Saunas in Hokkaido: A Visitor's Introduction
Hokkaido holds more facilities than any other prefecture in our database — and it is the one place where the cold outside is part of the design rather than something to shelter from. Space is not scarce here, so outdoor rest areas and wood-fired stoves appear far more often than they do in the cities.
Figures read from our database 2026-09-14 07:04 JST — rankings and counts are calculated at this moment, not stored.
Newest facility info in this set 2026-07-30 / Source: publicly available Google Maps listings. The HONMONO Score is calculated by this site from that data.
Hokkaido in numbers
- Open facilities298
- Share of the whole database17.5%
- With an English summary264 (88.6%)
- Average HONMONO Score44.8 (all Japan: 47.9)
- Highest score here78
- Scoring 60 or above16
- Average Google rating4.11
Where they are
Hokkaido is large enough that the list below is not a walkable itinerary. Facilities are concentrated around the main cities, but a meaningful number sit in small towns you would only reach by car.
- Sapporo (札幌市)58
- Hakodate (函館市)47
- 上川郡美瑛町43
- Asahikawa (旭川市)38
- Furano (富良野市)23
- Kushiro (釧路市)23
- 勇払郡占冠村11
- Obihiro (帯広市)8
- 空知郡上富良野町8
- 空知郡中富良野町4
298 facilities are spread across 36 municipalities in Hokkaido.
What you will find
Counted from the 264 facilities here whose summary describes what is on site. A facility can appear in more than one row.
- Mentioning löyly (water on hot stones)73 (27.7%)
- Mentioning a private or rental room28 (10.6%)
- Mentioning an outdoor rest area76 (28.8%)
- Mentioning a wood-fired stove14 (5.3%)
How this prefecture scores
Category averages here against the whole database. The categories are explained on the score page.
| Category | Hokkaido | All Japan |
|---|---|---|
| Water bath | 11.2 | 11.7 |
| Heat quality | 6.6 | 7.2 |
| Outside air | 5.2 | 5.8 |
| Cleanliness | 8.5 | 8.8 |
| Facility | 7.2 | 7.8 |
| Authenticity | 6.1 | 6.6 |
Highest-scoring saunas in Hokkaido
Top 10 by HONMONO Score among those with an English summary.
- SPA & SAUNA オスパーAsahikawa (旭川市)78
- KIELO SAUNAKushiro (釧路市)73
- プライベートサウナステイShinoriHakodate (函館市)71
- OSOTO sauna hutFurano (富良野市)71
- カンノンサウナObihiro (帯広市)69
- POT SAUNA-ポットサウナ-Sapporo (札幌市)69
- sauna NALUQ（サウナ ナルーク）磯谷郡蘭越町68
- ザ・センチュリオンサウナ レスト＆ステイ札幌Sapporo (札幌市)67
- SAUNA OOO SAPPORO（サウナ オー サッポロ）Sapporo (札幌市)64
- solos(ソロス)Sapporo (札幌市)62
Find a sauna
Every listing carries an English summary written from what visitors actually report.