Herbal saunas in Sapporo, Japan
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.
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.
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.
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.