Onsen saunas in Shizuoka, Japan
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.
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.
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.
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.