Canal Resort Nagoya

Nagoya’s biggest hot-spring super-sento — open till 3 a.m., a playground of saunas and bedrock baths

Canal Resort, in Nagoya’s Nakagawa ward on the canal district near Nagoya Port, is one of the city’s largest hot-spring super-sento. Living up to the “resort” in its name, the three-storey complex with 340 parking spaces packs in a natural-spring rotenburo (rock bath, pot tubs, lie-down bath), indoor baths including a high-concentration carbonated tub, and — famous among sauna fans — a main sauna with auto-aufguss every ten minutes, a two-metre-deep cold plunge and an outdoor cool-down area. The spring is a sodium chloride brine drilled from below, salty and warming, with part of the rotenburo labelled free-flowing. The separately charged bedrock zone “TERA SPA” offers seven-plus rooms indoors and out, barrel and tent saunas, a comics corner and recliners, and many visitors stay all day. The hours are the big draw: 9:00 to 1:00 on weekdays and until 3:00 on Fridays, pre-holidays and Saturdays, so you can come after a late dinner in town; a pay-on-exit wristband covers the restaurant and shop without a wallet. Adults pay in the ¥900s on weekdays, about ¥100 more at weekends, though prices change often — check the official site. It is 20 minutes by car from Nagoya Station and 10 from Atsuta Shrine, or 17 minutes on foot from Tokai-dori subway station / 3 minutes from the “Tamagawa-cho” city bus stop. Recommended as a night-time onsen after Nagoya sightseeing (the castle, Atsuta Shrine, the port aquarium) or as the first stop on a Nagoya sauna crawl. No under-4s in the bedrock zone; children of elementary age and below must be accompanied.

Tips & cautions

- Weekdays 9:00–1:00, Fri & pre-holidays to 3:00, Sat 8:00–3:00, Sun & holidays 8:00–1:00. Last entry 40 min before closing. Open daily.

- Prices change often (some 2026 listings show the ¥950 range) — check the official site. +¥100 at weekends.

- Pay-on-exit wristband — you pay if lost. Check re-entry rules.

- Towels not included — rental set or bring your own.

- Children aged 8+ or over 120 cm may not enter the opposite-sex bath. No under-4s in the bedrock zone.

- Tattoos: generally banned at super-sento — check the official policy.

- Weekend evenings are very crowded — weekday mornings are best for the sauna.

- By public transport it is a 17-minute walk; late at night take a taxi (about ¥3,000 to Nagoya Station).

Getting there

~17 min on foot from Tokai-dori Station (Meiko subway line), or 3 min from the Nagoya city bus stop “Tamagawa-cho” (Tamagawa-cho 4-1, Nakagawa-ku, Nagoya). ~20 min by car from Nagoya Station, ~10 min from Atsuta Shrine. Free parking, 340 cars. Tel. 052-661-9876.