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Tenzan no Yu

Arashiyama, Kyoto

Address
55-4-7 Sagano Miyanomoto-cho, Ukyo-ku, Kyoto 〒616-8315 京都市右京区嵯峨野宮ノ元町55-4-7
Hours
Daily
10:00 to midnight
3rd Mon
Closed

Last entry 23:00. When the third Monday is a public holiday, it closes the next day instead. Under-18s have to leave by 22:00.

Source: ndg.jp, checked 11 Oct 2026.

The linen noren at the entrance of Tenzan no Yu, brushed with the name Sagano Onsen Tenzan no Yu
Photo: Ervaar Japan / Flickr (CC BY 2.0)

Tenzan no Yu is a hot spring complex three minutes' walk from Arisugawa on the Randen tram, on a natural spring that rises in Sagano. The Kinkaku no Yu outdoor bath uses the spring water untouched, and it's rich enough in iron to turn brown in the air, while the Ginkaku no Yu has the iron taken out. Both sides have saunas with aufguss sessions every two hours from 1pm to 11pm, and there's a restaurant and a tatami lounge for afterwards.

Nearest station Arisugawa (Keifuku Arashiyama Line)
Cost ¥
Time needed 2-3 hours
Best time Weekday evenings
Rainy day

Insider tip

Entry is ¥1,200 on weekdays and ¥1,300 at weekends and on holidays, or ¥550 for children from 4 to the end of primary school. Shampoo, conditioner and body soap are free, and a towel set rents for ¥250. No one with a tattoo can come in, even covered up, and that includes tattoo stickers and body paint. It's closed on the third Monday of the month.

What the guides say about Tenzan no Yu

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.

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Nearby

Kurumazaki Shrine Shrine · 6 min walk Kurumazaki honours Kiyohara no Yorinari, a late Heian scholar buried here in 1189, and takes its name from the day Emperor Go-Saga's ox cart broke... Sagano Romantic Train Landmark · 16 min walk This slow, old-style train covers about 7 km of the Hozu River gorge in 25 minutes, from Torokko Saga next to JR Saga-Arashiyama Station to Torokko... Fufu no Yu Onsen · 16 min walk Fufu no Yu is a day spa a minute's walk from Hankyu Arashiyama Station. Kimono Forest Landmark · 17 min walk About 600 pillars wrapped in fabric dyed in the Kyo-yuzen kimono style stand in rows around Randen's Arashiyama terminus. Togetsukyo Bridge Landmark · 18 min walk The 155 m bridge over the Oi River, with wooded hills rising right behind it, is the picture most people carry of Arashiyama. Horin-ji Temple · 19 min walk Horin-ji sits halfway up Arashiyama on the far side of the river, and the monk Gyoki founded it in 713.

Around Arashiyama

Bamboo at first light, then the maple temples under Mount Ogura

Arashiyama is on Kyoto's north-western edge, where Togetsukyo Bridge crosses the Oi River with wooded hills right behind it. You'll want the bridge, Tenryu-ji and the Arashiyama Bamboo Grove, and so will everyone else. Go early. Then walk north into Sagano. Its temples line the foot of Mount Ogura, and it's quieter at the far end, which Kyoto's official tourism site calls Okusaga.

Arashiyama has 30 places on the Roam Kyoto map: 14 shrines and temples, 4 landmarks, 3 parks and gardens, 2 restaurants, 2 bathhouses, 1 cafe, 1 museum, 1 viewpoint, 1 shop and 1 neighbourhood. Read the Arashiyama guide.

Good to know

What is the address of Tenzan no Yu?
55-4-7 Sagano Miyanomoto-cho, Ukyo-ku, Kyoto (in Japanese: 京都市右京区嵯峨野宮ノ元町55-4-7).
What are the opening hours of Tenzan no Yu?
Daily 10:00 to midnight; Closed 3rd Mon. Last entry 23:00. When the third Monday is a public holiday, it closes the next day instead. Under-18s have to leave by 22:00.
How do I get to Tenzan no Yu?
The nearest station is Arisugawa (Keifuku Arashiyama Line). Tenzan no Yu is in Arashiyama, Kyoto.
How much does Tenzan no Yu cost?
Tenzan no Yu is cheap, marked ¥ on the site's price scale.
How long do you need at Tenzan no Yu?
Plan for 2-3 hours.
When is the best time to visit Tenzan no Yu?
Weekday evenings.

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