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Saunas in Japan often function as over-night hotels when city trains stop after midnight. Expect night-long symphonies of snoring and moaning. When you enter, remove your shoes carefully (do NOT step on the carpet with your dirty shoes). Small coin lockers are provided in the entryway to store them. Remember the number of the coin locker as you may have to announce this in Japanese to get your key back when you leave (choose a number that you can easily remember). There is usually a ticket dispensing machine next to the attendant window. Give your ticket and the shoe locker key to the attendant who will trade both for a robe, washcloth and a separate key for your clothes locker (the locker number will be the same as your shoe locker). Private rooms are few and prohibitively expensive. Instead, park your things in the clothes locker and use a "mix room" for sleep and cruising. Saunas all feature large, clean bathing facilities (wash at the squat stools BEFORE going into the hot pool or steam room), a snack/TV/smoking room, video rooms, and multiple dimly lit mix rooms with futons, pillows, and coverlets. Robes are provided and almost universally worn (not so for condoms, so bring a supply of your own). You can either wander around, watching events unfold before your eyes, or lie down and wait for someone who fancies you to approach (please do not chase or pester Japanese who try to avoid you). Since privacy in this land of paper walls is inside one's own head, you will undoubtedly witness some mind-blowing tableaus.
Hattenba, cruising spaces or "boxes" are smaller mix rooms, video cubicles or clubs with minimal bathing facilities. It has become trendy for gay men to set these places up in apartments in the suburban areas, sometimes with sheets hung to create "rooms," with a VCR playing videos and ubiquitous Kleenex boxes scattered about. Hattenba will often have themed days (Mondays is for torn jock straps, Tuesdays is for Speedos, Wednesday is all-nude, etc.). These amateur clubs have become a popular addition to Japan's gay scene spectrum.
AKASAKA
Treffpunkt
4/F Fukutomi Bld, 2-13-14 Akasaka, Minato-ku, 5563-0523. From Akasaka station (Chiyoda line) take Exit 2 onto Akasaka St (opposite Tully Coffee) and turn right and walk to the intersection with Yoshinoya on the opposite diagonal corner. Make a right turn onto Misuzu St and walk straight ahead until you reach the 2nd-to-the-last building on the left side. You will see a rainbow flag on the 4th floor. The entrance is between the Real Estate office on the right and Mool Collection on the left. Take the elevator to 4/F. Foreign-patronized hattenba, so it attracts Japanese who like gaijin. Sat, Sun and holidays are naked days, other days are underwear. Open noon until late. All ages and types.
Comments from Utopians:
"I'll go to Treffpunkt again next Friday afternoon for group fun! The place is fab." -- Lazycat, Nov 4, 2006
2-29-16 Taito-ku, 5827-2424. Facing out from the front of the Asakusa Prince Hotel, locate the Asakusa Hanayashiki Amusement Park rides in the neighborhood opposite, near the Senso-ji Temple. Cross the road and take the lane circling around the left side of this amusement park. 24 sauna is located at the rear, in this lane. Look for the sign with "24" on it. This original branch of 24 has an older and frequently tattooed clientele, but it's definitely an interesting experience. Same basic format as the other saunas listed below. Foreigners are welcome, though not common. Mix rooms are not very clean and the place is a bit shabby now compared to the newer Ueno facility. The steam room and semi-private showers are quite cruisy.
Comments from Utopians:
"24 Kaikan in Asakusa may be the first and oldest saunas of the Tokyo chain, but it's still great as far as I'm concerned. Friendly, and plenty of fun during the night, some of it perhaps a little kinky. Still, a good mix of old and young, Japanese and foreigners." -- SPUP, May 29, 2006
IKEBUKURO
Jinya
2-30-19 Toshima-ku, Ikebukuro Ni-Chome, 3931-0186. From Ikebukuro Station, travel underground to the West Exit. If it's early in the evening, follow the underground passage to the C1 Exit. If the underground passageway is closed, exit the Station from the escalators leading up to the main West entrance. Walk directly perpendicular from the Station, along the main road, about 10 blocks (from the C1 Exit continue straight ahead for four blocks). Look for the Jinya sign in English on the lamp post and a rainbow tiled wall on the shop at the corner--turn right here and follow the crooked alley for three blocks (there are English-language signs for Jinya posted along the way). Jinya is on the left, just before the main road (where you will see a large love motel with a giant, neon-lit 10 yen coin logo). Enter and remove your shoes, put them into a shoe locker (free) and get an entry ticket from the dispensing machine (2,200. yen at this writing). Jinya welcomes properly behaved foreigners and patrons are comfortable with gaijin. Five mix rooms, one with gay videos. Zen mappadaka (nude sunbathing) is allowed on the roof. Ironically coffin-shaped mirrors in the changing rooms. Sauna closes for cleaning from 11:00-15:00 daily (be sure to use the bath before 10am).
ROPPONGI
Roppongi Inch
Take the Hibiya Line to Roppongi Station, Exit 3. Make a right, cross the road at the first traffic junction and turn right. You should see TGI Fridays, and eventually Tokyo Tower. Walk a few blocks until you see the green Irish pub, Hobgoblin. Make a left on that street, right at the first alley, left at the next alley. Club located on 2/F in the last building, which is behind a bar called Lost Angels. Lots of hot, in-shape 20-30yo guys in this hattenba. Customers over 40 are allowed in only on Fri.
SHINJUKU NI-CHOME, SAN-CHOME
The easiest way to get to the gay area is to take the underground walkway from Shinjuku Station's East Exit (down one floor after the train exit ticket machines) to Exit C5, C6, or C8 (see map).
The Shinjuku Ni-Chome neighborhood is easy to navigate using our Utopia map:
2-13-1 Shinjuku Ni-Chome (see map), 3354-2424. Newest branch of this popular sauna, brilliantly located right in the heart of the gay nightlife area. It attracts the bar crowd who come here to overnight, expats and visitors. The most cosmopolitan and busiest of the gay saunas.
Comments from Utopians:
"I am an older gwm and thought it was good. Lots of hot looking young local guys, most of these not interested in older GWMs and seemed to be mainly sticky, but overall a place really worth visiting. Lots of group fun happening." -- abj1, Apr 29, 2008
"24 Kaikan in Shinjuku is foreign friendly. You don't need to be able to speak Japanese to gain entry. Staff at counter speak basic English. When you arrive, take off your shoes and head to the shoe lockers. Put a 10-Yen coin into the locker slot to lock it. Next go over to the machine to buy an admission ticket. It will cost Y$2,600, which allows you to stay for a maximum of 13 hours. Then, take your key and ticket to the counter staff to exchange for a locker key and a bag consisting of a robe, face and bath towel. If you are staying overnight, they may request your passport according to Japanese guidelines. After that, you proceed to your locker to change and have fun!" -- hclee01, Jul 21, 2007
"24 Kaikan in Shinjuku is the greatest! The staff are extremely helpful and friendly. The guys are numerous and hot. This was the dream highlight of my trip. Lots of action and you can spend hours here, almost forgetting time! Good mixture of races, but mainly Japanese and good looking! " -- hassan, Jan 28, 2007
"24 Ni-Chome is the place to go for some real fun. Showers and steam rooms are on 3/F where guys check each other out. Then there's plenty of beds on 4/F where people do a lot more than just sleep. Everyone seems to be busy, even out in the open. Young, old, Japanese and foreigners alike come to this place. Anyone who wants some fun in Tokyo -- this will definitely please." -- dale08, Sep 3, 2006
Dock
B1 Dai-2 Seiko Bld (see map), 2-18-5 Shinjuku Ni-Chome, 3226-4006. Red sign on the corner of the building. Dark cruise space with theme nights and DJ spinning. Open 9pm-4am.
HX
1/F UI Bld, 5-9-6 Shinjuku-ku (see map), 3226-4448. There is a small sign above the door. Type is younger to middle-aged butch guys. Open Mon-Thu, 3pm-10am and 24 hours Sat-Sun.
Showa Do-ri, 3847-2424. From Ueno Station, exit and look for the elevated highway running along side the station. Walk two short blocks to this highway, make a left, and follow the main road which runs under the elevated road for approximately eight minutes (this side of the main street is lined with motorcycle shops). Watch the opposite side of the road for a 7-11 convenient store and, just beyond it on the corner, a large reddish-tiled building with a sign in Japanese and the number "24". Cross the street. Entrance is around the corner, by stairway to the second floor. (Or take the Hibiya Subway to Iriya Station, and take Exit 1. Walk along Showa Do-ri towards Ueno Station, about 3 minutes walk). Note that the shoe lockers have two kinds of keys: the red keys are for expensive, private rooms, the white keys for a standard locker (2,400. yen before 21:00 for 12 hours of use; 2,800. yen after 21:00 for 14 hours). Take your shoes off before stepping onto the carpet. Put your shoes in a locker with a white key, add a 10 yen coin, close the door and remove the key. Give the attendant your shoe locker key. Signs and announcements here are in English and Japanese. The attendant will give you a plastic bag with your towels and robe, as well as a wristband with your locker key. Be sure to return all towels and robe in this same plastic bag when you leave. There are also toiletries and small toys available in the display cases which you may purchase. This branch of the popular "24 Hour" sauna chain is new, clean, and ten stories high. Age range is late 20s to 40s, short hair, beards, bear and G-men type (masculine). Chubby is very popular in Japan and so many of these bears are, though there are also younger, thinner and non-bear chasers as well. Lockers and TV relax room are on the third floor. Note the Zen koan-like sign which admonishes "No hair dyeing or gum chewing." The fourth floor has a large and lovely bathing area with washing area, three different temperature pools (two hot, one icy cold), sun tanning beds, misted shower room, steam room, dry sauna, and a wonderful warm water mist room that makes you feel like you are in a dark rain forest. Leave your robe in a cubbyhole locker outside and carry your washcloth modestly positioned over your crotch, or on top of your shoulder or head while submerged in the relaxing pools (remember, wash first in the showers or at the soaping stools before entering the relaxing tubs). After bathing, head upstairs to the various mix rooms, specialty lounges, dude ranch bunk beds, spy hole room, fundoshi S/M playroom, a fully equipped gym on the 10th floor or the rooftop sunbathing deck which closes at 7pm. If you are brave, try your hand at the controls on their space age commodes.
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