Onsen & sauna across Japan

Some onsen and saunas are worth rearranging a trip for.

A single inn deep in the mountains. An open-air bath with a view of the sea. A sauna in a city basement. Search all of Japan for the finest of them — and decide here where to go.

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1,638: onsen & sauna across all 47 prefectures
254: listed with the property's own information & photography
134: entered and recorded by the Editor-in-Chief
10: languages — written, not machine-translated

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963 properties

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Onsen ryokan and hotels where the onsen is the reason to book.

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638 properties

Day-use

Sento, super sento and private sauna you can walk into between trains.

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JAPAN'S FINEST ONSEN & SAUNA

The Finest Onsen & Sauna in Japan

61 SELECTIONS

Only the 61 places worth returning to.

Most of what we surveyed never even made it onto this site. This book is a further cut from what did. Our editor bathed in every onsen and sauna in it, and wrote only what they confirmed on the ground.

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