Nishikyo Ward, Kyoto City
Katsura-yu
A multi-pool sento with both dry and mist saunas, a medicinal bath and a cold bath. It closes two days each week, so check the calendar before setting out.
Check before bathing
- Opening hours
- 15:00–22:00. Closed Mondays and Tuesdays, according to the Kyoto sento inventory updated September 6, 2026.
- Tattoo policy
- The current directory information does not confirm a tattoo policy. Ask the bath before visiting.
Spring & water temperature
- Spring-source temperature
- Not confirmed.
- Bathing temperature
- Not published.
- Spring source
- A natural spring has not been confirmed in the current material reviewed.
- Spring classification
- Neighbourhood public bathhouse; no facility-specific natural-spring analysis has been confirmed.
- pH
- Not published.
- Flow rate
- Not published.
- Water handling
- The inventory lists several indoor pools, a cold bath, medicinal bath, dry sauna and mist sauna. Natural-spring status and pool-by-pool water treatment are not confirmed.
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.
