Sento saunas in Sapporo, Japan
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.