Kyoto Tamanoyu
Kawaramachi, Kyoto
- Mon to Fri
- 15:00 to midnight
- Sat
- 14:00 to 1:00
- Sun
- Closed
Source: kyoto-tamanoyu.com, checked 11 Oct 2026.
Tamanoyu has been the neighbourhood bath on Oshikoji-dori since 1894, about five minutes' jog from the Kamo River and the Imperial Palace grounds. It's small, with a sauna, a cold bath, a jet bath, an electric bath and deep and shallow tubs. You can bathe here with tattoos, which the bath says plainly on its own site.
Insider tip
Entry is ¥550. Nothing's provided in the bathing room, so bring soap and shampoo or buy single-use ones at the bandai, where towels are for rent too. Swimwear isn't allowed. On Saturdays it stays open until 1am, and it's closed on Sundays.
What the guides say about Kyoto Tamanoyu
21. A sento or a hot spring. Entry at Kyoto's member sento is ¥550. Funaoka Onsen has wood carvings in its 1923 changing room and an open-air bath, and opens at 8:00 on Sundays. Sauna no Umeyu, 15 minutes' walk from Kyoto Station, runs from 6:00 to 2:00 (closed Thursdays). Kyoto Tamanoyu, open since 1894, says plainly on its own site that you can bathe with tattoos. In Arashiyama, Tenzan no Yu has an iron-rich spring that turns brown in the air (¥1,200 on weekdays), but you can't go in with a tattoo. Find them all on the map under baths.
What's on near Kyoto Tamanoyu
Upcoming events within a ten-minute walk of Kyoto Tamanoyu, from the weekly Kyoto events calendar.
Kan'ei: Beauty Nurtured by Peace
特別展「寛永 太平がはぐくむ美」
Time 10:00 to 18:00, Fridays to 19:30 (last entry 30 minutes before) Station Karasuma Oike (Karasuma Line, Tozai Line), 3 min walk
Marking 400 years since Emperor Go-Mizunoo's visit to Nijo Castle, the museum shows the Kan'ei culture of Hon'ami Koetsu, Tawaraya Sotatsu and Nonomura Ninsei, with scrolls and screens of the imperial procession and a Kano Sanraku hawk painting from Nijo Castle. It's closed on Mondays (open 12 Oct) and 13 Oct, and the ticket covers the permanent galleries too.
Photograph by Mike Peel www.mikepeel.net., CC BY-SA 4.0 The Indomitable Power of Go Nagai
令和6年能登半島地震復興祈念 不滅の力 永井豪 -永井豪記念館リバイバル-
Time 10:00 to 18:00, Fridays to 19:30 (last entry 30 minutes before) Station Karasuma Oike (Karasuma Line, Tozai Line), 3 min walk
When the 2024 Noto earthquake burned the Go Nagai Memorial Museum in Wajima, 108 original drawings and figures by the creator of Mazinger Z, Devilman and Cutie Honey were found intact inside. They're shown here with original manuscripts and a new manga he drew for the show, and the museum is closed on Mondays (open 11 Jan) and from 28 Dec to 4 Jan.
Photograph by Mike Peel www.mikepeel.net., CC BY-SA 4.0 Medalist Exhibition
メダリスト展
Time 10:00 to 18:00, Fridays to 19:30 (last entry 30 min before) Station Karasuma Oike (Karasuma Line, Tozai Line), 3 min walk from exit 5
An exhibition on Tsurumaikada's figure skating manga Medalist, with new illustrations drawn for it, famous scenes from the manga, sets that recreate its world and picks from the TV anime. It fills the museum's third and fourth floor galleries.
Photograph by Mike Peel www.mikepeel.net., CC BY-SA 4.0 KYOTOGRAPHIE International Photography Festival 2027
KYOTOGRAPHIE 京都国際写真祭 2027
Time Hours and closing days vary by venue Station Karasuma Oike (Karasuma Line, Tozai Line)
A month of photography shows in machiya, galleries, museums and temples around the city, in exhibition spaces designed with architects and craftspeople. The 2027 theme, artists and venues are still to be announced.
Gion Matsuri Float Procession, Hanagasa Parade and Kanko-sai (second procession)
祇園祭 後祭山鉾巡行・花傘巡行・還幸祭
Time Floats and Hanagasa from 9:30, mikoshi from about 16:00 Station Karasuma Oike (Karasuma Line, Tozai Line), 1 min walk
The second procession, revived in 2014, leaves Karasuma-Oike at 9:30 and runs the first route the other way. The Hanagasa parade sets off from Shimogyo Junior High for the Otabisho and Yasaka Shrine, and from about 16:00 the mikoshi go back to the shrine.
Nearby
Around Kawaramachi
Downtown Kyoto, between Nishiki Market and the Kamo River
Kawaramachi is downtown Kyoto, the shopping streets round the Shijo-Kawaramachi crossing. The Teramachi and Shinkyogoku Arcades run north from Shijo-dori, Nishiki Market runs west from them, and east of Kawaramachi-dori the Takase canal and Pontocho squeeze in before the Kamo River. You'll come here to eat, mostly. Some of the tea, incense and paper shops date from the Edo period.
Kawaramachi has 26 places on the Roam Kyoto map: 5 shops, 4 cafes, 4 restaurants, 3 shrines and temples, 3 landmarks, 2 bars, 2 neighbourhoods, 1 park or garden, 1 market and 1 bathhouse. Read the Kawaramachi guide.
Good to know
- What is the address of Kyoto Tamanoyu?
- 401 Kameya-cho, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto (in Japanese: 京都市中京区押小路通御幸町西入ル亀屋町401).
- What are the opening hours of Kyoto Tamanoyu?
- Mon to Fri 15:00 to midnight; Sat 14:00 to 1:00; Closed Sun.
- How do I get to Kyoto Tamanoyu?
- The nearest station is Kyoto Shiyakusho-mae (Tozai Line). Kyoto Tamanoyu is in Kawaramachi, Kyoto.
- How much does Kyoto Tamanoyu cost?
- Kyoto Tamanoyu is cheap, marked ¥ on the site's price scale.
- How long do you need at Kyoto Tamanoyu?
- Plan for 45 min.
- When is the best time to visit Kyoto Tamanoyu?
- Late evening.
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