I am considering joining a sports gym in search of a sauna.

LEICA M-P (Typ 240) + Summicron 50mm f/2.0 Leitz

I mentioned this on another article couple days ago, actually I started a two-week trial at a certain sports gym a little while ago. But it's completely different from wanting training or anything like that, I just think it'll be nice to have a sauna nearby that I can easily go to anytime.

🇯🇵 日本語 / ja

先日、別の記事でちょっとだけ書いたんだけど、ちょっと前に某スポーツジムの二週間トライアルをはじめた。でも別にトレーニングしようとかそういうのとは全然違って、ただ単に手軽にいつでも行けるサウナが近くにあったら嬉しいなーって。

I was looking for a sauna where I easily can go to anytime.

LEICA M-P (Typ 240) + Summicron 50mm f/2.0 Leitz

Maybe because of the recent sauna boom, saunas of public bathes are almos always crowded with people. Saunas I occasionally go to in Kabukicho are not usually crowded, but it takes about 40 minutes one way from my home to Shinjuku, so I can't go there freely all the time.

So, I'd been looking for a sauna near my home where I could easily go.

By looking for it, I found that a sauna at a gym seems to be nice. Moreoaver, I found that there's a gym nearby that I can take a sauna 24 hours. I applied for a two-week trial right away because there was a trial period before officially joining.

🇯🇵 日本語 / ja

最近のサウナブームとかがあってか、スーパー銭湯とかのサウナって結構いつも人でいっぱいなんだよな。歌舞伎町でたまに行くサウナはそれほど混んではいないんだけど、自宅から新宿までってなんだかんだいって片道40分くらいかかるし、そうそうしょっちゅう自由に行けるわけでもない。

そんなわけで自宅の近くで気軽に行けるサウナってないかなーって結構探していた。

そんな中でジムのサウナが意外とよさそうだぞ、と。しかも自宅から近いところにあるジムで24時間サウナに入れるところがあるぞ、と。正式に入会する前にお試しで二週間トライアルがあったので早速申し込んでみた。

24 hours, anytime.

LEICA M-P (Typ 240) + Summicron 50mm f/2.0 Leitz

I applied and actually went there right away, it's not bad at all. In fact, it's pretty good.

In my case, when I work late into night, I often have a desire to take a break in between work and refresh myself. I can go there without being worried about the time because that gym is open 24 hours.

There're quite a few public bathes that are open until 24:00 or even 25:00, but even though they are open until late at night, it still doesn't make me relief enough like "I can go anytime without being worried the time". In my case, there's something that happens often. Even when I think "I kinda want to go to a sauna" around midnight, I end up realizing that it's almost closing time and I won't have enough time to relax. Thanks to being open 24 hours, there's no need to worry about anything, which is a huge plus.

🇯🇵 日本語 / ja

申し込んで早速実際に行ってみると、意外と悪くない。というか、かなりいい。

まず自分の場合は夜遅くまで仕事をしている時、仕事の合間にリフレッシュしに行きたいなぁってのがあったんだけど、基本は24時間やっているので時間を気にせずに行くことができる。

24時とか25時までやっているスーパー銭湯って結構あるんだけど、深夜までやっているとは言っても『いつでも時間を気にせずに行ける』って安心感はあまりない。特に自分の場合のあるあるなんだけど、24時前後に『ちょっとサウナ行きたいなー』って思っても閉店ギリギリだからゆっくりもできないだろうなぁってなってしまって。24時間やっているおかげでその心配は一切する必要がないのはかなりポイントが高い。

Just like a private sauna.

LEICA M-P (Typ 240) + Summicron 50mm f/2.0 Leitz

This is also what I realized by going there in reality, especially during late night hours like I go, there're actually a few people training on the gym machines, but there're hardly any people in the sauna. The sauna itself isn't very big, but actually that's good as well. It's just like a private sauna (though I've never been to).

It might not become the first choise of people who really like saunas because there's no cold water bath. However I'm the type of person who doesn't need a cold bath or anything like that if there is not, so I don't mind at all as long as I can just take a quick cold shower.

The temperature and humidity in the sauna room were exactly to my liking, which was really great.

🇯🇵 日本語 / ja

これも実際に行ってみてわかったけど、特に自分が行くような深夜の時間帯はジムのマシンでトレーニングをしている人はちらほらいるけど、サウナの方はほぼ人がいない。まあサウナ自体も大きくないんだけど、むしろそれがいい。プライベートサウナに行っている感じ(行ったことないけど)。

あと水風呂がないからホントにサウナが好きな人の第一候補にはならないのかもしれないな。でも自分は水風呂とかなくても、ちょっとした水シャワーを浴びれれば全然いいって人だから全く気にならない。

サウナ室の温度とか湿度も自分が一番好きな感じだったのもすごいよかったな。


LEICA M-P (Typ 240) + Summicron 50mm f/2.0 Leitz

So, I'm considering to be a member officially after the two-week trial period is over. Lately, I've been feeling really busy with work, but personally I don't think that's a bad thing at all.

But because just doing that all the time makes me tired, so I want to add a little bit of freshness into my daily life.

🇯🇵 日本語 / ja

そんなわけで二週間トライアルが終わったら正式に入会してみようかなーとか考えている。特に最近、やたらと仕事が忙しいなーって感じてはいるんだけど、個人的にはそれ自体は全然悪いことじゃないって感覚。

だけど四六時中それだけじゃどうしても疲れちゃうから、そんな日常の中にもちょっとだけ潤いを、ってことで。