Okubo-yu

Name: Okubo-yu
Address: Nishiura-107 Hironocho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0031, Uji, Kyoto, JP
Telephone: +81774-41-6541
Rating: 3.5

3.5★ · 27 Google ratings · Uji, Kyoto · Okubo-yu

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Before you go

Can you bathe here?

Day visitors

Not known · call aheadCommunal baths in onsen towns can be for residents or staying guests only; nobody states the rule here.not stated in the 13 recent reviews we read

Hours

Not published in the listing · call aheadno opening hours in the Google listing

Tattoos

Not known · call aheadno policy stated in the 13 recent reviews we read

How we know this

The bath

What you’ll find

Okubo-yu is an old-fashioned neighborhood public bathhouse (sento) near Okubo Station with a hot sauna and cold-water bath, but reviews from 2021-2022 report extended closures, so current operating status should be checked.

Sauna

✓ YesMultiple reviews from 2018 to 2023 describe a very hot sauna, sometimes said to exceed 100°C.stated by 3 visitors · Dec 2019 – Oct 2020

Cold bath

✓ YesReviewers in 2018 and 2020 mention a cold water bath, one with a waterfall-style flow.stated by 2 visitors · Mar 2018 – Sep 2020

Practical