Akari Brings Authenticity to New York’s Washed Sauna Scene
Design Milk | 25.02.2026 21:00
There are strong links between Japan and the Nordic region (a grouping of countries that includes much more than just Scandinavia). That’s especially true when it comes to sauna culture. Though the word is Finnish, translating as bathouse, the concept of pumping steam through enclosures firmly roots in Neolithic Greenland and Newfoundland. It’s been an integral part of daily life across these, especially frigid, Northern reaches for eons.
