Kairyoyu
Shibuya, Tokyo
Kairyoyu is a designer sento between Shibuya and Ebisu, rebuilt in 2018 by the architect Kentaro Imai. You'll spot it by the huge whale painted on the outside wall. Inside there's a big carbonated bath, a medium bath and a cold bath, all in soft water, plus a far-infrared sauna.
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Insider tip
Wash at the taps before you get in, and keep your small towel out of the water. Shampoo and body soap are free. Open noon to 11:30pm, closed Saturdays. It's about 12 minutes on foot from either Shibuya or Ebisu station.
What the guides say about Kairyoyu
Thermae-yu in Kabukicho is the 24-hour onsen complex, with spring water trucked in from Naka-Izu. For a sento in Shinjuku, Koganeyu Shinjuku opened in July 2026 with a bar at the front counter. Kairyoyu, between Shibuya and Ebisu, is the designer one with a whale painted on the outside. Komyosen in Nakameguro has an open-air bath on its roof, which swaps between the men's and women's sides every Friday.
What's on near Kairyoyu
Upcoming events within a ten-minute walk of Kairyoyu, from the weekly Tokyo events calendar.
The Best of the Yamatane Collection I: From Yokoyama Taikan and Takeuchi Seiho to Uemura Shoen and Hayami Gyoshu
ザ・ベスト・オブ・山種コレクションⅠ
Station Ebisu (JR Yamanote Line), 10 min walk
The first of two shows of the museum's finest nihonga for its 60th anniversary, with Yokoyama Taikan, Takeuchi Seiho, Uemura Shoen and Hayami Gyoshu.
The Best of the Yamatane Collection II: From Higashiyama Kaii and Hirayama Ikuo to Senju Hiroshi and Yamaguchi Akira (provisional title)
ザ・ベスト・オブ・山種コレクションⅡ
Station Ebisu (JR Yamanote Line), 10 min walk
The second part of the 60th anniversary collection shows, moving on to postwar and contemporary nihonga, from Higashiyama Kaii and Hirayama Ikuo to Senju Hiroshi and Yamaguchi Akira. Closed December 28 to January 2.
Hayami Gyoshu (provisional title)
速水御舟（仮称）
Station Ebisu (JR Yamanote Line), 10 min walk
A large Hayami Gyoshu retrospective to close the museum's 60th anniversary, with its famous Important Cultural Properties Dancing in the Flames (Enbu) and Camellias Falling among the works on show.
Nearby
Around Shibuya
The crossing is just the cover page
Everyone does the Scramble, and you should too, once. But Shibuya's real personality lives in the smaller streets. It's in Nonbei Yokocho's two-storey bars pressed against the train tracks, the climb up to the rooftop views, and the walk down towards Daikanyama as the noise fades behind you.
Shibuya has 14 places on the Roam Tokyo map: 4 shops, 2 viewpoints, 2 bars, 2 cafes, 2 restaurants, 1 landmark and 1 bathhouse. Read the Shibuya guide.
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Good to know
- How do I get to Kairyoyu?
- The nearest station is Shibuya or Ebisu (JR Yamanote). Kairyoyu is in Shibuya, Tokyo.
- How much does Kairyoyu cost?
- Kairyoyu is cheap, marked ¥ on the site's price scale.
- How long do you need at Kairyoyu?
- Plan for 1 hour.
- When is the best time to visit Kairyoyu?
- Weekday afternoons.
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