can come on mixed days (the 5th, 10th, 15th, 20th and 25th, swimwear required). Visitor entry ¥2,500, no time limit; open daily 10:00–23:00.
スパ&ラウンジ長潟
Spa & Lounge Nagata is a bathhouse and lounge for ages 16 and up, near the Big Swan stadium in Chuo-ku. Its gold and silver bathrooms swap weekly and use artificial hot-spring water whose type changes monthly. The large far-infrared dry sauna has three tiers, with staff pouring water on the floor to keep it humid, a 15 °C cold bath, an open-air bath and outdoor chairs; towel-waving heat sessions run on Wednesday evenings. Single entry ¥2,200; open 8:00–23:00, Sundays and holidays to 22:00.
旭湯
Asahi-yu is the only sento left in Nishi-ku, a 15-minute walk from JR Uchino Station, founded in 1916. After a change of owner it was fully renovated and reopened in May 2024, with a wood-lined bathroom and a sauna added for an extra fee. Sauna directories list the sauna on the men's side at about 100 °C with an 18 °C cold bath. Open 17:30–23:30 Monday to Saturday and 15:00–21:00 on Sunday, closed Tuesdays.
極楽湯 女池店
Gokurakuyu Meike is a large super sento of the Gokurakuyu chain in Meike, Chuo-ku, a bus ride from Niigata Station's south exit. Both baths have a tiered far-infrared high-temperature sauna; the men's side adds an auto-löyly sauna that steams the stones every 30 minutes, and the women's side a gentler salt sauna. A cold bath, open-air baths, a cave bath and an outdoor cooling area complete the circuit. Entry ¥900 on weekdays, ¥950 at weekends; open 10:00–24:00, from 6:00 on weekends.
極楽湯 松崎店
Gokurakuyu Matsuzaki is a Gokurakuyu-chain super sento in Shin-Matsuzaki, Higashi-ku, with ten kinds of bath and two saunas. Both sides have a tiered far-infrared sauna, the women's side adds a salt sauna, and there is a cold-water bath plus open-air rock, carbonated and cave baths. Entry ¥900 on weekdays, ¥950 at weekends and holidays. Open daily 10:00–24:00, last entry 23:30.
極楽湯 槇尾店
Gokurakuyu Makio is a Gokurakuyu-chain super sento in Makio, Nishi-ku, near Bunri High School bus stop. It has a far-infrared sauna, a steam sauna on the men's side and a salt sauna on the women's side, a cold-water bath, and open-air baths including a high-concentration carbonated bath. Staff run aufguss sessions in the men's sauna every Saturday and Sunday at 19:00 and 21:00. Entry ¥900 weekdays, ¥950 weekends; open 9:00–24:00, from 6:00 at weekends.
アクアパークにいがた
Aquapark Niigata is a city-owned leisure pool and bath complex in Kasagi, Nishi-ku, run under the city's environment department. Alongside the pools, the bathing area has a sauna on both the men's and women's sides and a cold bath. Entry for adults is ¥600, with towel and lounge-wear rental. Open 10:00–21:30 (from 9:00 in summer), closed Wednesdays except from late July to the end of August.
sauna100
sauna100 is a sauna-only facility on the second floor of Minami-Bandai Terrace, a four-minute walk from Niigata Station's Bandai exit. A large sauna room looks out on a small garden, and a smaller room is arranged around the stove like an irori hearth. The 80 cm deep cold bath is filled with binchotan charcoal and kept free-flowing. Normally men only; women can come on mixed days (the 5th, 10th, 15th, 20th and 25th, swimwear required). Visitor entry ¥2,500, no time limit; open daily 10:00–23:00.
スパ&ラウンジ長潟
Spa & Lounge Nagata is a bathhouse and lounge for ages 16 and up, near the Big Swan stadium in Chuo-ku. Its gold and silver bathrooms swap weekly and use artificial hot-spring water whose type changes monthly. The large far-infrared dry sauna has three tiers, with staff pouring water on the floor to keep it humid, a 15 °C cold bath, an open-air bath and outdoor chairs; towel-waving heat sessions run on Wednesday evenings. Single entry ¥2,200; open 8:00–23:00, Sundays and holidays to 22:00.
旭湯
Asahi-yu is the only sento left in Nishi-ku, a 15-minute walk from JR Uchino Station, founded in 1916. After a change of owner it was fully renovated and reopened in May 2024, with a wood-lined bathroom and a sauna added for an extra fee. Sauna directories list the sauna on the men's side at about 100 °C with an 18 °C cold bath. Open 17:30–23:30 Monday to Saturday and 15:00–21:00 on Sunday, closed Tuesdays.
極楽湯 女池店
Gokurakuyu Meike is a large super sento of the Gokurakuyu chain in Meike, Chuo-ku, a bus ride from Niigata Station's south exit. Both baths have a tiered far-infrared high-temperature sauna; the men's side adds an auto-löyly sauna that steams the stones every 30 minutes, and the women's side a gentler salt sauna. A cold bath, open-air baths, a cave bath and an outdoor cooling area complete the circuit. Entry ¥900 on weekdays, ¥950 at weekends; open 10:00–24:00, from 6:00 on weekends.
極楽湯 松崎店
Gokurakuyu Matsuzaki is a Gokurakuyu-chain super sento in Shin-Matsuzaki, Higashi-ku, with ten kinds of bath and two saunas. Both sides have a tiered far-infrared sauna, the women's side adds a salt sauna, and there is a cold-water bath plus open-air rock, carbonated and cave baths. Entry ¥900 on weekdays, ¥950 at weekends and holidays. Open daily 10:00–24:00, last entry 23:30.
極楽湯 槇尾店
Gokurakuyu Makio is a Gokurakuyu-chain super sento in Makio, Nishi-ku, near Bunri High School bus stop. It has a far-infrared sauna, a steam sauna on the men's side and a salt sauna on the women's side, a cold-water bath, and open-air baths including a high-concentration carbonated bath. Staff run aufguss sessions in the men's sauna every Saturday and Sunday at 19:00 and 21:00. Entry ¥900 weekdays, ¥950 weekends; open 9:00–24:00, from 6:00 at weekends.
アクアパークにいがた
Aquapark Niigata is a city-owned leisure pool and bath complex in Kasagi, Nishi-ku, run under the city's environment department. Alongside the pools, the bathing area has a sauna on both the men's and women's sides and a cold bath. Entry for adults is ¥600, with towel and lounge-wear rental. Open 10:00–21:30 (from 9:00 in summer), closed Wednesdays except from late July to the end of August.