Valley Sauna Shimonoro Permanent

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The "Valley Sauna," located within the "Shimonoro Permanent" accommodation in a renovated closed elementary school in Miyoshi City, is a hidden sauna in the wilderness. Tucked away in the silence of deep mountains, the wood-fired sauna is an authentic Nordic style where you stoke the fire yourself and enjoy steam by pouring water on heated stones. The ultimate luxury is cooling down your heated body in the natural stream water flowing through the valley. The "outdoor air bathing" enveloped in forest scents, river murmurs, and birdsong leads mind and body to ultimate "totonoi" (meditative state). It is a modern sanctuary where you can reset yourself and absorb natural energy with your whole body, along with the schoolhouse's nostalgic atmosphere.

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シモノロパーマネント（徳島県三好市）

Nishi-Awa Tsurugisan & Yoshinogawa Tourism Association

Valley Sauna Shimonoro Permanent

Address: 1091-2 Ikedacho Nishiyama Nakatsuka, Miyoshi City, Tokushima Prefecture
Website: https://www.shimonoro-p.jp/
Operator: Tani no Sauna Shimonoro Permanent

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