Steam saunas in Osaka, Japan
サウナ&スパ カプセルホテル DAITOYO LADIES
Daitoyo Ladies is the women-only sauna and spa in the basement of the Daitoyo building near Umeda. Its Fantasy Sauna holds up to 30 at 90°C, with aurora and star projections during daily towel-waving löyly by women staff, whose team placed third at the 2024 Aufguss WM playoffs. There is also a 75°C Finnish sauna with self-löyly, a low-heat mist sauna, free bedrock bathing, and cold baths at 25°C and 15°C. Open 12:00 to 10:00 next morning; entry from ¥2,500, one hour ¥1,600.
うめきた温泉 蓮 Wellbeing Park
Umekita Onsen Ren is a 24-hour wellness park in Grand Green Osaka, north of Osaka station, certified by the health ministry as a health-promotion facility. Men have a large sauna with auto and self löyly and auto Aufguss; women have a Finnish dry sauna and an aroma moisture sauna. Cold baths are kept near 28°C under medical advice. There are indoor and outdoor pools with a tent sauna, bedrock baths, a gym and private bath-and-sauna rooms. Entry from ¥3,190 on weekdays; age 12 and up.
ニュージャパン梅田店
New Japan Umeda is a men-only sauna, spa and capsule hotel in Doyama-cho, open around the clock except Monday mornings from 8:00 to 12:00. Its saunas are a low-temperature room with a starry ceiling, a high-temperature room with auto-löyly every 30 minutes, a mist sauna, a second-floor post-bath sauna and a Finnish sauna on the open-air third floor. There is also a heated swimming pool, a cypress bath and a barrel cold bath. One hour costs ¥1,900; the full spa ¥2,700, ¥3,000 at weekends.
天然温泉 なにわの湯
Tennen Onsen Naniwa no Yu is a super sento on the eighth floor near the Tenjinbashisuji 6-chome shopping arcade, under 2 km from Osaka station. Its natural hot spring is drawn from 659 m. Men get a large tower sauna with auto-löyly on the hour and half hour and a 45°C steam room with salt; women get a far-infrared tower sauna with auto-löyly, a salt sauna and a collagen-light steam room. The cold bath uses groundwater. Entry is ¥900 on weekdays, ¥1,000 at weekends.
天然露天温泉 スパスミノエ
Spa Suminoe is a hot-spring super sento in Izumi, Suminoe ward, using a natural spring from 700 m. Its two open-air areas, the Forest jar baths and the Bamboo grove bath, swap between men and women every Monday. Saunas include a löyly sauna and a Super Löyly sauna built with isness stoves, an Ako salt sauna and a fine-mist steam sauna with a seated bath, alongside a cold bath, a source-fed jar bath and a strong carbonated spring. Open every day from 10:00 to 2:00; adult entry ¥800 or ¥900.
湯処 あべの橋
Yudokoro Abenobashi is a large sento at sento prices in the heart of Tennoji, a short walk from Tennoji and Abenobashi stations. Natural hot-spring water is trucked in daily from Terme Ryugu in Minato ward to fill one of its two big main baths. It has a free steam sauna, a tower-style dry sauna with television (¥300 extra, bath towel included) and a cold bath tiled in gold. Open 15:00 to 23:00; closed on Thursdays and on the third Wednesday of each month.
鶴見緑地湯元水春
Tsurumi-ryokuchi Yumoto Suishun is a day hot spring by Tsurumi-ryokuchi station, drawing a therapeutic spring from 1,300 m for its 13 baths. Men have a far-infrared sauna, a herbal salt steam sauna and a meditation sauna with push-button löyly; women have the far-infrared and herbal salt steam saunas. Staff also fan guests with big uchiwa during löyly sessions, and there is a cold bath and one of Osaka's largest bedrock-bath areas. Open 9:00 to 2:00, from 6:00 on Sundays.
SPAWORLD HOTEL&RESORT
SPAWORLD is a large hot-spring complex beside Tsutenkaku, with a European zone and an Asian zone that swap between men and women each month. Saunas include a sauna theatre for 140 with Aufguss shows, a tea sauna with hojicha löyly, a dry laconicum, a Finnish sauna house, a hinoki sauna, a salt sauna and a herbal steam room; cooling includes a golden cold bath. A pool with slides, a private family bath with its own sauna and a hotel are on site. Entry from ¥1,500; baths open 10:00 to 8:45.
サウナ&スパ カプセルホテル DAITOYO LADIES
Daitoyo Ladies is the women-only sauna and spa in the basement of the Daitoyo building near Umeda. Its Fantasy Sauna holds up to 30 at 90°C, with aurora and star projections during daily towel-waving löyly by women staff, whose team placed third at the 2024 Aufguss WM playoffs. There is also a 75°C Finnish sauna with self-löyly, a low-heat mist sauna, free bedrock bathing, and cold baths at 25°C and 15°C. Open 12:00 to 10:00 next morning; entry from ¥2,500, one hour ¥1,600.
うめきた温泉 蓮 Wellbeing Park
Umekita Onsen Ren is a 24-hour wellness park in Grand Green Osaka, north of Osaka station, certified by the health ministry as a health-promotion facility. Men have a large sauna with auto and self löyly and auto Aufguss; women have a Finnish dry sauna and an aroma moisture sauna. Cold baths are kept near 28°C under medical advice. There are indoor and outdoor pools with a tent sauna, bedrock baths, a gym and private bath-and-sauna rooms. Entry from ¥3,190 on weekdays; age 12 and up.
ニュージャパン梅田店
New Japan Umeda is a men-only sauna, spa and capsule hotel in Doyama-cho, open around the clock except Monday mornings from 8:00 to 12:00. Its saunas are a low-temperature room with a starry ceiling, a high-temperature room with auto-löyly every 30 minutes, a mist sauna, a second-floor post-bath sauna and a Finnish sauna on the open-air third floor. There is also a heated swimming pool, a cypress bath and a barrel cold bath. One hour costs ¥1,900; the full spa ¥2,700, ¥3,000 at weekends.
天然温泉 なにわの湯
Tennen Onsen Naniwa no Yu is a super sento on the eighth floor near the Tenjinbashisuji 6-chome shopping arcade, under 2 km from Osaka station. Its natural hot spring is drawn from 659 m. Men get a large tower sauna with auto-löyly on the hour and half hour and a 45°C steam room with salt; women get a far-infrared tower sauna with auto-löyly, a salt sauna and a collagen-light steam room. The cold bath uses groundwater. Entry is ¥900 on weekdays, ¥1,000 at weekends.
天然露天温泉 スパスミノエ
Spa Suminoe is a hot-spring super sento in Izumi, Suminoe ward, using a natural spring from 700 m. Its two open-air areas, the Forest jar baths and the Bamboo grove bath, swap between men and women every Monday. Saunas include a löyly sauna and a Super Löyly sauna built with isness stoves, an Ako salt sauna and a fine-mist steam sauna with a seated bath, alongside a cold bath, a source-fed jar bath and a strong carbonated spring. Open every day from 10:00 to 2:00; adult entry ¥800 or ¥900.
湯処 あべの橋
Yudokoro Abenobashi is a large sento at sento prices in the heart of Tennoji, a short walk from Tennoji and Abenobashi stations. Natural hot-spring water is trucked in daily from Terme Ryugu in Minato ward to fill one of its two big main baths. It has a free steam sauna, a tower-style dry sauna with television (¥300 extra, bath towel included) and a cold bath tiled in gold. Open 15:00 to 23:00; closed on Thursdays and on the third Wednesday of each month.
鶴見緑地湯元水春
Tsurumi-ryokuchi Yumoto Suishun is a day hot spring by Tsurumi-ryokuchi station, drawing a therapeutic spring from 1,300 m for its 13 baths. Men have a far-infrared sauna, a herbal salt steam sauna and a meditation sauna with push-button löyly; women have the far-infrared and herbal salt steam saunas. Staff also fan guests with big uchiwa during löyly sessions, and there is a cold bath and one of Osaka's largest bedrock-bath areas. Open 9:00 to 2:00, from 6:00 on Sundays.
SPAWORLD HOTEL&RESORT
SPAWORLD is a large hot-spring complex beside Tsutenkaku, with a European zone and an Asian zone that swap between men and women each month. Saunas include a sauna theatre for 140 with Aufguss shows, a tea sauna with hojicha löyly, a dry laconicum, a Finnish sauna house, a hinoki sauna, a salt sauna and a herbal steam room; cooling includes a golden cold bath. A pool with slides, a private family bath with its own sauna and a hotel are on site. Entry from ¥1,500; baths open 10:00 to 8:45.