24 Kaikan Hotel and Sauna Ueno — Hotel in Tokyo

Let's get one thing out of the door (or, out of the closet) : this is a place mostly for bears/chubs (generally beefier guys, but not necessarily muscle) and their admirers. If you're not one of those, don't come here as you will probably not have a good time.

All floors are accessible via two elevators in addition to the staircase.

I visited this place on a rainy Friday afternoon during the Golden Week. I was here with my partner, we're an European chaser/chub couple. I wouldn't say it was packed, but there were more than enough people walking around. After you enter (floor 2), you take off your shoes and put them in a 10-yen-coin-operated locker. You then take the shoe locker key to the receptionist, pay, and get back a robe, two towels (large and small), all packed in a bag. Lockers for changing are located on floor 3. We later left the robes in our lockers as people didn't seem to use those on the higher floors where we spent most of our time.

Floor 4 is the "bathing floor", there's a few standing showers (mostly single-person cabins but there's also an area with three showers next to each other) and a number of Japanese traditional sit-down style washing stations. There are three baths in total of varying temperatures, one of them shoots bubbles too. There's a dry sauna, a steam room, and a "mist sauna" which is something I've never seen before, basically it's a room that has sprinklers (like the ones used for fire prevention) on the ceiling that just run continuously so you're wet all the time. The dry sauna is the smallest, followed by the "mist" one, and the steam room was the largest and could easily accommodate 20-ish guys.

Floors 5-7 contain communal sleeping areas (bunk beds) and some relaxation areas for lying down, some provide video screens too. Upper floors are all private rooms so we didn't go there.

The guys in here were mostly Asian and we saw at most three non-Asian guys. It seemed like some of them avoided us, as more than once somebody would come in to one of the 4th floor saunas, see us, and walk out. Whether that was due to us being non-Asians, I'll obviously never know. Guys were mostly on the shy side and generally will not approach you or let you know they're interested in something themselves, so it's much easier to just be upfront with what you want. Once the guys get over their shyness or anxiety, there's no stopping them. I'm going to say that if you can't handle rejection (or not showing signs of interest), you might have a hard time here.

As opposed to most European places like this, most action here happens in the common rooms on floors 5 to 7. The mist and steam rooms had some of it too but I'd recommend hanging around 5-7 if you're short on time.

We spent around 3 hours here and I'd generally recommend allocating more time than this. Coming around 2-3pm and staying until late would probably be best.

The place does show signs of age in some places (some paint might be coming off somewhere, or things might be rusty) - hence the 4 stars - but I wouldn't say it's as bad as the other comments say, for example I did not notice any mould.

I'll gladly visit this place again if I'm...

I highly recommend this place! I’ve been in Tokyo for a week and have already been here twice. The staff is friendly and respectful, and the building itself blends right in—you wouldn’t even know it’s a gay sauna! Admission is 3,900 yen, which includes a robe, two towels, and a large locker.

The experience is spread over ten floors, each offering something unique. The lobby is on the second floor, with lockers on the third. The real fun starts on the fourth floor, which has showers, multiple onsens with different temperatures, a dry sauna, and a wet sauna. Everything is very relaxing, clean, and in typical Japanese onsen style.

The fifth floor has a TV room (playing bear-themed content) with around 30 beds, a popular spot to unwind. There are also some dark common rooms that offer a fun vibe. The sixth and seventh floors have similar spaces, frequented by Tokyo office workers and bears, with very few foreign visitors.

I spent the entire night here on my second night in Tokyo and enjoyed it so much that I returned a few days later. The guys are laid-back, and there’s plenty to explore. If you’re in Tokyo and looking to relax in a welcoming, unique atmosphere, I highly...

Visited this place on Friday night Price 3,900¥ for dormity room( can stay for 14 hour) Pros A lot of space acceptable gym tools for workout accept all people friendly staffs good temperature(quite hot) for suana room Cons kinda specific type of people if you looking for crusing place, mostly pudding fat shaped or senior to senile guys, less than 5% for gym or lean type body guys. 3 bathtubs with 2 room temperature tubs and a 36-37c• warm but not enough for hot tub Sun tan machine need to pay more 2,300¥/30min Price is too expensive in my opinion, espicially for temporary used Vending machine is broken, i lost 230 ¥ without any...