Kyoto Sento Directory: 82 Public Baths Grouped by Area

Kyoto’s public-bath association currently lists 82 sento across Kyoto City and nearby municipalities. Use the area list below to find a bath near your hotel or last stop of the day; then check its individual listing for hours, closing day and facilities. The directory is a useful shortlist, not a guarantee that every listed bath is open today.

The standard adult bathing charge is ¥550. That covers bathing, not necessarily towels, soap, shampoo or sauna extras. Kyoto Prefecture’s temporary free-bathing program for children under 12 is scheduled to run through March 31, 2027, with conditions; check the current program and participating bathhouse before relying on it.

The regular rates are ¥200 for children aged 6–11 and ¥100 for children under six; the temporary program instead covers children through elementary-school age when accompanied by an adult aged 18 or over and after the bathhouse QR procedure. These are separate rules, so do not treat the promotional program as a permanent tariff change.

Start with the area you will already be in

The association’s Japanese-language directory currently returns 82 entries. Here they are grouped by the directory’s ward or city labels. Names are romanized to make the list easier to scan; use the linked official directory to confirm the Japanese spelling and current listing.

Kyoto Tamano-yu is temporarily closed for rebuilding. Kyoto City’s June 2026 update gives July 2027 as the expected reopening month, not a confirmed date. Do not include it in a current bathing plan until the bathhouse announces that it has reopened.

Use the filters as clues, then open the individual listing

For Kyoto Station, Gojo and Umekoji, start with Shimogyo and Minami wards rather than crossing town for a famous bath. Sauna no Umeyu is a useful early or late option; Hakusanyu Rokujo has weekend and holiday morning hours; Asahi-yu in Minami Ward lists an outdoor bath and both dry and mist saunas. Which one fits best depends on where you are staying and the day you go.

Kita Ward has several late-closing baths and a few morning openings, though it takes longer to reach from the station area. Funaoka Onsen fits a day around Nishijin or Daitokuji. The Kyoto Bathhouse Association lists weekday hours of 3–11:30 p.m., an 8 a.m. Sunday opening and Tuesday closure.

Around the university and eastern city, choose within Sakyo Ward based on your last stop: Higashiyama-yu Onsen is near Hyakumanben, while Kamogawa-yu has a Sunday morning session. In Fushimi, check how you will get back after bathing; the neighborhood baths are not all on the same rail line. Uji, Joyo, Muko and Maizuru are separate day-trip areas, not extensions of central Kyoto.

Filters such as “morning opening,” “outdoor bath,” “mist sauna” and “Runner Station” are useful, but a tag is not a service guarantee. The morning filter currently misses some baths whose individual listings show Sunday morning hours. A Runner Station listing does not mean every bathhouse offers the same bag storage or return-to-bathe arrangement. Confirm what you need with the bathhouse.

The association’s September 2026 filters showed 12 entries tagged for morning opening, 18 for outdoor baths, 10 for mist saunas and 55 for Runner Station. Treat those counts as a starting point: the morning tag misses some individually listed Sunday openings, an outdoor bath does not establish natural spring water, and the Runner Station tag does not promise free all-day luggage storage. Check each bath’s actual hours and terms.

For visits after midnight, use the official hours rather than the “late-night” tag alone. Examples include Kamoyu, Monzen-yu, Murasakino Onsen and Umeyu, which list hours extending to 1 or 2 a.m.; Kamo-yu runs later on selected nights, while Shinshi-yu has a late-night tag but its listed hours end at midnight. Do not use an old listing for Kyoto Tamano-yu: it closed for rebuilding in June 2026, with July 2027 only an expected reopening month.

Names containing “onsen” do not prove that the water is a legally defined natural hot spring. For a bath-by-bath explanation of natural spring water, groundwater and artificial baths, see the Kyoto sento and natural-onsen guide. If you want to compare three well-known city bathhouses, use the Funaoka Onsen, Umeyu and Gokoyu comparison. The Kyoto Station sento guide narrows the choice by station area.

Sources and image credits

Official directory, rules and image credits

- Kyoto Sento Association: [current sento directory](https://1010.kyoto/spot/) - Kyoto Sento Association: [morning-opening filter](https://1010.kyoto/spot-tag/morning_open/), [outdoor-bath filter](https://1010.kyoto/spot-tag/outdoor_bath/), [mist-sauna filter](https://1010.kyoto/spot-tag/mist_sauna/), and [Runner Station filter](https://1010.kyoto/spot-tag/%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%83%8A%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BA%E3%82%B9%E3%83%86%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A7%E3%83%B3%E5%AF%BE%E5%BF%9C/) - Kyoto Sento Association: [adult and children’s bathing charges and bathing guide](https://1010.kyoto/how_to_use/?lang=en) - Kyoto Sento Association: [Funaoka Onsen’s current listing](https://1010.kyoto/spot/funaokaonsen/) - Kyoto Prefecture: [children’s free-bathing program](https://www.pref.kyoto.jp/seikatsu/nyuyokumuryo_kodomo.html) - Kyoto City: [June 2026 update on Kyoto Tamano-yu’s rebuild](https://www.city.kyoto.lg.jp/sogo/page/0000354687.html) - Images: [Funaoka Onsen](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Funaoka_Onsen_20180410_06.jpg), [Kyoto Sento Association bathing guide](https://1010.kyoto/spot/), and [Nishijin Kyogoku](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nishijin-Kyogoku140526NI6.JPG). Checked: September 27, 2026. The directory count and listed features can change; confirm the individual bathhouse’s current hours, closure notices and rules before visiting.