unlike the baths at home, the sento temperature is hotter and it goes up at around 42 ℃.

Soaking deeply in the hot tub is good for proteins in the body.

Facilitates metobalism and improve the immune system.

How to Use a Sento: Japanese Bathhouse Etiquette

1. Enter the Bathhouse

First, take your shoes off. Put them in the shoebox or a locker provided. Take the locker key and hold onto it.

2. Pay

In a bathhouse, you pay before you enter. Depending on the facility, you’ll pay at either the vending machine or straight to a staff member. Sometimes they will ask for your shoe locker key as a deposit, so it’s good to have this on hand, just in case.

Vending Machine Type

Put in your money, select the option you want and get the ticket. Swap the ticket with the staff and head into the bath.

Non-vending Machine Type

If the facility doesn’t have a vending machine at which to pay, simply pay directly to a staff member.

3. Change

Changing facilities are separated depending on gender, so make sure you enter the right one. Once you’ve done that, find a locker and get changed. Get undressed right down to your birthday suit and shut everything in the locker, except your towel and toiletries. Put the face towel or normal towel on one of the shelves outside the bathing area, for easy access to dry yourself once you get out.

4. Clean your Body

Before getting into the bath itself, you have to make sure you’re clean. You don’t want to be bathing in other people’s grease, right? It goes both ways. Sit down at a shower station on a stool — there might be one there already, or else you can grab one from the pile.

5. Bath

f you’ve ended up in a place with lots of different baths, there’s no specific order, it’s up to you. Enjoy however you want.

6. Rinse and out

once you’ve had your fill of the bathing facilities, give yourself a final rinse in the showers.

7. Drying

To avoid the floor getting slippery and dangerous, bathhouses often have shelves at the entrance to the bathing area. If you’ve followed our third step, you’ll have your towel there already. Dry your body, including your feet, lightly before going back to your locker. Once you’re back, dry off and get dressed. There will be dryers available (often charging a nominal fee) for you to use.

8. Pack your things and head out

Grab all your things and leave the facility. Often, there will be a small waiting area, so you can wait for your partner or friends of the opposite sex. There may be refreshments on offer, too. An ice-cold milk, juice, or beer all taste much better after a hot bath.

About daikokuyu

Relax in this friendly , old fashioned combined with the modern for the best experience public bath with amazing view and authentic japanese lifestyle.

Established in 1949

10 minutes walk from Skytree. 6 minutes walk from Oshiage Station.
15 minutes walk from Kinshicho Station.

Various hot springs water