Buy Traditional Hot Tubs and Japanese Style Oforu

Bathe like Japanese.

Please view our range of beautiful Hot Tubs and traditional Japanese style Ofuro baths. A traditional Japanese Ofuro room is a sanctuary with a showering and washing area.

If you have visited Japan you will know the merits of taking a Japanese bath.

The handmade bath is an object of beauty and a quiet place to cleanse the soul. We have found over the last few years that Ofuro baths have shot up in price, and now coupled with higher shipping costs and import duties put a standard square sided Onsen bath 60x30x26ins h at £18,000 to £24,000 GBP. Hinoki has been the Japanese timber of choice for bath manufacture but this has escalated in both price and rarity.

We still maintain excellent connections with Japanese bath manufacturers and are able to offer this extremely high end product, each bath being a bespoke handmade item. If you have sizes or designs you are considering perhaps we can discuss further.

Some information on Alaskan Yellow Cedar, our preferred ofuro manufacturing timber

Yellow cedar has exceptional longevity and is very durable. It is an excellent choice for shingles, posts, poles, marine pilings, small boat hulls, oars and paddles, water and chemical tanks, exterior doors and window boxes. Structural grades are commonly used for exterior applications such as bridges, decking and stairs and for landscaping. It is sometimes used in specialty construction projects such as temples and shrines.

Alaskan Yellow Cedar is well suited for flooring and bridge decking because of its strength, hardness and wearing properties. It resists corrosion and the elements so it is ideal for boat building, sauna manufacturing, fine cabinetry and interior and exterior millwork.

Indigenous Peoples use almost every part of a cedar tree. Roots are dried and braided to make hats and baskets. Withes are strong, lightweight and naturally grow in long strands, so they are suitable for ropes and lashing. Bark is dyed and processes into thread for mats, clothing, blankets and hats. Bark is also used for ropes, baskets and fishing nets. Inner bark is soft, so it has been used for bedding  and towels. Dried bark is an excellent tinder for matches and torches. Cedar wood is used for totem poles, masks and longhouses, as well as canoes, paddles, hooks, spears and fishing floats.