Onsen Guide
Sento & onsen bath manners
Only for iPhone
$3.99 · Designed for iPhone. Not verified for macOS.
iPhone
Your calm, offline guide to Japanese public baths and onsen — every step illustrated, tattoos explained, key words spoken. No account, no ads.
Onsen Guide is your calm, offline companion for Japanese public baths — the neighborhood sento and natural hot spring onsen, which share the very same manners.
No more guessing at the entrance. Follow a clear, illustrated walk-through of a real bath visit — from the shoe locker to the final soak — so you can relax like a local instead of worrying about getting it wrong. The same etiquette carries straight over to any onsen.
TOOLS YOU'LL ACTUALLY USE
• Phrasebook — 32 practical phrases with tap-to-play audio, so you can hear and say them at the front desk, at the sauna, or when you get stuck
• Packing checklist — tick off what to bring; your progress is saved
• Search — find any sign, phrase or rule in a second
GUIDES & WALK-THROUGHS
• Step by Step — an illustrated, 10-step walk-through of a real bath visit
• Sauna & Totonou — the heat, cold-plunge and rest cycle, done right
• Onsen or Sento? — how to tell where you've walked in
• Types of Springs — recognize 9 kinds of hot-spring water by smell, color and feel
• Reading the Signs — the kanji and noren curtains you'll actually see
• Tattoos — your reliable options, explained without judgment
• Do & Don't — the bathing manners that matter, at a glance
• Staying at a Ryokan — yukata, slippers and the evening flow
• Q&A — glasses, kids, crowds, and other common worries
MADE FOR TRAVELERS
• Works fully offline — no signal needed, anywhere
• No account, no data collected, no ads
• A simple one-time purchase — no subscription, ever
Soak with confidence.
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Information
- Seller
- Yoshifumi Sato
- Size
- 8.8 MB
- Category
- Travel
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 17.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 14.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2026 Yoshifumi Sato
