Sentō Koganeyu

A sentō founded in 1932 in Kinshichō, renovated in 2020 with an in-house craft brewery.

The sentō (public bath) opened in 1932 in the Kinshichō neighbourhood and became an ‘apartment-block’ sentō in 1985. Closed from late January 2020 for a restoration by the studio Schemata Architects, it reopened on 22 August of the same year with the traditional baths alongside a sauna and its own brewery, the BATHE YOTSUME BREWERY. It is the twin sentō of Daikoku-yu, run by the same family.

Founded in 1932 (a document from 1932 itself is the oldest evidence the operator has found; an oral tradition would have it older, from the Taishō period), it became a sentō built into a block of flats in 1985. It closed from late January 2020 for a restoration by Nagasaka Jō's studio Schemata Architects, and reopened on 22 August 2020 with an identity designed also for people who do not know sentō.

ℹ️ Open 6:00–9:00 and 11:00–24:30 on both weekdays and weekends; closed on the second and fourth Monday of the month; on Wednesdays men and women swap baths. Entry 600 yen for adults (from 1 August 2026), 500 for junior high pupils, 200 for elementary school pupils, 100 for small children; sauna extra, 350–600 yen depending on day and gender. Tattoos are allowed. At weekends it is worth booking online: without a booking the wait can be more than an hour.

🚉 Kinshicho · 9 min walk

Sources: koganeyu.com · koganeyu.com

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