Kagawa Takamatsu City
A forest hideaway resort with a sauna where you pour your own löyly and a renowned onsen
Livemax Resort Sanuki Shionoe Onsen is an onsen resort hotel in Takamatsu, Kagawa Prefecture. Here you can soak to your heart’s content in Shionoe Onsen, a renowned onsen with a history of around 1,300 years, in a main bathhouse where you can feel the breath of nature and in a rustic open-air bath. The sauna offers löyly you pour yourself with aroma water, so you can sink into deep relaxation wrapped in the humidity and scent you like best. After your bath, you can unwind at leisure in the post-bath rest area, stocked with recliners and manga. Some rooms come with their own open-air bath, making this an ideal place for a private stay.

The main bathhouse draws its water from Shionoe Onsen, a renowned onsen with a history of around 1,300 years. Down a flight of stairs from the indoor bath lies a rustic open-air bath, where you can soak while taking in the natural scenery of each season and the clear air. The water, a sodium-calcium chloride spring, is gentle on the skin, with a soft, silky feel. It retains heat well and warms you from the core, so the pleasant warmth lingers long after your bath.

Some rooms come with a private terrace and an open-air or semi-open-air bath. In a private space where no one will disturb you, you can enjoy the renowned onsen whenever you like, as often as you like. Surrounded by calm, Japanese-style décor, you can spend a luxurious moment alone with someone special.

A dry sauna wrapped in quiet and the clean feel of new woodwork. With löyly you pour yourself using aroma water, you set the humidity and scent to your liking and slowly warm up right to the core. Afterward, the cold plunge of tap water just outside the sauna room pulls your flushed body taut. Once you have cooled down thoroughly, head to the outdoor area surrounded by nature, where cooling off in the open air, feeling the breeze of each season, leads you into deep relaxation.
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[Day-use bathing] 6:00–11:00, 15:00–22:00
By car
By train and bus
Free parking for 50 cars
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