Hokkaido Asahikawa City
A city-center hotel for making the most of Asahikawa, with the warmth of white birch and a proper sauna
OMO7 Asahikawa by Hoshino Resorts is a city-center hotel built for getting to know Asahikawa in depth. From concept rooms inspired by Asahiyama Zoo to tours led by the OMO Rangers, the neighborhood guides, there’s plenty here to help you discover the city’s charms. Sauna Plateau, the bathhouse reserved for hotel guests, has a proper dry sauna with both automatic löyly and löyly you pour yourself, plus a mist sauna. Between a space scented with vihta and the cold plunge filled with Asahikawa’s clear groundwater, it makes for a truly restorative break.

The hot sauna offers both automatic löyly and löyly you pour yourself. With a good balance of temperature and humidity, it carries heat deep into your body without the air feeling stifling. The men’s and women’s baths swap between morning and evening, so even a one-night stay lets you enjoy two kinds of löyly. The mist sauna wraps you in warm fog so dense you can’t see in front of you. Cool water running across the floor and benches keeps your head warm and your feet refreshingly cool, so you can relax and sweat slowly while feeling the moisture on your skin.

The cold plunge is generously filled with Asahikawa’s clear groundwater. No chiller is used: the natural water flows straight in without being recirculated, so the temperature shifts with the seasons. The water feels soft and silky against the skin, and bubble jets work like a gentle jacuzzi, cooling your whole body softly yet efficiently.
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Closed on the same days the hotel itself is closed.
Guests may be refused entry to the main bathhouse if the hotel judges that other guests could feel frightened.
By car
By train and bus
About a 15-minute walk from JR Asahikawa Station. Parking is at a partner Times car park (first come, first served; no reservations). No shuttle service
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