Best Saunas in Shizuoka, Japan
sauna MYSA
sauna MYSA is a sauna in a converted old Japanese farmhouse (kominka) in the Ashikubo hills north of central Shizuoka; the name is Swedish for relaxing in a cosy place. It is a mixed-gender sauna where swimwear is worn, with amenities provided in the lockers so guests need bring only swimwear. Entry is ¥2,500 for two hours or ¥3,800 for a free-time pass; it takes no bookings or private hire, admits adults over 18 only, closes on Tuesdays and may close in bad weather.
SAUNA煌-KOU-
SAUNA KOU is a men-only sauna in Kusanagi, Shimizu ward, built around two contrasting rooms: the bright 'Sun' at 110°C with automatic löyly every 20 minutes and an 80-inch screen, and the dim 'Moon' at 90°C with self-service löyly. A 15°C cold bath, a hinoki tub and a rest area overlooking the Shinkansen line complete the circuit, and staff hold occasional Aufguss events. Women can visit on irregular ladies' days; a weekday free-time pass costs ¥2,700.
サウナしきじ
Sauna Shikiji is a 24-hour sauna house in Suruga ward, famous among Japanese sauna fans for cold baths filled with natural Suruga spring water that guests may drink and take home. It runs a Finnish-style sauna and a Korean-style herbal sauna scented with kanpo medicinal herbs, plus a herbal bath and a mineral-water jacuzzi. Men pay ¥1,700 on weekdays and ¥1,900 at weekends, women ¥1,200 a day; tattoos are not admitted.
あおい温泉 草薙の湯
Aoi Onsen Kusanagi no Yu is a day bathhouse in Kusanagi, Shimizu ward, fed by its own calcium-sodium chloride hot spring served without added water in a large open-air rock bath. Indoors are a high-concentration carbonated bath, jet and silk baths and a cold bath, with a tiered tower sauna and a salt sauna on the women's side. A separate ganbanyoku stone-bath area holds daily löyly heat-wave sessions. Adults pay ¥1,000 on weekdays and ¥1,100 at weekends; closed the third Wednesday.
おふろcafe bijinyu
Ofuro Cafe bijinyu is a hot-spring bath and lounge in Kagoue, Aoi ward, that pairs two springs drawn from 1,500 metres down: a sulphurous Kaburao spring trucked in daily and the strongly alkaline Kagoue spring at pH 9.9. Besides the hot-spring, sitting and lukewarm baths it has a mushiburo steam room, plus a fireplace lounge, a library of 10,000 comics and a cafe. A free-time pass costs ¥1,480 on weekdays; open 10:00 to midnight, with early baths from 5:00.
ふきさらし湯
Fukisarashi-yu is a hand-built log bathhouse in the Takumishuku craft village at Mariko, about 15 minutes by car from Shizuoka Station. Its baths use softened water, and the sauna is a gentle 75–80°C room with a Finnish Harvia stove and occasional löyly, conceived as a sociable steam bath. A 110 cm deep soft-water cold plunge and an open-air rest garden face the satoyama hills. Bath and sauna cost ¥1,300 on weekdays and ¥1,500 at weekends; closed on Tuesdays.
クア・アンド・ホテル 駿河健康ランド
Kur and Hotel Suruga Kenko Land is a 24-hour kenko land (health spa) with an attached hotel at Okitsu on Suruga Bay, with hot-spring baths overlooking the sea. It runs five saunas: a Finnish sauna at 86–91°C, a high-temperature bakuhanseki stone sauna up to 104°C, a salt sauna, a kanpo herbal far-infrared sauna and a steam crystal sauna, with a cold bath and a cold mineral spring. A swimwear Bade zone opens at weekends. Day entry is ¥1,980, with a late-night surcharge after 3:00.
リバティーリゾート久能山
Liberty Resort Kunozan is a hot-spring day spa and inn below Kunozan on the Suruga Bay coast, with a townscape of shops and cafes beside it. The baths use a simple alkaline hot spring, with indoor and open-air baths, a sauna with automatic löyly on the men's side, a tent sauna in the men's open-air area on weekend afternoons and stone-bath ganbanyoku for women. Adults pay ¥1,000 on weekdays and ¥1,500 at weekends; open 11:00 to 22:00, and tattoos are refused except on set tattoo days.
用宗みなと温泉
Mochimune Minato Onsen is a day hot-spring bath inside Mochimune fishing port, two stops from Shizuoka Station, in a renovated former tuna-processing building. Its open-air bath of natural hot spring water looks over the harbour and, on clear days, Mount Fuji; there is also a sauna, a cold bath of natural water and a carbonated bath. A craft brewery and the Aosagi canteen sit alongside. Entry is ¥1,000 on weekdays and ¥1,200 at weekends and holidays.
静岡市ふれあい健康増進館ゆらら
Yurara is Shizuoka City's public health centre in Minami-Numagami, Aoi ward, heated with waste heat from the neighbouring Numagami incineration plant. Alongside pools, a training room and studios, its second floor has separate men's and women's bathrooms with a main bath, a round tub, a dry sauna at about 85–90°C and a cold bath at 20–22°C. A day ticket costs ¥1,010 for adults, ¥500 after 17:00. Closed Tuesdays and for about a month each February for plant maintenance.
アルラ スポーツ&スパ
ALULA Sports & Spa is a large members' sports club in Naganuma-minami, Aoi ward, close to JR Higashi-Shizuoka Station. Its third-floor bath area uses Aoi Onsen, a privately drilled calcium-sodium chloride hot spring, with an open-air bath, a sitting bath and a löyly sauna where aroma water is poured on the stove. Upstairs are a 25-metre pool with a swimwear steam sauna, an open-air poolside jacuzzi with views of Nihondaira, a golf range and a hot-yoga studio. Closed on Tuesdays.
スポーツクラブ&サウナスパ ルネサンス 静岡24
Renaissance Shizuoka 24 is a members' fitness club five minutes' walk from the south exit of Shizuoka Station, with a 24-hour gym, pool and tennis courts. Its bathing area has open-air baths with high-concentration carbonated water, a sauna with automatic löyly every 20 minutes on the men's side, a mist sauna for women and cold showers. Club hours run 9:00 to 23:00 Monday to Thursday, shorter at weekends; closed on Fridays.
静岡市東部勤労者福祉センター 清水テルサ
Shimizu Terrsa is Shizuoka City's eastern workers' welfare centre in Shimazaki-cho, Shimizu ward, whose Terrsa Fitness floors are open to workers and anyone aged 19 or over on a day ticket of ¥830. Besides a training gym and studios, it has a 25-metre four-lane pool with a jacuzzi and sleeping bath, and a bath area with a bath, jacuzzi, sauna room and cold bath. Open 10:00 to 22:00; the fitness area is closed on Mondays (the following weekday when Monday is a public holiday) and over New Year.
sauna MYSA
sauna MYSA is a sauna in a converted old Japanese farmhouse (kominka) in the Ashikubo hills north of central Shizuoka; the name is Swedish for relaxing in a cosy place. It is a mixed-gender sauna where swimwear is worn, with amenities provided in the lockers so guests need bring only swimwear. Entry is ¥2,500 for two hours or ¥3,800 for a free-time pass; it takes no bookings or private hire, admits adults over 18 only, closes on Tuesdays and may close in bad weather.
SAUNA煌-KOU-
SAUNA KOU is a men-only sauna in Kusanagi, Shimizu ward, built around two contrasting rooms: the bright 'Sun' at 110°C with automatic löyly every 20 minutes and an 80-inch screen, and the dim 'Moon' at 90°C with self-service löyly. A 15°C cold bath, a hinoki tub and a rest area overlooking the Shinkansen line complete the circuit, and staff hold occasional Aufguss events. Women can visit on irregular ladies' days; a weekday free-time pass costs ¥2,700.
サウナしきじ
Sauna Shikiji is a 24-hour sauna house in Suruga ward, famous among Japanese sauna fans for cold baths filled with natural Suruga spring water that guests may drink and take home. It runs a Finnish-style sauna and a Korean-style herbal sauna scented with kanpo medicinal herbs, plus a herbal bath and a mineral-water jacuzzi. Men pay ¥1,700 on weekdays and ¥1,900 at weekends, women ¥1,200 a day; tattoos are not admitted.
あおい温泉 草薙の湯
Aoi Onsen Kusanagi no Yu is a day bathhouse in Kusanagi, Shimizu ward, fed by its own calcium-sodium chloride hot spring served without added water in a large open-air rock bath. Indoors are a high-concentration carbonated bath, jet and silk baths and a cold bath, with a tiered tower sauna and a salt sauna on the women's side. A separate ganbanyoku stone-bath area holds daily löyly heat-wave sessions. Adults pay ¥1,000 on weekdays and ¥1,100 at weekends; closed the third Wednesday.
おふろcafe bijinyu
Ofuro Cafe bijinyu is a hot-spring bath and lounge in Kagoue, Aoi ward, that pairs two springs drawn from 1,500 metres down: a sulphurous Kaburao spring trucked in daily and the strongly alkaline Kagoue spring at pH 9.9. Besides the hot-spring, sitting and lukewarm baths it has a mushiburo steam room, plus a fireplace lounge, a library of 10,000 comics and a cafe. A free-time pass costs ¥1,480 on weekdays; open 10:00 to midnight, with early baths from 5:00.
ふきさらし湯
Fukisarashi-yu is a hand-built log bathhouse in the Takumishuku craft village at Mariko, about 15 minutes by car from Shizuoka Station. Its baths use softened water, and the sauna is a gentle 75–80°C room with a Finnish Harvia stove and occasional löyly, conceived as a sociable steam bath. A 110 cm deep soft-water cold plunge and an open-air rest garden face the satoyama hills. Bath and sauna cost ¥1,300 on weekdays and ¥1,500 at weekends; closed on Tuesdays.
クア・アンド・ホテル 駿河健康ランド
Kur and Hotel Suruga Kenko Land is a 24-hour kenko land (health spa) with an attached hotel at Okitsu on Suruga Bay, with hot-spring baths overlooking the sea. It runs five saunas: a Finnish sauna at 86–91°C, a high-temperature bakuhanseki stone sauna up to 104°C, a salt sauna, a kanpo herbal far-infrared sauna and a steam crystal sauna, with a cold bath and a cold mineral spring. A swimwear Bade zone opens at weekends. Day entry is ¥1,980, with a late-night surcharge after 3:00.
リバティーリゾート久能山
Liberty Resort Kunozan is a hot-spring day spa and inn below Kunozan on the Suruga Bay coast, with a townscape of shops and cafes beside it. The baths use a simple alkaline hot spring, with indoor and open-air baths, a sauna with automatic löyly on the men's side, a tent sauna in the men's open-air area on weekend afternoons and stone-bath ganbanyoku for women. Adults pay ¥1,000 on weekdays and ¥1,500 at weekends; open 11:00 to 22:00, and tattoos are refused except on set tattoo days.
用宗みなと温泉
Mochimune Minato Onsen is a day hot-spring bath inside Mochimune fishing port, two stops from Shizuoka Station, in a renovated former tuna-processing building. Its open-air bath of natural hot spring water looks over the harbour and, on clear days, Mount Fuji; there is also a sauna, a cold bath of natural water and a carbonated bath. A craft brewery and the Aosagi canteen sit alongside. Entry is ¥1,000 on weekdays and ¥1,200 at weekends and holidays.
静岡市ふれあい健康増進館ゆらら
Yurara is Shizuoka City's public health centre in Minami-Numagami, Aoi ward, heated with waste heat from the neighbouring Numagami incineration plant. Alongside pools, a training room and studios, its second floor has separate men's and women's bathrooms with a main bath, a round tub, a dry sauna at about 85–90°C and a cold bath at 20–22°C. A day ticket costs ¥1,010 for adults, ¥500 after 17:00. Closed Tuesdays and for about a month each February for plant maintenance.
アルラ スポーツ&スパ
ALULA Sports & Spa is a large members' sports club in Naganuma-minami, Aoi ward, close to JR Higashi-Shizuoka Station. Its third-floor bath area uses Aoi Onsen, a privately drilled calcium-sodium chloride hot spring, with an open-air bath, a sitting bath and a löyly sauna where aroma water is poured on the stove. Upstairs are a 25-metre pool with a swimwear steam sauna, an open-air poolside jacuzzi with views of Nihondaira, a golf range and a hot-yoga studio. Closed on Tuesdays.
スポーツクラブ&サウナスパ ルネサンス 静岡24
Renaissance Shizuoka 24 is a members' fitness club five minutes' walk from the south exit of Shizuoka Station, with a 24-hour gym, pool and tennis courts. Its bathing area has open-air baths with high-concentration carbonated water, a sauna with automatic löyly every 20 minutes on the men's side, a mist sauna for women and cold showers. Club hours run 9:00 to 23:00 Monday to Thursday, shorter at weekends; closed on Fridays.
静岡市東部勤労者福祉センター 清水テルサ
Shimizu Terrsa is Shizuoka City's eastern workers' welfare centre in Shimazaki-cho, Shimizu ward, whose Terrsa Fitness floors are open to workers and anyone aged 19 or over on a day ticket of ¥830. Besides a training gym and studios, it has a 25-metre four-lane pool with a jacuzzi and sleeping bath, and a bath area with a bath, jacuzzi, sauna room and cold bath. Open 10:00 to 22:00; the fitness area is closed on Mondays (the following weekday when Monday is a public holiday) and over New Year.