Ceremonial saunas in Sapporo, Japan
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.