Hiroshima Fukuyama City
A super sento that leads you to a different kind of totonou experience with a wide variety of baths and an extra-cold cold plunge bath
"Super Sento Yurara" is a day-use bathing facility in Fukuyama, Hiroshima Prefecture. In addition to a far-infrared sauna with aufguss performed with hot air and a salt sauna that helps tone the skin, the extra-cold cold plunge bath is hugely popular with sauna enthusiasts. The facility also offers a wide variety of baths, including a cypress bath, herb bath, and open-air rock bath, creating a relaxing space where both solo visitors and families can unwind at their own pace.
The "Far-Infrared Sauna" gently warms you from the core through the heat-retaining effects of far infrared rays. It promotes circulation and boosts metabolism, delivering a deeply satisfying sweat session and a refreshing sense of relief. The spacious interior is equipped with a TV, so you can relax at your own pace. Powerful aufguss sessions by a heat wave master are also held regularly.
The salt sauna uses salt applied all over the body to tighten the skin and further encourage sweating. A TV monitor is installed, so you can slowly work up a sweat while enjoying your favorite programs. In addition to enhancing perspiration, it also offers beauty benefits that help leave the skin smooth and silky.
The cold plunge bath rapidly cools down a body that has been heated in the sauna. Its crisp coldness tightens the skin and activates the autonomic nervous system, helping to boost metabolism. Though compact, it is deep enough for you to feel a pleasant floating sensation and experience the moment your whole body snaps into a refreshing chill.
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JAPAN'S FINEST ONSEN & SAUNA
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