A paid web magazine, chosen by one editor on foot · Issue 01
Japan's finest onsen and sauna, in 64 places.
Japan has thousands of onsen and sauna, and every list looks the same. Where do you spend a trip you may only take once? From the places I bathed in myself and those I chose through my own reporting, I kept only the ones I would go back to — and introduce them one by one.
Yulax, Mifuneyama Rakuen Hotel, Osaka Sauna DESSE, Sauna & Hotel Karumaru Ikebukuro — those 64.
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Inside
Is this one place worth building a trip around? One spread answers it.
For each place: the photograph, what I felt getting into that onsen or sauna, and why I would go back. By the end of the spread you know: go, or don't.
Contents
Your next destination is one of these 64.
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- ● YulaxKumamoto
- ○ KanigotenSaga
- ○ KOMOREBI Saga BathhouseSaga
- ● Mifuneyama Rakuen HotelSaga
- ○ OND SAUNASaga
- ○ Wellbe FukuokaFukuoka
- ○ Iyo no Tojiba Kisuke no YuEhime
- ○ Shimanami Onsen Kisuke no YuEhime
- ○ Golden Time TakamatsuKagawa
- ○ Takamatsu Pokapoka OnsenKagawa
- ○ Naruto Natural Hot Spring Aratae no YuTokushima
- ○ Tosa Mochizuki Onsen Himewako no YuKochi
- ○ Nanki Shirahama Onsen Hotel KawakyuWakayama
- ○ Aridagawa Onsen Hikari no YuWakayama
- ○ Nijinoyu NishiyamatoNara
- ○ Chomeiji Onsen Amaha no YuShiga
- ○ Kobe Sauna & SpaHyogo
- ○ Arima Onsen Taiko no YuHyogo
- ○ SPA Sen Taihei no YuHyogo
- ○ Shioashiya Onsen SPA SuishunHyogo
- ○ Sauna & Capsule AmzaOsaka
- ● Osaka Sauna DESSEOsaka
- ○ Hanazono Onsen sauna kukkaOsaka
- ○ SPAWORLD HOTEL&RESORTOsaka
- ○ Natural Hot Spring Nobehano-yu TsuruhashiOsaka
- ○ Natural Hot Spring Nobeha no Yu Main Branch HabikinoOsaka
- ○ SPA&SAUNA Mizuho Hattori RyokuchiOsaka
- ○ Sauna & Capsule Hotel Ruma PlazaKyoto
- ○ Sagano Onsen Tenzan-no-YuKyoto
- ○ Shinme no YuMie
- ○ Tenkū SPA HILLS Ryusenji no YuAichi
- ○ Wellbe SakaeAichi
- ○ Wellbe ImaikeAichi
- ○ Sauna ShikijiShizuoka
- ○ Fujisan Natural Water SPA Sauna Taka no YuShizuoka
- ○ Tenko no YuGifu
- ○ Yudokoro MinoriGifu
- ○ Natural Hot Spring MitsumineGifu
- ○ Ringo no Yuya Obu~Nagano
- ○ Shirakaba Resort Ikenotaira HotelNagano
- ○ Yamanashi Overnight Onsen Yorimichi no YuYamanashi
- ○ Kinjo Onsen MotoyuIshikawa
- ○ Spa AlpsToyama
- ○ Yuya FUROBAKKAToyama
- ○ Skyspa YOKOHAMAKanagawa
- ○ Asahiyu Gensen YuiruKanagawa
- ○ HARE-TABI SAUNA & INN YOKOHAMAKanagawa
- ○ Tsunashima Gensen Yukemuri no ShoKanagawa
- ○ Spadium JaponTokyo
- ● Sauna & Hotel Karumaru IkebukuroTokyo
- ○ Sauna Metzza Oimachi TracksTokyo
- ○ Onsen Balcony King & QueenSaitama
- ○ Ryusenjinoyu Soka Yatsuka BranchSaitama
- ○ SATOYAMA TERRACEChiba
- ○ JFA Dream Field Makuhari Onsen Yurakuno-SatoChiba
- ○ SPA&HOTEL Maihama EurasiaChiba
- ○ Spa Metsa Otaka Ryusenji no YuChiba
- ○ Noboribetsu Grand HotelHokkaido
- ○ Marukoma Onsen Ryokan, the lakeside inn on Lake ShikotsuHokkaido
- ● Kitakobushi Shiretoko Hotel & ResortHokkaido
- ○ Yuyado DaiichiHokkaido
- ○ Akanko Yuku no Sato TsurugaHokkaido
- ○ KIKI Shiretoko Natural ResortHokkaido
- ○ New Akan HotelHokkaido
- ● YulaxKumamoto
- ○ KanigotenSaga
- ○ KOMOREBI Saga BathhouseSaga
- ● Mifuneyama Rakuen HotelSaga
- ○ OND SAUNASaga
- ○ Wellbe FukuokaFukuoka
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- ○ Iyo no Tojiba Kisuke no YuEhime
- ○ Shimanami Onsen Kisuke no YuEhime
- ○ Golden Time TakamatsuKagawa
- ○ Takamatsu Pokapoka OnsenKagawa
- ○ Naruto Natural Hot Spring Aratae no YuTokushima
- ○ Tosa Mochizuki Onsen Himewako no YuKochi
- ○ Nanki Shirahama Onsen Hotel KawakyuWakayama
- ○ Aridagawa Onsen Hikari no YuWakayama
- ○ Nijinoyu NishiyamatoNara
- ○ Chomeiji Onsen Amaha no YuShiga
- ○ Kobe Sauna & SpaHyogo
- ○ Arima Onsen Taiko no YuHyogo
- ○ SPA Sen Taihei no YuHyogo
- ○ Shioashiya Onsen SPA SuishunHyogo
- ○ Sauna & Capsule AmzaOsaka
- ● Osaka Sauna DESSEOsaka
- ○ Hanazono Onsen sauna kukkaOsaka
- ○ SPAWORLD HOTEL&RESORTOsaka
- ○ Natural Hot Spring Nobehano-yu TsuruhashiOsaka
- ○ Natural Hot Spring Nobeha no Yu Main Branch HabikinoOsaka
- ○ SPA&SAUNA Mizuho Hattori RyokuchiOsaka
- ○ Sauna & Capsule Hotel Ruma PlazaKyoto
- ○ Sagano Onsen Tenzan-no-YuKyoto
- ○ Shinme no YuMie
- ○ Tenkū SPA HILLS Ryusenji no YuAichi
- ○ Wellbe SakaeAichi
- ○ Wellbe ImaikeAichi
- ○ Sauna ShikijiShizuoka
- ○ Fujisan Natural Water SPA Sauna Taka no YuShizuoka
- ○ Tenko no YuGifu
- ○ Yudokoro MinoriGifu
- ○ Natural Hot Spring MitsumineGifu
- ○ Ringo no Yuya Obu~Nagano
- ○ Shirakaba Resort Ikenotaira HotelNagano
- ○ Yamanashi Overnight Onsen Yorimichi no YuYamanashi
- ○ Kinjo Onsen MotoyuIshikawa
- ○ Spa AlpsToyama
- ○ Yuya FUROBAKKAToyama
- ○ Skyspa YOKOHAMAKanagawa
- ○ Asahiyu Gensen YuiruKanagawa
- ○ HARE-TABI SAUNA & INN YOKOHAMAKanagawa
- ○ Tsunashima Gensen Yukemuri no ShoKanagawa
- ○ Spadium JaponTokyo
- ● Sauna & Hotel Karumaru IkebukuroTokyo
- ○ Sauna Metzza Oimachi TracksTokyo
- ○ Onsen Balcony King & QueenSaitama
- ○ Ryusenjinoyu Soka Yatsuka BranchSaitama
- ○ SATOYAMA TERRACEChiba
- ○ JFA Dream Field Makuhari Onsen Yurakuno-SatoChiba
- ○ SPA&HOTEL Maihama EurasiaChiba
- ○ Spa Metsa Otaka Ryusenji no YuChiba
- ○ Noboribetsu Grand HotelHokkaido
- ○ Marukoma Onsen Ryokan, the lakeside inn on Lake ShikotsuHokkaido
- ● Kitakobushi Shiretoko Hotel & ResortHokkaido
- ○ Yuyado DaiichiHokkaido
- ○ Akanko Yuku no Sato TsurugaHokkaido
- ○ KIKI Shiretoko Natural ResortHokkaido
- ○ New Akan HotelHokkaido
Founder & Editor-in-Chief
One editor went in, and kept only the places that stayed with him.
I traveled Japan's onsen and sauna on foot and founded this magazine. The site lists the country. The magazine keeps only the places — bathed in myself or confirmed through reporting — that I would go back to.
Questions
How is this different from the free site?
The site is a list of the whole country you filter by conditions. The magazine keeps only the places I got into and would go back to, and explains, one by one, why each is worth the trip.
Is it only onsen, or sauna too?
Both. From onsen ryokan to city sauna houses, the magazine covers onsen and sauna alike.
What do I get before paying?
5 full spreads, free, plus the contents and the opening of each feature. Keep reading and the purchase page is the last spread.
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Refunds?
No — it is a digital product. That is why 5 places are open in full before you pay.
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