Kyoto city-run public bathhouse Kuze

4.4★ · 19 Google ratings · Kyoto, Kyoto · 京都市立久世浴場

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Before you go

Can you bathe here?

Day visitors

✓ YesListed as a sento (public bathhouse): a bath for day visitors by definition. No visitor review states otherwise.from the facility's listing category

Hours

16:30–22:30 · closed Sundayfrom the facility listing

Price

¥500Admission was about 500 yen as of 2023, up from 430 yen noted in a 2017 review.stated by 2 visitors · Sep 2017 – Apr 2023 · reported in 2023, may have changed

Tattoos

Not known · call aheadno policy stated in the 12 recent reviews we read or on the facility's website

How we know this

Watch out

Sauna

Reviewers from 2017-2026 describe a sauna included in the admission fee, though one 2017 review notes the sitting area has no mat.

stated by 3 visitors · Sep 2017 – Feb 2024

The bath

What you’ll find

This is a traditional Kyoto city-run public bathhouse (sento) with a sauna and cold plunge bath, free soap and rental towels, but no on-site parking.

Sauna

✓ YesReviewers from 2017-2026 describe a sauna included in the admission fee, though one 2017 review notes the sitting area has no mat.stated by 3 visitors · Sep 2017 – Feb 2024

Cold bath

✓ YesA cold plunge bath (mizuburo) next to the sauna is mentioned repeatedly between 2023 and 2025, sometimes described as only lukewarm.stated by 3 visitors · May 2023 – Dec 2025

Practical

What to bring

Towels

Rental availableReviewers from 2023-2025 report that rental towels are provided free of charge.stated by 3 visitors · Apr 2023 – Dec 2025

Soap & shampoo

✓ ProvidedShampoo, conditioner and body soap are provided in the washing area across reviews from 2017 to 2026.stated by 3 visitors · Sep 2017 – May 2026

Timing