Sento in Taito Ward, Tokyo: 8 neighborhood bathhouses compared by hours, towels and tattoo rules (¥600 for adults)

A sento (銭湯) is a neighborhood public bathhouse. You pay a set fee at the door, bathe with other people of your gender, and go home. Taito Ward in Tokyo has 20 of them, and the ward says it has the highest number of sento relative to its population and area of any municipality in Tokyo. This guide compares eight in Taito Ward by station, hours, closed days, towel rental, tattoo rules and payment, and explains how a sento works if you have never been to one.

1. Which bathhouse? Eight in Taito Ward side by side

Depends on the bathhouse

Taito Ward’s 20 sento all charge the same ¥600 for an adult, so you can choose by station, hours and closed day. Hours below are from Taito Sento, the introduction site of the ward’s bathhouse associations. Its pages show information as of June or July 2026, so check the bathhouse’s own notices for temporary closures. Times use the 24-hour clock; 25:30 in the Japanese listing is written 01:30 here.

Bathhouse	Nearest station (walk)	Hours and closed day	Towels
Hinodeyu	Inaricho Station, 3 min	14:00–22:40; closed Wed	Set ¥150
Teikokuyu	Asakusabashi Station, 2 min	15:30–23:00; closed Mon	1 free face towel
Tsurunoyu (Asakusabashi)	Asakusabashi Station (JR), 6 min	15:30–23:30; closed Sat	1 free face towel
Kaieiyu	Minowa Station, 3 min	Mon–Fri 14:00–24:00, Sat–Sun 12:00–24:00; closed Tue	Set ¥180
Yudonburi Sakaeyu	Minowa or Minami-Senju Station, about 10 min	Mon–Sat 14:00–23:00, Sun and holidays 12:00–23:00; closed Wed	Set ¥150
Asahiyu	Sendagi Station, 2 min	10:00–01:30; no closed day listed	Set ¥100
Haginoyu	Uguisudani Station, 3 min	06:00–09:00 and 11:00–01:00; closed 3rd Tue	Set ¥100
Tsubameyu	Okachimachi Station, 4 min	06:00–20:00; closed Mon and Tue	Small ¥30, bath ¥70

“Set” means a towel rental set, and what is in it differs by bathhouse (see each section). On Saturday, Teikokuyu is open and Tsurunoyu (Asakusabashi) is closed. Sakaeyu and Hinodeyu are the two on the list that close on Wednesday. Two of the ward’s 20 sento, Housenyu and Misujiyu, are marked as closed for now on Taito Sento.

2. How much does it cost?

Taito Ward

Bathing fees are set for all of Tokyo, so any sento in the ward charges the same. According to Taito Ward (as of August 1, 2026), an adult (12 and over) pays ¥600, a child aged 6 to 11 pays ¥200 and a child under 6 pays ¥100. The Tokyo Bathhouse Association’s rate notice says the adult fee rose ¥50 on August 1, 2026, and the child fees did not change.

Where a bathhouse draws the line for children differs a little. Kaieiyu and Hinodeyu go by school year (junior high school and above are adults, elementary school pupils pay ¥200). Sakaeyu counts 13 and over as an adult. If your child is 12, ask at the desk. Hinodeyu’s own price list still showed ¥550 for adults when checked, but the ward and the association both give ¥600.

A sauna and similar extras cost more. A book of 10 adult tickets, usable at any Tokyo Bathhouse Association sento in Tokyo, costs ¥5,400. The association says the tickets on sale now are valid until June 30, 2027, and the expiry date is printed on each ticket.

3. How do I use a sento for the first time?

Depends on the bathhouse

Taito Sento publishes a short guide for first-timers, in Japanese. These are its main points.

1. Bring towels and toiletries. Some sento sell towels and bath goods, provide shampoo and body soap, or rent a “hands-free” set. This differs by bathhouse, so read the sections below.
2. Pay at the front desk. The desk may be a counter (番台, bandai) or a front desk. If there is a ticket machine, buy a ticket and hand it in. A sauna can cost extra.
3. Lock up in the changing room. Put your clothes and bags in a locker and lock it. Do not use a phone or camera in the changing room or the bath area; put them in your locker or bag.
4. Rinse before you get in. Use the shower or scoop water over your body first. Keep your towel out of the bathtub, and tie up long hair so it stays out of the water.
5. Share the washing area. Keep the shower from splashing other people, and do not take up space with your things.
6. Dry off before you leave. Wipe yourself with your towel before you go back to the changing room, and drink some water.

Sakaeyu’s English page adds that you should take off your underwear before you go in and should not wash your clothes in the bath area. If a step is unclear, Hinodeyu’s own site asks you to speak to the front desk staff.

4. Can I go with a tattoo? How do I pay?

Depends on the bathhouse

Kaieiyu does not admit anyone with a tattoo, whatever the size, and covering it with a patch does not help. Hinodeyu answers “Yes” on its own FAQ, adding that most public bathhouses allow tattoos but some do not, so check. Sakaeyu’s English page says “Our shop is tattoo OK!” The pages for the other five (Teikokuyu, Tsurunoyu, Asahiyu, Haginoyu and Tsubameyu) do not say. Ask before you go.

Payment also differs. Kaieiyu takes cash and several cashless methods (credit cards, QR codes, transit IC cards and e-money), but dryer fees, 10-ticket books and the milk vending machine are cash only. It also asks you to bring a ¥100 coin for the changing-room locker (it can change money). Sakaeyu takes cash and PayPay for bath and sauna fees, and also lists major credit cards for other purchases; the shared 10-ticket bath book is cash only. For the other six, the pages checked do not say how you can pay, so carry cash.

5. The eight bathhouses

Depends on the bathhouse

Each entry has the address, a map link and the phone number at the end. The English name is how the bathhouse writes it, or a plain reading of the Japanese; the Japanese name follows in brackets.

5.1 Hinodeyu (浅草天然温泉 日の出湯)

Hinodeyu is a short walk from Inaricho Station on the Tokyo Metro Ginza Line: 3 minutes on Taito Sento and 2 minutes on the bathhouse’s own site. It is open 14:00 to 22:40 (the site asks you to leave by 23:00) and closed on Wednesdays. It has two baths: a tiled bath with jets and a bath made of cypress that the bathhouse says is more than 1,000 years old. The bathhouse says its water is 100% natural hot spring, used as it is without filtering. It has a small one-person steam sauna on the first floor that is free. The men’s and women’s baths swap floors every week, and the bathhouse asks you to stay within 2 hours.

No shampoo or soap is provided. The bathhouse sells small packs at ¥40 each and rents shampoo and body soap for ¥50. Taito Sento lists a rental set (bath towel, small towel, shampoo, body soap) at ¥150, and a hair dryer that is free, with a paid one at ¥20 for 3 minutes. There is no cold plunge pool.

Address: 2-10-5 Motoasakusa, Taito-ku, Tokyo. Google Maps. Phone: 03-3841-0969 (answered 14:00 to 22:40)

5.2 Teikokuyu (帝国湯)

Teikokuyu is 2 minutes from Asakusabashi Station on the Toei Asakusa Line. It is open 15:30 to 23:00 and closed on Mondays. It lends one face towel free, in limited numbers, and provides shampoo, body soap and cotton swabs free. A dryer costs ¥20 for 3 minutes. Taito Sento lists hot water and tile pictures as its features.

Address: 5-23-8 Asakusabashi, Taito-ku, Tokyo. Google Maps. Phone: 03-3851-2785

5.3 Tsurunoyu in Asakusabashi (鶴の湯)

This Tsurunoyu is 6 minutes from Asakusabashi Station on the JR Sobu Line. The ward also has another bathhouse called Tsurunoyu in Asakusa (5-48-4 Asakusa), so check the address. This one is open 15:30 to 23:30 and closed on Saturdays. It lends one face towel free, and provides rinse-in shampoo and body soap. Taito Sento describes a retro bathhouse that heats well water, with hot baths. Hair dryers cost ¥20 for 3 minutes.

Address: 5-27-2 Asakusabashi, Taito-ku, Tokyo. Google Maps. Phone: 03-3851-4569

5.4 Kaieiyu (改栄湯), Minowa

Kaieiyu is 3 minutes on foot from exit 3 of Minowa Station (Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line), 9 minutes from JR Minami-Senju Station and 7 minutes from Minowabashi Station on the Toden Arakawa Line. It is open 14:00 to 24:00 on weekdays and 12:00 to 24:00 on Saturdays and Sundays (last entry 23:30). It follows the day of the week on national holidays too, so it is closed on a Tuesday that is a holiday. It is closed on Tuesdays.

The bathhouse describes its water as soft water throughout the bathroom, including the faucets, and warns that the floor is slippery. It has a carbonated bath, a silky-bubble bath, a sauna, a cold bath and an open-air area on the men’s side. The sauna costs extra: ¥750 (men) or ¥500 (women) on weekdays, and ¥850 or ¥600 on weekends and holidays. Children in elementary school or younger cannot use the sauna. Shampoo, conditioner and body soap are provided. Rentals are a set of face towel and bath towel for ¥180, a bath towel for ¥150 and a face towel for ¥70. The lobby sells soft-serve ice cream, coffee milk, beer and snacks. There is no car park. See section 4 for tattoos and payment.

Address: 2-10-15 Minowa, Taito-ku, Tokyo. Google Maps. Phone: 03-6897-2824 (answered only while open)

5.5 Yudonburi Sakaeyu (天然温泉 湯どんぶり栄湯), Nihontsutsumi

Sakaeyu is about 10 to 11 minutes on foot from Minowa or Minami-Senju Station, the longest walk of the eight. It is open 14:00 to 23:00 from Monday to Saturday, and 12:00 to 23:00 on Sundays and holidays (last entry 22:30). It is closed on Wednesdays, and may close at irregular times for repairs; it posts details on X and Instagram.

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A post on the bathhouse’s official Instagram account, in Japanese (the entrance to the open-air bath).

Fees on the bathhouse’s own site: adult (13 and over, junior high school) ¥600, ages 7 to 12 and elementary school ¥200, under that ¥100. The sauna costs ¥600 extra, and its English page says a bath towel is included. Taito Sento lists towel rental at ¥150 for a set, ¥100 for a bath towel and ¥50 for a face towel, and rinse-in shampoo and body soap free. The bathhouse’s English page shows lower rental prices (face towel ¥40, bath towel ¥70), so ask at the desk. A wood-fired sauna is listed for men only. The bathhouse says the bath water, shower and faucets all use hot spring water.

Address: 1-4-5 Nihontsutsumi, Taito-ku, Tokyo. Google Maps. Phone: 03-3875-2885

5.6 Asahiyu (朝日湯), Yanaka

Asahiyu is 2 minutes from Sendagi Station on the Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line. It is open 10:00 to 01:30 the next morning, and Taito Sento lists no closed day. It rents a set (small towel, shampoo, conditioner, body soap) for ¥100, and a dryer costs ¥10 for 3 minutes. The sauna costs ¥250 extra for 2 hours, with extensions at ¥300 an hour. Taito Sento says it uses only natural bath salts in daily-changing herbal baths (for example Futamata onsen and Okuhida onsen). It also lists a lava bath, an oxygen capsule, a mugwort steam bath and a germanium hot spring.

Address: 2-18-7 Yanaka, Taito-ku, Tokyo. Google Maps. Phone: 03-3821-5849

5.7 Haginoyu (ひだまりの泉 萩の湯), Negishi

Haginoyu is 3 minutes from the north exit of JR Uguisudani Station. It opens twice a day: 06:00 to 09:00 (last entry 08:30) and 11:00 to 01:00 (last entry 00:30). It is closed on the 3rd Tuesday of the month. The fees are ¥600 for adults, ¥200 for elementary school pupils and ¥100 for younger children. A sauna adds ¥350 on weekdays and ¥450 on weekends and holidays, and ¥600 on special days, which include the October lavender bath day.

It has an open-air bath, a sauna, a cold bath, a carbonated bath, a hot bath and a painted mural, and also a coin laundry and bicycle parking. A rental set of bath towel, small towel and nylon towel costs ¥100. Rinse-in shampoo and body soap are provided, and so are tissues, cotton swabs, lotion and milky lotion. The hair dryer is free. The restaurant Komorebi takes last orders at 22:00 and opens at 11:30. There is no car park.

On Saturday, October 10, 2026, Haginoyu holds a lavender bath: the first 2,200 people of junior high school age or older get a commemorative towel, and the first 200 younger children get a Yakult. October 10 is “Sento Day” (銭湯の日), according to Taito Ward.

Address: 2-13-13 Negishi, Taito-ku, Tokyo. Google Maps. Phone: 03-3872-7669

5.8 Tsubameyu (燕湯), Ueno

Tsubameyu is 4 minutes from Okachimachi Station on the JR Yamanote Line. It is the earliest to open of the eight, at 06:00, and the earliest to close, at 20:00. It is closed on Mondays and Tuesdays. It rents a small towel for ¥30 and a bath towel for ¥70. Rinse-in shampoo and body soap are provided, and a dryer costs ¥20 for 3 minutes. The photo below is from 2009; the signs in it show the hours and closed day of that time.

Address: 3-14-5 Ueno, Taito-ku, Tokyo. Google Maps. Phone: 03-3831-7305

6. How do I choose?

Depends on the bathhouse

• Early morning: Tsubameyu opens at 06:00 and Haginoyu has a morning session from 06:00 to 09:00.
• Late at night: Kaieiyu and Haginoyu stay open to 24:00 and 01:00, and Asahiyu to 01:30.
• Sunday or a national holiday around midday: Sakaeyu opens at 12:00 on Sundays and holidays. Kaieiyu opens at 12:00 on Saturdays and Sundays, but a weekday holiday follows its weekday hours (14:00).
• A tattoo: Hinodeyu and Sakaeyu say tattoos are fine. Do not go to Kaieiyu.
• No towel with you: Teikokuyu and Tsurunoyu lend a free face towel, in small numbers. Kaieiyu, Haginoyu and Asahiyu rent sets for ¥100 to ¥180.
• A sauna with a child: Kaieiyu does not allow elementary school children or younger. For the others, ask at the desk.

The other 12 sento in the ward are listed on the Taito Ward page, with their addresses and phone numbers.

7. Common questions

How much is a sento for a 6-year-old?

¥200. Taito Ward lists ¥200 for ages 6 to 11 and ¥100 for under 6.

Should I bring a towel?

Yes, if you can. Taito Sento says the bathhouses that lend towels free have limited numbers and asks you to bring your own where possible.

What is the age limit for bathing in the same room as the opposite sex?

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government says Tokyo’s mixed-bathing ban applies from age 7.

Can I park at a sento?

Kaieiyu and Haginoyu say on their own sites that they have no car park. The pages checked for the other six do not mention parking, so plan to arrive on foot or by train.

Sources (checked October 2026)

• Taito Ward: Public baths (sento) (fees, list of 20, events; updated September 9, 2026)
• Tokyo Bathhouse Association: Bathing fees
• Taito Sento: Fees and tickets and how to enjoy a sento
• Taito Sento introductions: Hinodeyu, Teikokuyu, Tsurunoyu, Kaieiyu, Sakaeyu, Asahiyu, Haginoyu, Tsubameyu
• Hinodeyu: official site, Kaieiyu: official site, Sakaeyu: official site (English page), Haginoyu: official site (fees)
• Tokyo Metropolitan Government Bureau of Public Health: public bath Q&A (mixed-bathing age)