Toyama Uozu City
Soak in an ultra-cold cold plunge bath fed by the spring water of the famed Tateyama peaks, and a richly fragrant hinoki sauna
"Tsuji Wakuwaku Land" is a minshuku attached to a super sento in Uozu City, Toyama Prefecture. The highlight of the large bath area is the cold plunge bath, which uses underground spring water from the Tateyama Mountain Range pumped up from below ground and poured in free flow as is. Kept at 13°C year-round, its crisp water combines a sharp, skin-prickling sensation with the mellow quality unique to natural water. The sauna is a dry sauna with luxurious hinoki wood used throughout the interior, offering powerful heat and a pleasant wood aroma. The variety of baths is also appealing, including a high-concentration carbonated spring and the first spindle jet bath introduced in Hokuriku. In 2023, a private sauna was also added in a separate area, making this a facility where you can refresh yourself in a wide range of styles.
An artificial hot spring made by passing water through special medicinal stones to infuse it with minerals. The water is extremely mellow and gentle on the skin, allowing you to warm up slowly from deep within the body. Combined with functional baths such as the high-concentration carbonated spring and jet baths, it offers an even greater refreshing effect.
A dry sauna built with fragrant hinoki wood throughout the interior. The settings are well received, with temperatures of about 95°C on the men’s side and about 90°C on the women’s side, allowing you to enjoy a solid level of heat. In a clean, TV-equipped room, you can take your time sweating while finding your preferred temperature range.
Spring water from the Tateyama Mountain Range, one of Toyama’s most famous peaks, is pumped up from 40m underground and poured in free flow as is. Its defining feature is a sharp, refreshing coldness at 13°C year-round, instantly tightening the entire body the moment you enter. The clean, invigorating feel and pleasant touch of natural water are truly a treasure that Uozu can be proud of.
Irregular Holidays
Toyama
A Hokuriku sauna sanctuary greeted by drinkable natural cold plunge baths and the Rocky Sauna
Toyama
A paradise of free-flowing drinkable underground water and every sauna heated by a wood stove
Toyama
A sky-high scenic sauna resort overlooking the Tateyama mountain range and Toyama Bay from 40 meters above ground
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.
