Atamiyu
Kagurazaka, Tokyo
Atamiyu is a classic temple-style sento in a back lane off Kagurazaka, often used as a film location. The bath water is heated over a wood fire and runs hot, there's a Mt Fuji painting on the bathroom wall, and the attendant still sits at a raised bandai counter between the two changing rooms.
Insider tip
Wash at the taps before you get in, and keep your small towel out of the water. The water is hot, so ease in slowly. Shampoo and body soap are free. Open 2:45pm to midnight, closed Saturdays. It's 3 minutes from Iidabashi station.
What the guides say about Atamiyu
Konparuyu is a small bandai sento in Ginza 8-chome with a Taisho-era shrine shelf and Kutani tile pictures. Kanda Inariyu gets a new wall painting by Mizuki Tanaka every year. Atamiyu in Kagurazaka heats its water over a wood fire, and Azabu Kurobisui Onsen Takenoyu near Azabu-Juban fills even its cold bath with black spring water.
What's on near Atamiyu
Upcoming events within a ten-minute walk of Atamiyu, from the weekly Tokyo events calendar.
Kagurazaka Bakeneko Festival
神楽坂化け猫フェスティバル
A cat-themed street festival in which participants in cat costumes join a parade along Kagurazaka's main street, with costume changing rooms and a paid professional cat-makeup service on offer. The event runs an entry-badge system that lets costumed visitors join the parade at set times through the day.
Kabacchi, CC BY 2.0 Kagurazaka Bakeneko Festival
神楽坂化け猫まつり
Station Kagurazaka (Tozai Line), 3 min walk
Tokyo's cat-costume Halloween parade, inspired by the ghost-cat folklore of old Kagurazaka. Anyone in cat make-up or costume can register on the day and join parades down the sloping geisha-district main street; watching from the roadside is free.
Kabacchi, CC BY 2.0 Kagurazaka Matsuri
神楽坂まつり
Station Kagurazaka (Tozai Line), 3 min walk
Four-evening festival on the old geisha quarter's sloping main street: a hozuki (ground cherry) market around Bishamonten temple on the first two nights, then Awa Odori troupes dancing up the hill on the final two. Much smaller and easier to see than Koenji's version.
Kabacchi, CC BY 2.0 Yasukuni Shrine Autumn Grand Festival
靖國神社秋季例大祭
Station Kudanshita (Tozai, Hanzomon, Toei Shinjuku Lines), 5 min walk
Yasukuni Shrine holds its autumn grand festival over three days with formal shrine rites and a visit from an imperial envoy. The grounds also host a chrysanthemum flower display and offerings of Noh, Kyogen and Japanese classical dance at the shrine's Noh stage.
Guilhem Vellut, CC BY 2.0 Mitama Matsuri
みたままつり
Time Lanterns lit 18:00 to 21:30 Station Kudanshita (Tozai, Hanzomon, Toei Shinjuku Lines), 5 min walk
Obon festival of remembrance held on the same four days each July, with some 30,000 paper lanterns stacked in glowing walls along the shrine's long approach. Evenings bring mikoshi, Nebuta floats, and traditional dance; the lanterns are lit from dusk to 9:30pm.
Laika ac from USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 Smaller local events nearby
Day of the Tiger at Kagurazaka Bishamonten Festival
Every Day of the Tiger, every 12 days. Next: Wed 7 Oct · Kagurazaka Bishamonten (Zenkokuji)
Days of the Tiger, every 12 days, at Kagurazaka Bishamonten, when the temple gives a limited-edition goshuin seal.
Free · Map · Source: Kagurazaka Bishamonten Zenkokuji · 神楽坂毘沙門天 善國寺 寅の日
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Around Kagurazaka
Cobbled lanes with a French accent
Kagurazaka is in Shinjuku ward, on the slope that starts right outside Iidabashi Station. Kagurazaka grew up as a geisha district, and the stone-paved alleys like Hyogo Yokocho still carry that atmosphere. These days it's also Tokyo's little Paris, with French bakeries and bistros threaded between the kanzashi shops. Come in the early evening when the lanterns come on.
Kagurazaka has 5 places on the Roam Tokyo map: 1 cafe, 1 bar, 1 neighbourhood, 1 shrine or temple and 1 bathhouse. Read the Kagurazaka guide.
Good to know
- How do I get to Atamiyu?
- The nearest station is Iidabashi (JR Chuo-Sobu). Atamiyu is in Kagurazaka, Tokyo.
- How much does Atamiyu cost?
- Atamiyu is cheap, marked ¥ on the site's price scale.
- How long do you need at Atamiyu?
- Plan for 45 minutes.
- When is the best time to visit Atamiyu?
- Evening, before dinner in Kagurazaka.
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