Osaka Osaka City
A premier hot spring resort with free-flowing natural hot springs and Kansai's strongest löyly
"Natural Hot Spring Nobehano-yu Tsuruhashi Branch" is a large bath complex in Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture. Its signature attraction is the hourly löyly service in a large high-temperature sauna, where you can refresh yourself in a deep groundwater cold plunge bath. In the open-air area, you will find a standing bath and rock baths where you can enjoy free-flowing natural hot spring water from the source, warming your body from the core. There is also a Korean-style sauna, Yakuishi Sweat Room, using 12 kinds of medicinal stones, as well as Kansai's largest selection of 11 private family baths and a restaurant serving authentic Korean cuisine, making it easy to spend the whole day in comfort.
A gentle natural hot spring with weak alkalinity for the skin, using the facility's own source, Himorogi no Yu. The open-air area features the signature source-fed standing bath, which reaches up to the waist, as well as the atmospheric source-fed rock bath, tsubo baths where you can enjoy Shigaraki ware on your own, and seasonal baths in the indoor area, offering a wide variety of tubs. It is characterized by the strong heat-retention effect typical of chloride springs and the smooth texture of bicarbonate springs. You can fully savor a unique bathing experience in which you stand immersed in the blessings of the source, as well as unhurried moments of loosening up your body while enjoying the rustic charm of the countryside.
A spacious large sauna room equipped with an iki stove. The interior has been renovated, and its high ceiling allows you to feel the heat waves more directly. Every hour at 30 minutes past the hour, staff hold a löyly service (aufguss), where intense heat waves containing negative ions rapidly raise the perceived temperature of the room and promote explosive perspiration.
A high-temperature sauna equipped with a convection stove that allows self löyly. The low entrance door, set at about waist height, helps keep the heat inside. The sauna benches are placed high up after climbing stairs, so the ceiling feels close and the heat hits you more directly. The chic black interior creates a quiet, meditative space where you can face yourself in calm. A dedicated standing shower is also available.
A spacious open sauna room equipped with an iki stove. The ceiling height is carefully adjusted so you can properly receive the heat waves of aufguss. During the hourly löyly service, steam infused with aromatic water fills the room, creating a pleasant fragrance and a strong perspiration effect.
A self löyly sauna equipped with a convection stove that lets you adjust the humidity to your liking. The low entrance door and the sauna benches positioned higher up make heat retention excellent, allowing you to fully enjoy the heat that gathers near the ceiling. In the calm, black-themed space, you can spend a deeply relaxing time. A dedicated standing shower is also available.
A women-only steam salt sauna. By gently rubbing the kneaded salt provided in the room over your whole body, the steam heat works together with it to further boost perspiration. As the gentle warmth slowly heats your body, it also removes old dead skin cells, leaving your skin astonishingly smooth and silky after bathing.
A cold plunge bath using high-quality natural water drawn from underground. It is deep enough to fully immerse your heated body and cool down quickly. The water temperature is not overly cold, offering a pleasantly crisp chill for a clean, sharp cooldown. After leaving the cold plunge bath, you can enjoy an outdoor-air bath while relaxing on the many totonou chairs in the open-air area or in the tatami-covered rest area.
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Thoroughly steamed by an intense löyly session
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