Tsurunoyu
Kuramae, Tokyo
Tsurunoyu is an old temple-style sento between Asakusabashi and Kuramae, with a coffered ceiling, a small garden and mosaic tile pictures. The water is well water, heated hot, and the whole place feels unchanged.
Insider tip
Wash at the taps before you get in, and keep your small towel out of the water. One face towel is lent free, and rinse-in shampoo and body soap are provided. It opens at 3:30pm and closes on Saturdays. It's 6 minutes from Asakusabashi station.
What the guides say about Tsurunoyu
In Asakusa, Hinodeyu has spring water and a cypress tub over 1,000 years old. Near the Skytree, Yakushiyu was redone in 2025 with Greek island murals, and Oshiage Onsen Daikokuyu stays open from 3pm until 10am the next morning. Down the river, Tsurunoyu between Asakusabashi and Kuramae is an unchanged temple-style sento on well water.
What's on near Tsurunoyu
Upcoming events within a ten-minute walk of Tsurunoyu, from the weekly Tokyo events calendar.
Torigoe Matsuri
鳥越祭
Station Kuramae (Toei Asakusa Line, Toei Oedo Line), 7 min walk
Neighbourhood festival built around Tokyo's heaviest mikoshi, a 4-ton portable shrine carried through the backstreets between Kuramae and Asakusabashi. The Sunday night return to the shrine, lit by lanterns, is the highlight; held on the weekend closest to June 9.
Akeiro Torii, CC BY-SA 3.0 Art Arcade Tokyo
Autumn public art event across three commercial venues blending contemporary art with commercial spaces. Installations transform shopping districts into outdoor galleries celebrating urban creativity.
Forgemind ArchiMedia, CC BY 2.0 Nearby
Around Kuramae
Makers, roasters and old granaries on the Sumida, a short walk from Asakusa
Kuramae takes its name from the shogunate's rice granaries that once lined this stretch of the Sumida, and it's spent the last fifteen years turning a quarter of small workshops and wholesalers into Tokyo's quietest creative district. Come for custom notebooks, bean-to-bar chocolate, one of the world's top roasters across the river, and two old shrines with sumo and festival history.
Kuramae has 7 places on the Roam Tokyo map: 2 cafes, 2 shrines and temples, 1 shop, 1 landmark and 1 bathhouse. Read the Kuramae guide.
Good to know
- How do I get to Tsurunoyu?
- The nearest station is Asakusabashi (JR Sobu / Asakusa Line). Tsurunoyu is in Kuramae, Tokyo.
- How much does Tsurunoyu cost?
- Tsurunoyu is cheap, marked ¥ on the site's price scale.
- How long do you need at Tsurunoyu?
- Plan for 45 minutes.
- When is the best time to visit Tsurunoyu?
- Early evening.
Stay near Tsurunoyu
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Median US$184 a night across 60 listings within 0.6 km for a two-night stay a month out, sampled 29 September 2026. Cheapest quarter under US$141. See the weekly index for every neighbourhood.