the best vacation rentals with saunas in japan
6 vacation rentals in Japan with a sauna, each checked against its listing or the host's site: Awaji Island, Hakone, Kyoto and more. Shared saunas are marked as shared. Listings change, so read recent reviews for the sauna before you book.
01 · Awaji Island, Hyogo
self renovated antique house with dog run + sauna
Restored antique house with its own wood-fired löyly sauna and a cold plunge pool.
view listingsauna: private.
02 · Hakone, Kanagawa
villa noël hakone fuji
Hakone villa with a deck sauna, jacuzzi and open-air bath under the stars.
view listingsauna: private.
03 · Kyoto, Kyoto
190sqm luxury machiya with sauna, near kinkaku-ji
Large Kyoto machiya townhouse with its own hinoki-wood sauna room near Kinkaku-ji.
view listingsauna: private.
04 · Takashima, Shiga
private sauna villa, lake biwa
Group villa a minute from Lake Biwa with a lie-down sauna, jacuzzi and cold bath.
view listingsauna: private.
05 · Nasu, Tochigi
kito nasu
Adults-only one-group-a-day villa in the Nasu highlands with its own sauna.
view listingsauna: private.
06 · Miyota, Nagano
tsukimichiru
Whole-house stay near Karuizawa with a private sauna and groundwater cold plunge.
view listingsauna: private.
good to know
- what should i check before booking?
- Read recent reviews for the word 'sauna': you learn fast whether it gets hot, whether it is private and whether it was working last month. Listing photos age; reviews don't.
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Listings come and go on Airbnb. Every pick above was named, with its sauna, by a travel publication; if a direct link has gone stale, the find-on-airbnb link opens Airbnb’s hidden sauna filter (amenity 223) for that town instead. Read a listing’s recent reviews for the word sauna before you book.
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