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Mibu-yu

Name: Mibu-yu
Address: 3 Mibutsujimachi, Nakagyo Ward, Kyoto, 604-8822, Kyoto, Kyoto, JP
Telephone: +8175-811-4492
Rating: 4.1

4.1★ · 52 Google ratings · Kyoto, Kyoto · 壬生湯

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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

15:00–23:00 · closed Mondayfrom the facility listing

Price

¥490Adult admission was 450 yen in 2021 and has been 490 yen from 2023 through 2024.stated by 3 visitors · Jun 2023 – Jun 2024

Bathing arrangement

Men and women separateMen's and women's baths have separate entrances, though the entry point can be hard to distinguish for first-time visitors.stated by 3 visitors · Jun 2023 – Feb 2026

Tattoos

Not known · call aheadno policy stated in the 40 recent reviews we read or on the facility's website

How we know this

Watch out

Bathing arrangement

Men's and women's baths have separate entrances, though the entry point can be hard to distinguish for first-time visitors.

stated by 3 visitors · Jun 2023 – Feb 2026

Hair dryer

A coin-operated hair dryer is available in the changing room for a small fee of 20 yen.

stated by 3 visitors · Mar 2023 – May 2024

The bath

What you’ll find

Mibu-yu is a small retro neighborhood sento near Mibu-dera in Kyoto, famous for very hot bathwater, a green medicinal bath and a compact sauna, with no parking and no soap or towels provided.

Sauna

✓ YesA small dry sauna is consistently reported as present and hot, with one reviewer noting it is free to use.stated by 3 visitors · Apr 2024 – Aug 2024

Cold bath

✓ YesA single-person cold plunge bath is present, described by multiple visitors as small but usable alongside the sauna.stated by 3 visitors · Feb 2020 – May 2026

Practical