HotelZuiho

A distinguished inn where you can enjoy luxurious bath-hopping with 6 Japanese garden open-air baths and 2 full-fledged saunas

Miyagi Sendai City

"Hotel Zuiho" is a large hot spring hotel in Akiu Onsen, Taihaku Ward, Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture. Its pride and joy is a diverse collection of open-air baths set in a beautiful Japanese garden. With a standing bath 130 cm deep, waterfall showers, and a spacious public bath, you can savor the famed waters of Akiu to your heart's content. The sauna area includes two types of dry sauna: a high-temperature dry sauna and a medium-temperature dry sauna. There is also a pleasantly cool cold plunge bath, allowing you to enjoy an exceptional hot spring soak and alternating hot-and-cold sauna bathing on an impressive scale.

Hot Spring & Bath Information

Public Bath

TypeNatural Hot Spring

A grand public bath that can be enjoyed through a rotating men’s and women’s curtain schedule, and that boasts an impressive scale. The spring quality is sodium chloride spring, whose salt film wraps around the skin to provide excellent heat retention and help keep you warm long after bathing. The spacious indoor bath area offers a wide variety of tubs, including waterfall showers, a 130 cm-deep standing bath, and a jacuzzi. There is also an open-air bath area nestled in a beautiful Japanese garden, where you can gaze at the surrounding lush forest and the scenery of each season while savoring Akiu’s famous hot spring waters in a truly expansive setting.

Sauna

High-Temperature Sauna

100°C

Sauna TypeDry Sauna

Stove TypeConvection Stove (Sauna Stone)

Capacity14people

Men'sWomen's

A high-temperature dry sauna located in the public bath area. The spacious two-level room is a full-fledged setup with powerful heat. A stone-stacked convection stove delivers intense heat straight to the core of your body. In this quiet space without a TV, you can enjoy a refreshing, sweat-soaked experience while wrapped in a comforting woody aroma.

Medium-Temperature Sauna

80°C

Sauna TypeDry Sauna

Stove TypeConvection Stove (Sauna Stone)

Capacity10people

Men'sWomen's

A gentle medium-temperature dry sauna located in the public bath area. Compared with the high-temperature sauna, the heat is milder and more soothing, making it easier to breathe. Even beginners or those who are not good with hot saunas can take their time warming up. It eases the strain on the body while encouraging a gradual, deep sweat, allowing for a pleasant and relaxing time.

Cold Bath

Cold Bath

18°C

Water QualityTap Water

Capacity3people

Men'sWomen's

A cold plunge bath located right next to the sauna room. Fresh water is continuously poured in from the faucet, giving it a mild and gentle coolness. It is easy to enjoy even for those who do not like extremely cold cold plunge baths, and it cools you down softly as if wrapping around a body that has been thoroughly warmed in the sauna. Soaking slowly helps ease away the heat from your body and leaves you feeling pleasantly refreshed.

Business Hours

Monday
05:00〜00:00
Tuesday
05:00〜00:00
Wednesday
05:00〜00:00
Thursday
05:00〜00:00
Friday
05:00〜00:00
Saturday
05:00〜00:00
Sunday
05:00〜00:00
Holiday
05:00〜00:00
💡 [Day-use bathing] 10:00–15:00 (last admission 14:00)

Closed Days: None

Address

〒982-0241 Yumoza 26-1, Akiu-machi, Taihaku Ward, Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture

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Website

https://www.zuiho.jp/
Hotel & Ryokan

Gender Access

Gender Separated

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Tattoos in the Communal Bath
No Tattoos

The above applies to the communal (shared) baths. At facilities with private baths or private saunas, guests with tattoos may still be able to bathe. Please check with the facility for details.

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