Sento saunas in Sendai, Japan
ゆ〜とぴあ仙台南
Yutopia Sendai Minami is a day bathhouse on the ground floor of the Vegaro Polis Sendai Minami complex in Nishitaga, Taihaku Ward. Its large loyly sauna hosts staff loyly sessions with towels and fans, the men's side adds an open-air sauna, and the cold bath uses nano-bubble water. A private barrel sauna with its own cold bath and resting area can be hired from 4,000 yen (swimwear required there). Open daily 7:00 to 2:00; adults pay 950 yen on weekdays.
スパメッツァ 仙台 竜泉寺の湯
Spa Metsa Sendai Ryusenji no Yu in Izumi Ward is a large super sento whose main sauna is themed on Date Masamune's crescent helmet, with a loyly session every hour on the hour. A herbal salt mist sauna and a self-loyly meditation sauna complete the three rooms. Cooling comes from three cold baths, including a single-digit plunge for men and a 162 cm deep pool, plus a large outdoor resting area. Open daily 6:00 to 2:00; adults 1,100 yen on weekdays, 1,280 yen at weekends.
汗蒸幕のゆ
Hanjunmaku no Yu in Izumi Ward is a day bathhouse built around Korean sweat-bath culture. Its signature hanjeungmak is a stone kiln-style room at around 100°C, alongside a Finnish-style rocky sauna at about 70°C, an amethyst sauna for women and an ochre-clay sauna for men, both around 60°C. Cold baths, an open-air bath and a large outdoor cooling area follow, with Korean akasuri scrubs and a Korean restaurant. Open from 9:00 (weekends 8:00) to 1:00; adults 1,200 yen on weekdays.
駅前人工温泉 とぽす 仙台駅西口
Topos Sendai Station West Exit is a men-only bathhouse with capsule-style rooms about five minutes on foot from Sendai Station. Its dry sauna runs at around 110°C, among the hottest in Tohoku, with a cold bath, artificial hot spring baths, an open-air bath and an open-air jar bath. Day bathing runs from 11:00 to 9:30 the next morning; a two-hour visit costs 1,400 yen for non-members, and weekday free time from 11:00 to 15:00 is 1,200 yen.
ゆ〜とぴあ仙台南
Yutopia Sendai Minami is a day bathhouse on the ground floor of the Vegaro Polis Sendai Minami complex in Nishitaga, Taihaku Ward. Its large loyly sauna hosts staff loyly sessions with towels and fans, the men's side adds an open-air sauna, and the cold bath uses nano-bubble water. A private barrel sauna with its own cold bath and resting area can be hired from 4,000 yen (swimwear required there). Open daily 7:00 to 2:00; adults pay 950 yen on weekdays.
スパメッツァ 仙台 竜泉寺の湯
Spa Metsa Sendai Ryusenji no Yu in Izumi Ward is a large super sento whose main sauna is themed on Date Masamune's crescent helmet, with a loyly session every hour on the hour. A herbal salt mist sauna and a self-loyly meditation sauna complete the three rooms. Cooling comes from three cold baths, including a single-digit plunge for men and a 162 cm deep pool, plus a large outdoor resting area. Open daily 6:00 to 2:00; adults 1,100 yen on weekdays, 1,280 yen at weekends.
汗蒸幕のゆ
Hanjunmaku no Yu in Izumi Ward is a day bathhouse built around Korean sweat-bath culture. Its signature hanjeungmak is a stone kiln-style room at around 100°C, alongside a Finnish-style rocky sauna at about 70°C, an amethyst sauna for women and an ochre-clay sauna for men, both around 60°C. Cold baths, an open-air bath and a large outdoor cooling area follow, with Korean akasuri scrubs and a Korean restaurant. Open from 9:00 (weekends 8:00) to 1:00; adults 1,200 yen on weekdays.
駅前人工温泉 とぽす 仙台駅西口
Topos Sendai Station West Exit is a men-only bathhouse with capsule-style rooms about five minutes on foot from Sendai Station. Its dry sauna runs at around 110°C, among the hottest in Tohoku, with a cold bath, artificial hot spring baths, an open-air bath and an open-air jar bath. Day bathing runs from 11:00 to 9:30 the next morning; a two-hour visit costs 1,400 yen for non-members, and weekday free time from 11:00 to 15:00 is 1,200 yen.