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Tahara-yu

Name: Tahara-yu
Address: 47 Mibubojocho, Nakagyo Ward, Kyoto, 604-8804, Kyoto, Kyoto, JP
Telephone: +8175-821-4526
Rating: 3.3

3.3★ · 52 Google ratings · Kyoto, Kyoto · 田原湯

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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

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

Price

¥550Admission was 450 yen in 2019, about 490 yen in 2023, and 550 yen by 2025.stated by 3 visitors · Oct 2019 – Oct 2025

Tattoos

Not known · call aheadno policy stated in the 38 recent reviews we read or on the facility's website

How we know this

Watch out

Hair dryer

Hair dryers are available but require payment, about 20 yen per 3 minutes as of 2023-2024.

stated by 3 visitors · Mar 2023 – Jul 2024

Towels

Rental towels are available but cost extra, around 100 yen per reviewers in 2024.

stated by 2 visitors · Jan 2024 – Jul 2024

The bath

What you’ll find

Tahara-yu is an old-fashioned neighborhood public bathhouse (sento) in Kyoto with a free sauna, cold plunge, jet baths and a medicated bath, though most tubs run notably lukewarm; reviewers note the facility closed on 2026-03-02.

Sauna

✓ YesReviewers from 2016 to 2026 describe a free communal sauna, though some found it too hot and others too cool.stated by 3 visitors · Sep 2024 – Feb 2026

Cold bath

✓ YesA cold plunge bath is consistently mentioned alongside the sauna from 2016 through 2026.stated by 3 visitors · Sep 2019 – May 2023

Practical