Matsu-yu

4.2★ · 50 Google ratings · Kyoto, Kyoto · Matsu-yu

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Before you go

Can you bathe here?

Day visitors

✓ YesTravelers without a hotel bath used the sento as day visitors in 2019 and 2023.stated by 2 visitors · Dec 2019 – Dec 2023 · reported in 2023, may have changed

Hours

Not published in the listing · check the official siteno opening hours in the Google listing

Price

¥490Admission was 430 yen in 2018, rose to 490 yen by 2023; one 2023 reviewer paid about 590 yen including towel and toiletry rental.stated by 3 visitors · Oct 2018 – Oct 2023 · reported in 2023, may have changed

Tattoos

Not known · call aheadno policy stated in the 35 recent reviews we read or on the facility's website

How we know this

Watch out

Price

Admission was 430 yen in 2018, rose to 490 yen by 2023; one 2023 reviewer paid about 590 yen including towel and toiletry rental.

stated by 3 visitors · Oct 2018 – Oct 2023

The bath

What you’ll find

Matsu-yu was a traditional Kyoto neighborhood sento with a sauna and cold bath, but it permanently closed at the end of December 2023 and visitors had to bring their own soap, shampoo and towels.

Outdoor bath

NoA 2018 reviewer noted there was no outdoor bath, only indoor tubs.stated by 1 visitor · Jan 2018

Sauna

✓ YesA small sauna for about three people was consistently reported from 2014 through the facility's closure in 2023.stated by 3 visitors · Apr 2021 – Aug 2023

Cold bath

✓ YesA cold plunge bath (mizuburo) was present alongside the sauna throughout the sento's operation.stated by 2 visitors · Jan 2018 – Apr 2021

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