Experience 'Life with a Sauna' Along with the Daily Flow
Vanwaves and SK Juken opened 'SK Labo', a lifestyle experience facility in Yokohama. It allows visitors to experience home saunas integrated into real living spaces and flows.
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Lifestyle Experience Facility 'SK Labo' Opens in Hodogaya, Yokohama on April 1, 2026
Vanwaves Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Funabashi City, Chiba Prefecture; Representative Director: Nao Fukada), which operates the home sauna brand "IESAUNA," collaborated with its sales partner SK Juken Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Kawaguchi City, Saitama Prefecture; President and Representative Director: Seiji Tamura) to open the lifestyle experience facility "SK Labo" in Hodogaya-ku, Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture on April 1, 2026.
Unlike conventional showrooms that only display a single sauna room, SK Labo designs the entire living space, including the kitchen, living room, bathroom, and deck, as a single continuous flow. It is an unprecedented facility in the industry where you can experience "life with a sauna" along with the flow line. Tours are free and require a reservation (accepted via official LINE).
■ Background of the Opening
General sauna manufacturer showrooms merely display sauna rooms individually. While you can check the temperature, humidity, and product specifications, it was difficult to experience "how it fits into an actual home" or "how truly easy it is to use in daily life."
SK Labo does not just isolate the sauna room, but designs the entire living space, including the washroom/dressing room, bathroom, indoor resting space, living room, kitchen, and deck, as a single flow. You can relive a moment of daily life—"coming home, taking a sauna, taking a shower, resting, and making a meal"—just as it is at the lab.
Experience a "moment" of life with a sauna
We received the following feedback from a customer who visited the other day:
"I have already built my house, but if I had seen this before building, I would have wanted to design it with this flow line."
Having people imagine "living" before "buying" a sauna. SK Labo is a place for that purpose.
The reason why SK Juken, the sales partner, decided to collaborate with Vanwaves also aligns with this philosophy. While foreign-made stoves dominate the sauna market, SK Juken, from the standpoint of having proposed products to customers for many years as a housing professional, wanted to stick to domestically produced goods with clear manufacturers and traceable quality, which pushed forward the collaboration between the two companies.
■ 4 Experience Values of SK Labo
[01] Experience the flow line by walking
Dressing -> Sauna -> Shower -> Indoor resting -> Living room. By tracing the flow line at an actual living scale, you can understand the "easy-to-use layout" physically.
[02] Experience löyly with the domestically produced electric stove "IRORI"
Real units of the electric sauna stove "IRORI", developed and manufactured domestically by Vanwaves, and the wooden box-type sauna IRORI Premium "NUBO" are installed. In an authentic sauna room made of thermo-wood pine, you can try self-löyly while fully clothed.
[03] Understand the "realistic cost"
Dedicated staff can provide on-the-spot guidance on realistic installation costs, covering the kitchen, plumbing, and sauna construction. Popular equipment such as two types of dishwashers (shallow open, front open), Kanta-kun (gas clothes dryer), and HI stoves are also displayed, allowing you to consider and compare "which fits your lifestyle." Plumbing and exterior construction associated with sauna installation can also be handled as a one-stop service.
[04] Consult about "lifestyle worries" all at once
We have established a system where various issues related to home building can be heard and proposed in one place, ranging from soundproofing experiences using real sound-absorbing materials, home theater proposals using ceiling-suspended screens, pet-symbiotic designs like cat steps, to a relaxing space equipped with foot massagers and massage chairs. Numerous real samples of wall and floor materials are also on display.
■ Facility Overview
Facility Name: SK Labo
Location: 3rd Floor, SK Juken Yokohama Branch, 169-1 Karibacho, Hodogaya-ku, Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture 240-0025
Access: Approx. 20 minutes by bus from the East Exit of "Hodogaya Station" on the JR Yokosuka Line, alight at "Jugenjimae"
TEL: 045-743-4147
Business Hours: 9:00-18:00 Closed: Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays
Parking: Available
Tour: Free, reservation required (accepted via official LINE)
Vanwaves Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Funabashi City, Chiba Prefecture; Representative Director: Nao Fukada), which operates the home sauna brand "IESAUNA," collaborated with its sales partner SK Juken Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Kawaguchi City, Saitama Prefecture; President and Representative Director: Seiji Tamura) to open the lifestyle experience facility "SK Labo" in Hodogaya-ku, Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture on April 1, 2026.
Unlike conventional showrooms that only display a single sauna room, SK Labo designs the entire living space, including the kitchen, living room, bathroom, and deck, as a single continuous flow. It is an unprecedented facility in the industry where you can experience "life with a sauna" along with the flow line. Tours are free and require a reservation (accepted via official LINE).
■ Background of the Opening
General sauna manufacturer showrooms merely display sauna rooms individually. While you can check the temperature, humidity, and product specifications, it was difficult to experience "how it fits into an actual home" or "how truly easy it is to use in daily life."
SK Labo does not just isolate the sauna room, but designs the entire living space, including the washroom/dressing room, bathroom, indoor resting space, living room, kitchen, and deck, as a single flow. You can relive a moment of daily life—"coming home, taking a sauna, taking a shower, resting, and making a meal"—just as it is at the lab.
Experience a "moment" of life with a sauna
We received the following feedback from a customer who visited the other day:
"I have already built my house, but if I had seen this before building, I would have wanted to design it with this flow line."
Having people imagine "living" before "buying" a sauna. SK Labo is a place for that purpose.
The reason why SK Juken, the sales partner, decided to collaborate with Vanwaves also aligns with this philosophy. While foreign-made stoves dominate the sauna market, SK Juken, from the standpoint of having proposed products to customers for many years as a housing professional, wanted to stick to domestically produced goods with clear manufacturers and traceable quality, which pushed forward the collaboration between the two companies.
■ 4 Experience Values of SK Labo
[01] Experience the flow line by walking
Dressing -> Sauna -> Shower -> Indoor resting -> Living room. By tracing the flow line at an actual living scale, you can understand the "easy-to-use layout" physically.
[02] Experience löyly with the domestically produced electric stove "IRORI"
Real units of the electric sauna stove "IRORI", developed and manufactured domestically by Vanwaves, and the wooden box-type sauna IRORI Premium "NUBO" are installed. In an authentic sauna room made of thermo-wood pine, you can try self-löyly while fully clothed.
[03] Understand the "realistic cost"
Dedicated staff can provide on-the-spot guidance on realistic installation costs, covering the kitchen, plumbing, and sauna construction. Popular equipment such as two types of dishwashers (shallow open, front open), Kanta-kun (gas clothes dryer), and HI stoves are also displayed, allowing you to consider and compare "which fits your lifestyle." Plumbing and exterior construction associated with sauna installation can also be handled as a one-stop service.
[04] Consult about "lifestyle worries" all at once
We have established a system where various issues related to home building can be heard and proposed in one place, ranging from soundproofing experiences using real sound-absorbing materials, home theater proposals using ceiling-suspended screens, pet-symbiotic designs like cat steps, to a relaxing space equipped with foot massagers and massage chairs. Numerous real samples of wall and floor materials are also on display.
■ Facility Overview
Facility Name: SK Labo
Location: 3rd Floor, SK Juken Yokohama Branch, 169-1 Karibacho, Hodogaya-ku, Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture 240-0025
Access: Approx. 20 minutes by bus from the East Exit of "Hodogaya Station" on the JR Yokosuka Line, alight at "Jugenjimae"
TEL: 045-743-4147
Business Hours: 9:00-18:00 Closed: Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays
Parking: Available
Tour: Free, reservation required (accepted via official LINE)