Fukushima Fukushima City
Experience the ultimate totonou with an intensely cold continuous-flow stream-water cold plunge bath and self löyly
"Otomeyuri SPA - OTOMEYURI SPA -" is a modern bathing facility in Fukushima City, Fukushima Prefecture. It has an especially strong focus on sauna culture and is equipped with an authentic sauna that allows self löyly. Its standout feature is a cold plunge bath with a continuous flow of natural stream water that has been purified for use, and depending on the season, you may even experience near-freezing water in the single digits. Cooling down in water of such pristine quality and overwhelming coldness is a blissful moment for sauna enthusiasts. In this stylish space, you can spend time in a state of totonou while reflecting deeply on yourself.
A natural hot spring that is gentle on the skin. Its smooth, silky water softly envelops the body after sauna and cold plunge use, making it ideal for finishing a hot-and-cold bathing session. In a calm bath area, you can rest your body and mind at a relaxed pace while enjoying the healing qualities of an onsen in its purest form.
A sauna where you can pour water on the sauna stones yourself to generate steam, allowing self löyly. The appeal lies in being able to create your preferred humidity and heat in a room filled with the pleasant sound of steam. Powerful heat envelops your entire body, giving you the sensation of being purified along with deep sweating. A quiet meditation space for adults.
A cold plunge bath lavishly fed by natural stream water in a continuous flow, boasting overwhelming coldness. The water quality is astonishingly pure, and after the sharp, piercing chill against your skin, the gentle character unique to natural water wraps around your whole body. It tightens up a body heated by the sauna all at once, delivering an unparalleled refreshing sense of renewal. A sublime cold bath.
Irregular Holidays
Tsuchiyu Onsenkyo
A premier hidden hot spring inn in Tohoku, standing at 1,200 m, with 100% pure milky-white free-flowing natural spring baths
Tsuchiyu Onsenkyo
An exquisite inn boasting a variety of baths and the latest automatic löyly sauna, overlooking the clear flow of the Arakawa River and a famous two-tier waterfall
Fukushima
A superb highland resort where you can relax with the spectacular views of Lake Hibara and a natural hot spring that leaves your skin feeling beautiful
JAPAN'S FINEST ONSEN & SAUNA
The Finest Onsen & Sauna in Japan
61 SELECTIONS
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.
