Nakagyo Ward, Kyoto City, near Sanjo-kai Shopping Street and Nijo Castle
Thoron Onsen Inari-yu
A handy sento near Nijo Castle for a Sunday morning soak, with an artificial thoron bath, a sauna and a cold bath supplied with flowing groundwater. Towels and basic washing products are available to borrow for free.
Check before bathing
- Opening hours
- Monday–Thursday 16:00–23:00; Saturday 15:30–23:00; Sunday 09:30–23:00. Closed Fridays.
- Tattoo policy
- The current directory information reviewed does not confirm a tattoo policy. Ask the bath before visiting.
Spring & water temperature
- Spring-source temperature
- No natural source temperature applies; the current material does not publish a groundwater temperature.
- Bathing temperature
- Not published.
- Spring source
- Mineral-rich groundwater and thoron bath material; the facility describes the thoron bath as artificial.
- Spring classification
- Artificial thoron hot spring, not a legally classified natural hot spring.
- pH
- Not published.
- Flow rate
- Not published.
- Water handling
- The operator says the thoron bath uses mineral-rich groundwater and thoron bath material. The cold bath is described as using flowing groundwater. These descriptions do not establish natural-spring status.
The operator confirms an artificial thoron bath and a cold bath using flowing groundwater. Do not present advertising for an artificial bath as medical evidence for a natural spring.
Current official hours are Monday–Thursday 16:00–23:00, Saturday 15:30–23:00 and Sunday 09:30–23:00; closed Friday. The bath has a sauna, jet bath and medicinal bath.
How to read a bath profile
Spring-source temperature and actual bathing temperature are kept separate. Each score is shown independently for comparison rather than collapsed into one overall score.
