Hokuokan
Osaka City, Doyama-cho, 14-10
06 6361 2288
A 'business hotel and sauna'. Costs between 1,800 yen and 2,200 yen depending on age. (Take proof if you want to pay the lower price). On the second floor there is the traditional Japanese bath, sauna, steam room, showers, and plunge pool. Also TV room. Upstairs various rooms with beds - some rooms open, some with low partitions. You can pick someone up in the sauna and take them to the steam room (dark) or upstairs to one of the many rooms (which can be booked for privacy). Or just wander around and watch - and join in!
and lube can be bought at reception, but beware - a lot of unsafe appears to go on.
Mixed range, plenty of younger men, and some older. there is also an area in the basement which appears to be for under 39 year-olds only.
Crowd: all kinds
Facilities: sauna, steam room, Japanese-style baths, showers, beds, TV lounge
No
Neighbourhood: Umeda, Doyama-cho
Who's Coming
all kinds
Facilities
Hankyu Umeda station, take the main exit (head in the same direction that all trains enter the station). Take the escalators down to the bustling street level passageway and turn LEFT and exit the station. You will be facing a 1-story shopping complex called EST, built under the train tracks. Cross the street and take the alleyway bewteen EST and the large HEP 5 shopping center (with the huge red ferris wheel on the roof). Go down this alley to the main street and turn right. At the main intersection, turn left and cross the large street. When you reach the other side turn right immediately and cross the smaller street. You are now at Doyama-cho, a maze of late night bars and restaurants. Before entering, turn left at this corner and walk to the next alleyway and take a right. You will pass a movie theater on your right. Take this alley straight ahead to find Lupu, Coco love hotel, and Hokuokan sauna. It is well signposted on each lamppost!
- Crowd:all kinds
Facilities: sauna, steam room, Japanese-style baths, showers, beds, TV lounge
No - Directions:Hankyu Umeda station, take the main exit (head in the same direction that all trains enter the station). Take the escalators down to the bustling street level passageway and turn LEFT and exit the station. You will be facing a 1-story shopping complex called EST, built under the train tracks. Cross the street and take the alleyway bewteen EST and the large HEP 5 shopping center (with the huge red ferris wheel on the roof). Go down this alley to the main street and turn right. At the main intersection, turn left and cross the large street. When you reach the other side turn right immediately and cross the smaller street. You are now at Doyama-cho, a maze of late night bars and restaurants. Before entering, turn left at this corner and walk to the next alleyway and take a right. You will pass a movie theater on your right. Take this alley straight ahead to find Lupu, Coco love hotel, and Hokuokan sauna. It is well signposted on each lamppost!
- Hours:24 hours - sauna 4am until midnight
- Cruising Info/ Tips:All over! Start in the sauna.
- Nudity / Policy:Yes / Nude except for small bath towels
Policy: Anything goes! There is some kind of code with the locker-key bracelets, but I don't know it. - Wheelchair Accessible:No / Not accessible - unless they have a lift I didn't spot
- Warnings:Not enough gaijin (foreigners)
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