Finnish saunas in Tokyo, Japan
PARADISE
PARADISE, five minutes from Tamachi and Mita stations in Shiba, is a men-only bath and sauna that replaced Bansai-yu, a sento that ran for 90 years. It has a shared hinoki sauna with self-löyly, bookable private sauna rooms with löyly, and two cold baths, one kept below 10 °C and one at 16 °C. Entry is ¥1,000 for the first 30 minutes on weekdays, then ¥250 per 10 minutes; a private room costs ¥4,000 for two hours. Open 6:00 to 3:00; cashless; occasional ladies' days.
ROOFTOP
ROOFTOP is a penthouse-style Finnish sauna on the fourth floor by JR Nishi-Ogikubo Station, with room for more than 100 bathers across separate men's and women's areas. The men's hinoki-lined sauna seats about 30 around a custom stove and the women's about 20 with an iki stove, both with auto-löyly. Personal outdoor cold tubs lead to rooftop and indoor rest areas; ponchos are lent for the outdoor deck. Swimwear is not allowed in the baths. Open 8:00–24:00; cashless; membership via LINE.
ととけん
Totoken, short for totonoi laboratory, is a small running station and sauna in Nihonbashi-Hamacho, five minutes' walk from the Sumida River, made by the Houyhnhnm Running Club with a beer bar on the ground floor. The men's floor has a 12-seat sauna with an iki stove and a 9 °C cold plunge; the women's 8-seat sauna has a ZIEL heater for self-löyly. Sauna-only entry is ¥1,500 an hour on weekdays. Open 12:00–23:00, from 10:00 at weekends; cashless.
サウナ&ホテル かるまる池袋
Sauna & Hotel Karumaru Ikebukuro is a men-only sauna complex with capsule and hotel rooms in Ikebukuro. It has four saunas: a rock sauna lined with Aji granite with auto-löyly and aufguss, a kelo sauna with self-löyly, a one-person herbal steam barrel and a wood-fired stove sauna. Four cold baths range from a single-digit plunge with jets to 33 °C, and there is an open-air jacuzzi. Entry ¥3,480, or ¥1,980 for 60 minutes; open 11:00 to 10:00 the next day, baths until 9:00. No tattoos.
TOTOPA 都立明治公園店
TOTOPA is a sauna spa inside Meiji Park in Kasumigaoka-machi, Shinjuku, with separate floors for women (2F) and men (3F). The men's floor has three saunas, two with auto-löyly, plus a deep cold tub and an open-air lounge; the women's floor has a fragrant-wood sauna and a herbal steam room. Guests bathe unclothed, and swimsuits are not allowed. Priced by time from ¥2,178 for an hour on weekdays; open daily 11:00–23:00 with no regular closing day; tattoos welcome; cashless.
ひだまりの泉 萩の湯
Hidamari no Izumi Haginoyu, three minutes from Uguisudani Station, is among the largest public bathhouses in Tokyo, reopened in 2017 with the men's bath on the third floor and the women's on the fourth. Both have a sauna, a carbonated bath and an open-air rock bath; the women's side adds a salt sauna and the men's a large cold bath. Entry is ¥600 plus ¥350 for the sauna on weekdays. Open 6:00–9:00 and 11:00–25:00, with a restaurant on the second floor; closed the third Tuesday.
サウナ東京 (Sauna-Tokyo)
Sauna-Tokyo, a minute from Akasaka Station, is a men-only sauna open 24 hours with five saunas and three cold baths. Its main löyly sauna seats over 40, with sound, lighting and auto-löyly under automatic control, and hosts aufguss shows; there is also a self-löyly kelo sauna, a humid bona meditation sauna, a Showa-style dry far-infrared sauna and an Edo-style cupboard steam bath. Cold baths run at about 15, 22 and 8 °C. From ¥1,900 an hour on weekdays; occasional ladies' days.
三ノ輪 改栄湯
Kaieiyu in Minowa, founded in 1950 and renovated in 2020 as a 'downtown luxury sento', softens all its bathroom water. The men's sauna, rebuilt in 2022, pairs a large far-infrared heater with an auto-löyly machine and a five-minute aufguss every 20 minutes, and the men's open-air area adds a cold bath and air-bathing space; the women's side has a 100 °C dry sauna with aroma water. Sauna costs ¥500–850 on top of ¥600 entry. Open 14:00–24:00, from 12:00 at weekends; closed Tuesdays; no tattoos.
堀田湯
Hotta-yu is a sento seven minutes from Nishiarai Station in Adachi, renovated in April 2022. The men's open-air area has a herbal sauna for up to 12 people, a 160 cm cold bath described as the deepest in Tokyo, a large outdoor bath and a spacious rest area; the women's side has a 'wall-löyly' sauna and two cold baths of different temperatures and depths. The original tile murals were kept. Open 14:00–24:00 on weekdays and 8:00–24:00 at weekends and holidays; closed the second Thursday.
天然温泉 たからゆ
Takarayu is a neighbourhood bathhouse in Wakamiya, Nakano, six minutes from Nogata Station, whose water was certified as a natural hot spring in 2025. It has an auto-löyly stone sauna and a humid comfort sauna with a TV, which swap between the men's and women's sides every month, and a radon cold bath of ultra-soft water treated with Bad Gastein ore. There is also an open-air silky bath and a carbonated bath. Sauna ¥500 on top of ¥550 entry. Open 13:00–24:00, closed Mondays; tattoos allowed.
天然温泉 湯どんぶり栄湯
Yudonburi Sakaeyu is a neighbourhood bathhouse near Minowa where every bath, tap and shower runs on natural hot-spring water, some of it warmed by rooftop solar collectors since 1979. The sento says the automatic heat-wave fan found in Japanese saunas began here, and a fine-bubble cold bath follows the sauna. Entry is ¥600 plus ¥600 for the sauna, and a trailer sauna can be booked separately. Open 14:00–23:00, from 12:00 on Sundays and holidays; closed Wednesdays.
妙法湯
Myohoyu is a sento two minutes from Shiinamachi Station, renovated in 2019 around soft water, including what it calls Japan's first soft-water carbonated silky bath, and every bath uses nano-microbubbles. The saunas are hot, set to 110 °C for men and 100 °C for women, and the 16 °C soft-water cold bath is up to a metre deep on the men's side. Sauna entry with bath and towels costs ¥950. Open 15:00–25:00, closed Mondays; tattoos are welcome.
改良湯
Kairyou-yu is a sento between Shibuya and Ebisu that dates from 1916 and was redesigned in 2018, with artist murals and soft water throughout. The men's side has a convection sauna and the women's a kelo sauna, with cold baths and a carbonated bath. Entry is ¥600 plus ¥550 for the sauna, and sauna users may stay up to 120 minutes (men) or 150 minutes (women). The sento also runs occasional aufguss sessions. Open 12:00–23:30 Sunday to Friday and on holidays; closed Saturdays.
東京ドーム天然温泉 スパ ラクーア
Spa LaQua is a large hot-spring spa in Tokyo Dome City fed by amber sodium chloride water from 1,700 m underground. The men's baths have four saunas, including a 100 °C log sauna, a Finnish self-löyly sauna and a sauna with staff-led aufguss; the women's have three, including a 45 °C mist sauna, with staff löyly sessions. Cold baths run at about 17 to 22 °C. Adult entry from ¥3,500 including towels and loungewear; open 11:00 to 9:00 the next day; no tattoos.
松本湯
Matsumoto-yu is a sento in Higashi-Nakano, three minutes from Ochiai Station, fully renovated in August 2021. The men's sauna holds 20 people, and the women's side has a dry sauna and a steam sauna. Both sides have two cold baths at 16 °C and 28 °C, the colder one 150 cm deep for men and 135 cm for women. Bath and sauna together cost ¥1,100, and tattoos are accepted. Open 14:00–24:00, Sundays 8:00–12:00 and 15:00–24:00; closed Thursdays unless a holiday.
渋谷SAUNAS
Shibuya SAUNAS, three minutes from Shibuya Station and produced by Katsuki Tanaka, author of the sauna manga Sa-do, has nine sauna rooms of eight kinds in two bath areas that swap between men and women on odd and even days, among them a sound sauna, a bed sauna and kelo saunas used for whisking. Cold baths are up to 150 cm deep, and aufguss masters perform shows. Bathing is nude. Standard weekday entry ¥3,200; open 8:00–24:00; tattoos allowed on a trial basis.
PARADISE
PARADISE, five minutes from Tamachi and Mita stations in Shiba, is a men-only bath and sauna that replaced Bansai-yu, a sento that ran for 90 years. It has a shared hinoki sauna with self-löyly, bookable private sauna rooms with löyly, and two cold baths, one kept below 10 °C and one at 16 °C. Entry is ¥1,000 for the first 30 minutes on weekdays, then ¥250 per 10 minutes; a private room costs ¥4,000 for two hours. Open 6:00 to 3:00; cashless; occasional ladies' days.
ROOFTOP
ROOFTOP is a penthouse-style Finnish sauna on the fourth floor by JR Nishi-Ogikubo Station, with room for more than 100 bathers across separate men's and women's areas. The men's hinoki-lined sauna seats about 30 around a custom stove and the women's about 20 with an iki stove, both with auto-löyly. Personal outdoor cold tubs lead to rooftop and indoor rest areas; ponchos are lent for the outdoor deck. Swimwear is not allowed in the baths. Open 8:00–24:00; cashless; membership via LINE.
ととけん
Totoken, short for totonoi laboratory, is a small running station and sauna in Nihonbashi-Hamacho, five minutes' walk from the Sumida River, made by the Houyhnhnm Running Club with a beer bar on the ground floor. The men's floor has a 12-seat sauna with an iki stove and a 9 °C cold plunge; the women's 8-seat sauna has a ZIEL heater for self-löyly. Sauna-only entry is ¥1,500 an hour on weekdays. Open 12:00–23:00, from 10:00 at weekends; cashless.
サウナ&ホテル かるまる池袋
Sauna & Hotel Karumaru Ikebukuro is a men-only sauna complex with capsule and hotel rooms in Ikebukuro. It has four saunas: a rock sauna lined with Aji granite with auto-löyly and aufguss, a kelo sauna with self-löyly, a one-person herbal steam barrel and a wood-fired stove sauna. Four cold baths range from a single-digit plunge with jets to 33 °C, and there is an open-air jacuzzi. Entry ¥3,480, or ¥1,980 for 60 minutes; open 11:00 to 10:00 the next day, baths until 9:00. No tattoos.
TOTOPA 都立明治公園店
TOTOPA is a sauna spa inside Meiji Park in Kasumigaoka-machi, Shinjuku, with separate floors for women (2F) and men (3F). The men's floor has three saunas, two with auto-löyly, plus a deep cold tub and an open-air lounge; the women's floor has a fragrant-wood sauna and a herbal steam room. Guests bathe unclothed, and swimsuits are not allowed. Priced by time from ¥2,178 for an hour on weekdays; open daily 11:00–23:00 with no regular closing day; tattoos welcome; cashless.
ひだまりの泉 萩の湯
Hidamari no Izumi Haginoyu, three minutes from Uguisudani Station, is among the largest public bathhouses in Tokyo, reopened in 2017 with the men's bath on the third floor and the women's on the fourth. Both have a sauna, a carbonated bath and an open-air rock bath; the women's side adds a salt sauna and the men's a large cold bath. Entry is ¥600 plus ¥350 for the sauna on weekdays. Open 6:00–9:00 and 11:00–25:00, with a restaurant on the second floor; closed the third Tuesday.
サウナ東京 (Sauna-Tokyo)
Sauna-Tokyo, a minute from Akasaka Station, is a men-only sauna open 24 hours with five saunas and three cold baths. Its main löyly sauna seats over 40, with sound, lighting and auto-löyly under automatic control, and hosts aufguss shows; there is also a self-löyly kelo sauna, a humid bona meditation sauna, a Showa-style dry far-infrared sauna and an Edo-style cupboard steam bath. Cold baths run at about 15, 22 and 8 °C. From ¥1,900 an hour on weekdays; occasional ladies' days.
三ノ輪 改栄湯
Kaieiyu in Minowa, founded in 1950 and renovated in 2020 as a 'downtown luxury sento', softens all its bathroom water. The men's sauna, rebuilt in 2022, pairs a large far-infrared heater with an auto-löyly machine and a five-minute aufguss every 20 minutes, and the men's open-air area adds a cold bath and air-bathing space; the women's side has a 100 °C dry sauna with aroma water. Sauna costs ¥500–850 on top of ¥600 entry. Open 14:00–24:00, from 12:00 at weekends; closed Tuesdays; no tattoos.
堀田湯
Hotta-yu is a sento seven minutes from Nishiarai Station in Adachi, renovated in April 2022. The men's open-air area has a herbal sauna for up to 12 people, a 160 cm cold bath described as the deepest in Tokyo, a large outdoor bath and a spacious rest area; the women's side has a 'wall-löyly' sauna and two cold baths of different temperatures and depths. The original tile murals were kept. Open 14:00–24:00 on weekdays and 8:00–24:00 at weekends and holidays; closed the second Thursday.
天然温泉 たからゆ
Takarayu is a neighbourhood bathhouse in Wakamiya, Nakano, six minutes from Nogata Station, whose water was certified as a natural hot spring in 2025. It has an auto-löyly stone sauna and a humid comfort sauna with a TV, which swap between the men's and women's sides every month, and a radon cold bath of ultra-soft water treated with Bad Gastein ore. There is also an open-air silky bath and a carbonated bath. Sauna ¥500 on top of ¥550 entry. Open 13:00–24:00, closed Mondays; tattoos allowed.
天然温泉 湯どんぶり栄湯
Yudonburi Sakaeyu is a neighbourhood bathhouse near Minowa where every bath, tap and shower runs on natural hot-spring water, some of it warmed by rooftop solar collectors since 1979. The sento says the automatic heat-wave fan found in Japanese saunas began here, and a fine-bubble cold bath follows the sauna. Entry is ¥600 plus ¥600 for the sauna, and a trailer sauna can be booked separately. Open 14:00–23:00, from 12:00 on Sundays and holidays; closed Wednesdays.
妙法湯
Myohoyu is a sento two minutes from Shiinamachi Station, renovated in 2019 around soft water, including what it calls Japan's first soft-water carbonated silky bath, and every bath uses nano-microbubbles. The saunas are hot, set to 110 °C for men and 100 °C for women, and the 16 °C soft-water cold bath is up to a metre deep on the men's side. Sauna entry with bath and towels costs ¥950. Open 15:00–25:00, closed Mondays; tattoos are welcome.
改良湯
Kairyou-yu is a sento between Shibuya and Ebisu that dates from 1916 and was redesigned in 2018, with artist murals and soft water throughout. The men's side has a convection sauna and the women's a kelo sauna, with cold baths and a carbonated bath. Entry is ¥600 plus ¥550 for the sauna, and sauna users may stay up to 120 minutes (men) or 150 minutes (women). The sento also runs occasional aufguss sessions. Open 12:00–23:30 Sunday to Friday and on holidays; closed Saturdays.
東京ドーム天然温泉 スパ ラクーア
Spa LaQua is a large hot-spring spa in Tokyo Dome City fed by amber sodium chloride water from 1,700 m underground. The men's baths have four saunas, including a 100 °C log sauna, a Finnish self-löyly sauna and a sauna with staff-led aufguss; the women's have three, including a 45 °C mist sauna, with staff löyly sessions. Cold baths run at about 17 to 22 °C. Adult entry from ¥3,500 including towels and loungewear; open 11:00 to 9:00 the next day; no tattoos.
松本湯
Matsumoto-yu is a sento in Higashi-Nakano, three minutes from Ochiai Station, fully renovated in August 2021. The men's sauna holds 20 people, and the women's side has a dry sauna and a steam sauna. Both sides have two cold baths at 16 °C and 28 °C, the colder one 150 cm deep for men and 135 cm for women. Bath and sauna together cost ¥1,100, and tattoos are accepted. Open 14:00–24:00, Sundays 8:00–12:00 and 15:00–24:00; closed Thursdays unless a holiday.
渋谷SAUNAS
Shibuya SAUNAS, three minutes from Shibuya Station and produced by Katsuki Tanaka, author of the sauna manga Sa-do, has nine sauna rooms of eight kinds in two bath areas that swap between men and women on odd and even days, among them a sound sauna, a bed sauna and kelo saunas used for whisking. Cold baths are up to 150 cm deep, and aufguss masters perform shows. Bathing is nude. Standard weekday entry ¥3,200; open 8:00–24:00; tattoos allowed on a trial basis.