Sakyo Ward, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture
Kamogawa-yu
A welcoming first neighborhood sento, with a shared entrance and waiting area, basic amenities and a walkable location near Kitayama. It retains the scale and character of a long-running city bath rather than a large spa.
Check before bathing
- Opening hours
- 14:00–01:00 the next day; Sundays 08:00–01:00. Closed Tuesdays. Adult admission is ¥550. Current facility information lists no parking.
- Access
- About an eight-minute walk from Kitaoji Station and one minute from the Botanical Garden-mae stop. The current facility page lists no parking.
Spring & water temperature
- Spring-source temperature
- Not published.
- Bathing temperature
- Not published.
- Spring source
- Natural groundwater, heated with firewood; no legal hot-spring source is confirmed.
- Spring classification
- Ordinary public bath using natural groundwater; not confirmed as a natural hot spring under Japan's Hot Spring Act.
- pH
- Not published.
- Flow rate
- Not published.
- Water handling
- The bathhouse and association describe groundwater heated with firewood. This does not establish a legal natural hot-spring source or analysis.
Bathing indications
Natural hot-spring indications do not apply without legal spring confirmation.
Current Japanese pages give 14:00–01:00, Sundays from 08:00, Tuesday closure and no parking. Older translated pages retain pre-closure hours and parking information; use the current Japanese details.
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.
