Onsen
Onsen is the Tenderloin's Japanese-inspired bathhouse: a 104-degree communal tub, redwood sauna, steam room and overhead cold plunge under a skylight.
Onsen is the Tenderloin's improbable sanctuary, a Japanese-inspired bathhouse behind an unmarked door on Eddy Street that reopened in April 2025 under new ownership. The bathing room is the draw: a 104-degree communal tub under a skylight, a redwood sauna, a steam room and a custom overhead cold plunge, all wrapped in old brick and greenery, with a small restaurant and tea service attached. Sessions are timed and intimate, and the week alternates between men's, women's and co-ed days. The bathing room The operator's own inventory is exact: a 104 degree communal tub, redwood sauna, steam room, custom overhead cold plunge and western style showers.
Redwood-lined dry sauna off the main bathing room.. Listed amenities: Cold shower, Showers, Towel rental, Hot pool / hydrotherapy, Steam room.
Listing type: Public bathhouse. Access: Reservation. Listed capacity: About fifteen bathers; bookings up to four together. Cold plunge: A custom overhead cold plunge beside the sauna and steam room.. Reserve a bathing session through Onsen's booking page; sessions are timed, robes, towels and sandals are included, and groups book up to four together. Check the week's calendar for men's, women's and co-ed days. SaunaShare records this listing as editorially reviewed by SaunaShare. A listing label describes where the information came from, not the quality of the sauna. Listing details were last reviewed on August 25, 2026.
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