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Just a short walk from JR Fukushima Station, the men's spa on the 7th floor of Hotel Hanshin Osaka. It features the natural hot spring Tokujiro-no-Yu in the open-air bath, and the path from the dry sauna to the cold bath and outdoor air bath is short. Right in the middle of the business district, this urban sauna & spa is designed to take you from sweating to cooling down in one smooth flow. Accommodation is available at Hotel Hanshin Osaka in the same building.
It has a light feel on the skin and is the kind of bath that warms you gently over a long soak. When you bathe outdoors while feeling the breeze, the tension eases as if the stiffness in your shoulders were melting away. Used as the finishing touch after the sauna, it leaves you with a gentle sense of warmth and relaxation.
Centered around a convection stove stacked with stones, this sauna has two long bench tiers that let you adjust the heat intensity. With the quiet sound of TV and calm lighting, it is easy to focus and work up a deep sweat. The cold bath, open-air bath, and indoor rest area are all close by, making it easy to complete multiple sets even in a short stay.
A compact low-temperature bath right outside the sauna. When you sink into it quietly, the heat on your skin quickly fades and your pulse settles fast. Combined with the outdoor air bath on the open-air side, the contrast becomes especially striking, allowing you to cool down to the core even amid the noise of the city.
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JAPAN'S FINEST ONSEN & SAUNA
The Finest Onsen & Sauna in Japan
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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.
