[Tokyo Nightlife Diary #10] Same Happiness Even from Afar | Near-Future Sauna in the City Edition

Today is the near-future city sauna edition!!🚀

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Tonight I came to the sauna facility "TOTOPA" located in Meiji Park near the National Stadium.

This is my second time visiting Meiji Park.
The first time was for a picnic.

I remember getting excited when I first saw this park because it felt so unreal, like a CG-rendered park you'd see in a condo brochure.

There is also a stylish cafe attached. It really feels like a city park.

The sauna I'm aiming for today is above this cafe.

When I went inside, a locker room spread out before me.
The facility was divided into a booth where you wear loungewear and a bathroom area where you don't.

The bathroom area had one sauna, one cold water bath, one bathtub, and two infinity chairs in the outdoor air bathing room.

It seems you can do self-löyly in the sauna, which is rare in Japan.

The sauna room wasn't large, but since there was no one else there at the time, I was able to enter alone!
Too luxurious...!!

I thought about trying self-löyly for the first time, but I couldn't muster the courage because I was overthinking things like being embarrassed if someone walked in, so I'll do it next time.

You might think, if you can't do it in an empty sauna room, where can you do it? And you'd be absolutely right.

The day I can take the lead and do self-löyly in Finland with a crowd of people might still be a dream within a dream.

I felt deeply that I really am Japanese after all.

I finished the sauna and came out of the bathroom area.

The amazing part of TOTOPA starts here.
The booth where you wear loungewear was incredible!!

First of all, the space for relaxing has a Japanese-modern atmosphere and is just too stylish....

And surprisingly, the drink selection is extensive, and you can even drink non-alcoholic beer for free.

What is this incredibly amazing space?

There are also other places where you can work with power outlets, as well as exercise bikes.

And that's not all. There is a steam sauna and a cold room that you can enter while wearing the facility's loungewear.

Apparently, you can also achieve a state of 'totonoi' (deep relaxation) here.

However, since I had just washed my hair, I didn't want to get sweaty, so I skipped it today.
Next time, I want to go specifically for the steam sauna.

A point I personally thought made TOTOPA stand out from the rest was its amenities.

First, you receive a complimentary face mask upon entry. There are several types, and you can choose one that suits your skin's condition.

Next, the fact that the cleansing oil was strong enough to remove even heavy eye makeup was a big plus.
In many sauna facilities, even if they provide cleansing products, they often don't remove heavy makeup well, but this one worked perfectly.

And above all, the shampoo, conditioner, and body soap had the most amazing scent.
I wanted to smell them forever.
The shampoo lathered incredibly well, and the conditioner left my hair feeling silky smooth long after my bath.

The finishing touch was the ReFa hair dryers. I've seen facilities where one or two of the dryers are ReFa, but here, every single dryer was a ReFa.

I thought to myself, 'This is the quality of the city!'

There are still parts of TOTOPA's charm I haven't fully conveyed, so if you're interested, please check out their website.
The men's floor likely has its own unique appeal.

Today felt like a strange, wonderful time, as if I had visited a theme park or traveled to the near future.

Local public bathhouses are great, but I realized that every once in a while, a trendy, state-of-the-art sauna in the city is also nice.

While I was relaxing in the open-air bath today, I was thinking about how wonderful it is that we can enjoy the same experiences in Japan as the people living far away in Finland.

Many people might become interested in Finland after falling in love with saunas, but for me, it was the other way around.

I became interested in Finland, and from wondering what kind of lives they lead, I became interested in saunas.

That is precisely why, now that I've learned how to enjoy saunas over the past few months, I am happier than anyone to be in a situation where I can feel the same happiness as the people in Finland.

I hope to continue enjoying my new hobby, "sauna," which Finland brought into my life, at my own pace.

It was a wonderful night again today.
Good night 🌙

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Look forward to the next one!!