Best Saunas in Sapporo, Japan
ザ・センチュリオンサウナ レスト＆ステイ札幌
The Centurion Sauna Rest & Stay is a men-only sauna capsule hotel in Susukino that sells day-bath plans as well as beds. Its sauna room holds nearly 20 people and has two stoves, a Metos iki with auto-löyly and a HARVIA for self-löyly. There are two cold baths, a single-digit tub under 10 °C and a larger 15 °C pool, plus reclining rest chairs and a misted, lit body-temperature 'Galaxy' bath. Day entry is listed from ¥1,600; the baths close Tuesdays 2:00–5:00 AM for maintenance.
ニコーリフレ SAPPORO
Nikoh Refre is a men-only 24-hour sauna and capsule hotel in Susukino. Its Rocky Sauna is a dry room at about 80 °C seating around 30, there is a germanium mist sauna, and the Binchotan charcoal cold bath is held at 16 °C. Staff heat-wave masters perform löyly 13 times a day, 14 on weekends. A five-hour member visit costs ¥1,900 on weekday daytimes; tattoos are refused. The baths close 4:00–5:00 AM for cleaning.
こうしんの湯
Koshin-no-yu is a neighbourhood public bathhouse in Higashi-ku charging ¥500. Both the men's and women's baths have a sauna, a cold bath, an electric bath and an open-air tub that alternates between a high-concentration artificial carbonated spring (Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays) and a ginseng herbal bath. Shampoo and soap are not provided but are sold at reception. Open 10:00–23:00, closed on the third Wednesday of the month.
すすきの天然温泉 湯香郷
Toukakyo is a hot-spring bath on the second to fourth floors of the Jasmac Plaza hotel in Susukino, drawing sodium-chloride water from its own well 800 m down. There is a large indoor bath, a hinoki open-air bath under the sky, and saunas on both the men's and women's sides. Day entry is ¥2,750 including towels and a yukata, or ¥1,980 on weekday mornings and after 21:00. Tattoos of any size are refused. Open daily 10:00–24:00, last entry 23:00.
つきさむ温泉
Tsukisamu Onsen is a day hot-spring near Sapporo Dome on Route 36, with a free-flowing moor spring and open-air rock baths on the top floor looking over the city. Well-water cold baths are held at about 10 °C and 22 °C. Men have a high-temperature 'stadium' sauna and a low-temperature room; women have a high-temperature sauna and a 40 °C mugwort-scented Thermare. Entry is ¥1,600 on weekdays and ¥1,700 at weekends, with towels and a yukata. Open 10:00–24:00, plus early baths 6:00–9:00.
ていね温泉 ほのか
Teine Onsen Honoka is a 24-hour natural hot-spring spa resort in Teine-ku with six bedrock baths, including the only 'sea of clouds' bedrock room in Hokkaido. Men have a 91 °C far-infrared dry sauna and a herbal steam salt sauna; women have a 90 °C dry sauna, a steam salt sauna and a 75 °C binchotan sauna that a 2025 notice says is paused. Cold baths are 15–16 °C and a resident heat-wave master runs scheduled löyly. Baths open 6:00–2:00.
モエレ天然温泉 たまゆらの杜
Tamayura no Mori is a natural hot-spring bath beside Moerenuma Park in Higashi-ku, near Okadama Airport. It has ten kinds of bath, including hinoki and rock open-air tubs, a herbal medicine bath and a cold bath, with a far-infrared high-temperature sauna on both sides and a far-infrared salt sauna for women. Four season-themed bedrock rooms are shared by men and women in robes. Adult entry is ¥1,500 and tattoos are refused. Baths are open 6:00–1:00.
北のたまゆら 桑園店
Kita no Tamayura Souen is a neighbourhood hot-spring bathhouse in Chuo-ku near Souen station, part of a small local chain, charging the sento price. Its main tub, a covered pavilion bath and the open-air bath all use natural hot-spring water, and the bath has a sauna, a cold bath, electric and jet baths and a lukewarm black-silica tub. Adult entry is ¥500, rising to ¥550 on 1 October 2026, and shampoo and body soap are provided.
奥の湯
Oku-no-yu is a neighbourhood sento in Kita-ku, open since 1965 in an orange-brick building by Kita-34-jo subway station. Its water is heated with firewood and kept low in chlorine, and the sauna is a dry far-infrared gas room that costs nothing extra on the ¥500 entry. The groundwater cold bath stays at 16–17 °C all year, and a medicinal bath changes weekly with the seasons. Open 14:45–22:45 (from 13:00 on Wednesdays), closed Fridays.
新琴似温泉 壱乃湯
Ichi-no-yu is a natural hot-spring sento on Shinkotoni's main street in Kita-ku, charging ¥500. Both sides have a high-temperature sauna; the men's side adds a 75–80 °C medium sauna with a jar of source water to pour over yourself outside, and the women's a 40 °C zeolite low-temperature sauna. The cold bath is 1.2 m deep, the open-air baths include a hinoki tub of spring water, and tattoos are refused. Open daily 10:00–24:00, cash only.
森林公園温泉 きよら
Kiyora is a hot-spring public bath in Atsubetsu-ku fed by a free-flowing moor spring (mōru-sen), a brown spring water recognised as Hokkaido Heritage. The spring fills both the open-air bath and an indoor tub, and the open-air bath and saunas are included with entry; the women's sauna was renewed in 2020 with hinoki cypress. Ten private family baths are also available. The public bath is open daily 11:00–24:00, last entry 23:30.
湯の郷 絢ほのか 札幌清田
Aya Honoka is a 24-hour spa resort in Kiyota-ku. Both sides have a stone-heated high-temperature sauna, 100 °C for men and 90 °C for women, with auto-löyly every hour at half past from 9:30 to 23:30, plus a steam salt sauna. The men's open-air area adds a barrel sauna with self-löyly. Cold baths sit at 16.5 °C with indoor and outdoor rest chairs, alongside a carbonated spring, herbal baths and bedrock baths. The baths are open 6:00–3:00.
湯めごこち 南郷の湯
Nango-no-yu is a public bathhouse two minutes from Nango 13-chome subway station in Shiroishi-ku, run by the Hokkaido Chuo Bus company and charging ¥500. Its dry sauna seats about 25 and is set to 100 °C for men and 90 °C for women, with no löyly. The cold bath is kept near 11 °C with bubbles, and a Japanese garden with hinoki and marble open-air tubs has chairs for air-bathing. Open weekdays 14:00–24:00 and weekends 10:00–24:00.
湯元 小金湯
Koganeyu is a hot-spring bath in the Koganeyu valley of Minami-ku that has served as a local healing bath since 1883. It advertises four saunas: one with twin HARVIA Cilindro stoves where staff pour aroma löyly and there is no TV, two rooms with Metos stoves and scheduled auto-löyly, and a 40 °C mist sauna with a foot bath. Standard day entry is ¥1,270 with a drink, or ¥1,000 at the weekday healing rate. Day bathing runs 6:00–9:00 and 10:00–23:00.
湯処 花ゆづき
Hana Yuzuki is a large day bathhouse in Nijuyonken, Nishi-ku, with themed baths including a high-concentration carbonated bath and an open-air tub with a big TV. It has a far-infrared sauna and a low-temperature herbal steam sauna whose vapour carries 12 Japanese and Chinese botanicals. For ¥400 extra, the mixed bedrock-bath floor adds staff löyly with daily-changing aroma water and fanning. Entry is ¥1,000; open daily 10:00–24:00.
苗穂駅前温泉 蔵ノ湯
Kura-no-yu is a natural hot-spring bathhouse at JR Naebo Station, one stop from Sapporo, charging the sento price of ¥500. Its alkaline spring fills a hot indoor tub and the main open-air bath, beside a lit cave-style outdoor pool. The sauna runs at about 94 °C with a TV, the groundwater cold bath at about 14 °C, and an outdoor air-bathing area has deck and infinity chairs. Tattoos are refused. Open daily 10:00–24:00, last entry 23:00.
JRタワーホテル日航札幌 スカイリゾートスパ プラウブラン
Pulau Bulan is the 22nd-floor spa of the JR Tower Hotel Nikko Sapporo, fed by the Sapporo Station hot spring that rises beneath the station's south exit, and open to non-guests aged 18 and over. The separate men's and women's areas each have a hot-spring bath, a Finnish sauna and a cold bath with city views; men add a steam sauna and women a thermarium sauna. Entry is ¥3,300 with towels and spa wear. Open 12:00–23:00, last entry 22:30; tattoos are refused.
ザ・センチュリオンサウナ レスト＆ステイ札幌
The Centurion Sauna Rest & Stay is a men-only sauna capsule hotel in Susukino that sells day-bath plans as well as beds. Its sauna room holds nearly 20 people and has two stoves, a Metos iki with auto-löyly and a HARVIA for self-löyly. There are two cold baths, a single-digit tub under 10 °C and a larger 15 °C pool, plus reclining rest chairs and a misted, lit body-temperature 'Galaxy' bath. Day entry is listed from ¥1,600; the baths close Tuesdays 2:00–5:00 AM for maintenance.
ニコーリフレ SAPPORO
Nikoh Refre is a men-only 24-hour sauna and capsule hotel in Susukino. Its Rocky Sauna is a dry room at about 80 °C seating around 30, there is a germanium mist sauna, and the Binchotan charcoal cold bath is held at 16 °C. Staff heat-wave masters perform löyly 13 times a day, 14 on weekends. A five-hour member visit costs ¥1,900 on weekday daytimes; tattoos are refused. The baths close 4:00–5:00 AM for cleaning.
こうしんの湯
Koshin-no-yu is a neighbourhood public bathhouse in Higashi-ku charging ¥500. Both the men's and women's baths have a sauna, a cold bath, an electric bath and an open-air tub that alternates between a high-concentration artificial carbonated spring (Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays) and a ginseng herbal bath. Shampoo and soap are not provided but are sold at reception. Open 10:00–23:00, closed on the third Wednesday of the month.
すすきの天然温泉 湯香郷
Toukakyo is a hot-spring bath on the second to fourth floors of the Jasmac Plaza hotel in Susukino, drawing sodium-chloride water from its own well 800 m down. There is a large indoor bath, a hinoki open-air bath under the sky, and saunas on both the men's and women's sides. Day entry is ¥2,750 including towels and a yukata, or ¥1,980 on weekday mornings and after 21:00. Tattoos of any size are refused. Open daily 10:00–24:00, last entry 23:00.
つきさむ温泉
Tsukisamu Onsen is a day hot-spring near Sapporo Dome on Route 36, with a free-flowing moor spring and open-air rock baths on the top floor looking over the city. Well-water cold baths are held at about 10 °C and 22 °C. Men have a high-temperature 'stadium' sauna and a low-temperature room; women have a high-temperature sauna and a 40 °C mugwort-scented Thermare. Entry is ¥1,600 on weekdays and ¥1,700 at weekends, with towels and a yukata. Open 10:00–24:00, plus early baths 6:00–9:00.
ていね温泉 ほのか
Teine Onsen Honoka is a 24-hour natural hot-spring spa resort in Teine-ku with six bedrock baths, including the only 'sea of clouds' bedrock room in Hokkaido. Men have a 91 °C far-infrared dry sauna and a herbal steam salt sauna; women have a 90 °C dry sauna, a steam salt sauna and a 75 °C binchotan sauna that a 2025 notice says is paused. Cold baths are 15–16 °C and a resident heat-wave master runs scheduled löyly. Baths open 6:00–2:00.
モエレ天然温泉 たまゆらの杜
Tamayura no Mori is a natural hot-spring bath beside Moerenuma Park in Higashi-ku, near Okadama Airport. It has ten kinds of bath, including hinoki and rock open-air tubs, a herbal medicine bath and a cold bath, with a far-infrared high-temperature sauna on both sides and a far-infrared salt sauna for women. Four season-themed bedrock rooms are shared by men and women in robes. Adult entry is ¥1,500 and tattoos are refused. Baths are open 6:00–1:00.
北のたまゆら 桑園店
Kita no Tamayura Souen is a neighbourhood hot-spring bathhouse in Chuo-ku near Souen station, part of a small local chain, charging the sento price. Its main tub, a covered pavilion bath and the open-air bath all use natural hot-spring water, and the bath has a sauna, a cold bath, electric and jet baths and a lukewarm black-silica tub. Adult entry is ¥500, rising to ¥550 on 1 October 2026, and shampoo and body soap are provided.
奥の湯
Oku-no-yu is a neighbourhood sento in Kita-ku, open since 1965 in an orange-brick building by Kita-34-jo subway station. Its water is heated with firewood and kept low in chlorine, and the sauna is a dry far-infrared gas room that costs nothing extra on the ¥500 entry. The groundwater cold bath stays at 16–17 °C all year, and a medicinal bath changes weekly with the seasons. Open 14:45–22:45 (from 13:00 on Wednesdays), closed Fridays.
新琴似温泉 壱乃湯
Ichi-no-yu is a natural hot-spring sento on Shinkotoni's main street in Kita-ku, charging ¥500. Both sides have a high-temperature sauna; the men's side adds a 75–80 °C medium sauna with a jar of source water to pour over yourself outside, and the women's a 40 °C zeolite low-temperature sauna. The cold bath is 1.2 m deep, the open-air baths include a hinoki tub of spring water, and tattoos are refused. Open daily 10:00–24:00, cash only.
森林公園温泉 きよら
Kiyora is a hot-spring public bath in Atsubetsu-ku fed by a free-flowing moor spring (mōru-sen), a brown spring water recognised as Hokkaido Heritage. The spring fills both the open-air bath and an indoor tub, and the open-air bath and saunas are included with entry; the women's sauna was renewed in 2020 with hinoki cypress. Ten private family baths are also available. The public bath is open daily 11:00–24:00, last entry 23:30.
湯の郷 絢ほのか 札幌清田
Aya Honoka is a 24-hour spa resort in Kiyota-ku. Both sides have a stone-heated high-temperature sauna, 100 °C for men and 90 °C for women, with auto-löyly every hour at half past from 9:30 to 23:30, plus a steam salt sauna. The men's open-air area adds a barrel sauna with self-löyly. Cold baths sit at 16.5 °C with indoor and outdoor rest chairs, alongside a carbonated spring, herbal baths and bedrock baths. The baths are open 6:00–3:00.
湯めごこち 南郷の湯
Nango-no-yu is a public bathhouse two minutes from Nango 13-chome subway station in Shiroishi-ku, run by the Hokkaido Chuo Bus company and charging ¥500. Its dry sauna seats about 25 and is set to 100 °C for men and 90 °C for women, with no löyly. The cold bath is kept near 11 °C with bubbles, and a Japanese garden with hinoki and marble open-air tubs has chairs for air-bathing. Open weekdays 14:00–24:00 and weekends 10:00–24:00.
湯元 小金湯
Koganeyu is a hot-spring bath in the Koganeyu valley of Minami-ku that has served as a local healing bath since 1883. It advertises four saunas: one with twin HARVIA Cilindro stoves where staff pour aroma löyly and there is no TV, two rooms with Metos stoves and scheduled auto-löyly, and a 40 °C mist sauna with a foot bath. Standard day entry is ¥1,270 with a drink, or ¥1,000 at the weekday healing rate. Day bathing runs 6:00–9:00 and 10:00–23:00.
湯処 花ゆづき
Hana Yuzuki is a large day bathhouse in Nijuyonken, Nishi-ku, with themed baths including a high-concentration carbonated bath and an open-air tub with a big TV. It has a far-infrared sauna and a low-temperature herbal steam sauna whose vapour carries 12 Japanese and Chinese botanicals. For ¥400 extra, the mixed bedrock-bath floor adds staff löyly with daily-changing aroma water and fanning. Entry is ¥1,000; open daily 10:00–24:00.
苗穂駅前温泉 蔵ノ湯
Kura-no-yu is a natural hot-spring bathhouse at JR Naebo Station, one stop from Sapporo, charging the sento price of ¥500. Its alkaline spring fills a hot indoor tub and the main open-air bath, beside a lit cave-style outdoor pool. The sauna runs at about 94 °C with a TV, the groundwater cold bath at about 14 °C, and an outdoor air-bathing area has deck and infinity chairs. Tattoos are refused. Open daily 10:00–24:00, last entry 23:00.
JRタワーホテル日航札幌 スカイリゾートスパ プラウブラン
Pulau Bulan is the 22nd-floor spa of the JR Tower Hotel Nikko Sapporo, fed by the Sapporo Station hot spring that rises beneath the station's south exit, and open to non-guests aged 18 and over. The separate men's and women's areas each have a hot-spring bath, a Finnish sauna and a cold bath with city views; men add a steam sauna and women a thermarium sauna. Entry is ¥3,300 with towels and spa wear. Open 12:00–23:00, last entry 22:30; tattoos are refused.