Special Exhibition — Herbal Sauna
Breathe your herbal tea.
ハーブティーを、全身で。
Brewed, not bottled.
cinnamon, frangipani, rosella, butterfly pea
There's a Japanese word quietly spreading through New York and Melbourne.
TOTONOI
Nine out of ten Japanese people know it. It names the deep calm that arrives - in body and mind at once - after you alternate hot sauna and cold plunge.
English has no word for it. You have to feel it.
A gym sauna can't take you there. Totonoi needs the cold.
The deeper you rest, the sharper you become.
From the research
Your head clears. Your mood lifts.
+530%
That sharp, awake feeling after the cold water is chemistry: in one study, immersion in 14°C water raised noradrenaline — the attention hormone — by about 530%, and dopamine — the motivation hormone — by about 250%.
Šrámek et al., 2000 · Eur J Appl Physiol
Deep rest — without trying
θ · α
In the rest that follows, the parasympathetic side takes over by itself. EEG studies show theta and alpha waves — the rhythms of deep relaxation — rising while attention turns inward. You just sit; it happens.
Chang et al., 2023 · PLoS ONE
The calm goes home with you
77 → 68
Most measures drift back within thirty minutes. One does not: resting heart rate — 77 beats per minute before the session, 68 after. The body that leaves is measurably calmer than the one that walked in.
Laukkanen et al., 2019 · Complement Ther Med
And you do not produce it. The people in the studies were not performing a technique — they sat, and the measurements changed anyway. Not putting yourself in order. Being put in order.
You do not need to know any of this. Sit on the chair, look at the sky — the body will tell you the rest.
90°C, then 10°C. That's the road.
arms wide, nothing to brace for
The road to totonoi
I
90°C
Herbal Sauna
The heat of herbal löyly
II
10°C
Hokkaido Icebath
The ice-cold plunge
III
totonoi
Outside Air
Open air, then the quiet
The herbal ritual
Pick three herbs from a shelf of seventeen.
Steep your own blend, strong.
Pour it on the stones - breathe deep.
The full blending ritual lives at our Ubud venue. At Kuta, the löyly is a single-herb tea - rosemary and friends.
From the shelf
The prescription shelf — all seventeen
Breathe — 呼吸
Kayu Putih
daun kayu putih
Cineole — opens the airways
Peppermint
peppermint
Strong menthol
Thyme
thyme
An old steam for the throat
Star Anise
pekak / bunga lawang
Anethole · one pinch
Relax — 鎮静
Lavender
bunga lavender
Linalool — the calm one
Chamomile
bunga chamomile
The sweet floral classic
Jasmine
bunga melati
Indonesia's flower
Frangipani
bunga kamboja
The scent of island temples
Focus — 覚醒
Rosemary
rosemary
Wakes you up — the single herb at Kuta
Spearmint
daun mint
A cool touch
Citrus Peel
kulit jeruk
Limonene lift
Warmth — 温感
Cinnamon
kayu manis
Warms from within · one pinch
Clove
cengkeh
Indonesia's signature spice · one pinch
Cardamom
kapulaga
Warm and bright
Mood — 気分・色
Lemongrass
sereh
Also keeps the evening mosquitoes away
Rosella
bunga rosella
Deep crimson · a sweet & sour lift
Butterfly Pea
bunga telang
The blue that leads the shelf
three herbs, one bag, packed by hand
Screening
Footage from the Sauna Festival, filmed at the Ubud grounds.
filmed at the Ubud grounds
Room 1 — UBUD
A herbal sauna in the forest - pick from the 17-herb shelf
Jl. Raya Mas No.51, Mas Village, Ubud, Bali
08:00 – 21:00 Daily
予約不要 / Walk-ins welcome
Room 2 — KUTA
Rooftop sauna + ice baths (17°C / 10°C) - single-herb löyly (rosemary and friends)
Jl. Sunset Road No.77B, Kuta, Bali
09:00 – 22:00 Daily
予約不要 / Walk-ins welcome
Sauna + Icebath Entry
1 Guest · 1 Use · Valid through Oct 31, 2026
Regular: UBUD 250K / KUTA 200K+tax — either for 100K
A screenshot of this ticket works too.