Goko-yu
Kyoto Station, Kyoto
- Tue to Sat
- 14:30 to 0:30
- Sun
- 7:00 to midnight
- Mon
- Closed
- 3rd Tue
- Closed
Public holidays 11:00 to 24:00. When the 1st of the month is a Tuesday, it closes on the fourth Tuesday instead of the third. Hours change over New Year, Golden Week and Obon.
Source: gokouyu.net, checked 11 Oct 2026.
Goko-yu is a two-floor sento near Omiya-Gojo. Upstairs are a hot steam sauna and a far-infrared one, a cold bath of well water, and a bath with Bad Gastein radium ore sunk in the tub, indoors but open to the outside air, so it feels like an outdoor bath. Downstairs there are six more baths. The herbal bath changes about once a week, and a snack counter sells draught beer for afterwards.
Insider tip
Entry is ¥550 and the saunas are included. Bring soap and shampoo or buy single-use ones at the desk (¥40 for shampoo or rinse, ¥50 for soap), and towels are ¥50. The bedrock bath (ganbanyoku) costs extra on top of entry and has to be booked. Hours change over New Year, Golden Week and Obon, and the bath posts the holiday times on its blog.
What's on near Goko-yu
Upcoming events within a ten-minute walk of Goko-yu, from the weekly Kyoto events calendar.
Kyoto Sangyo University Gallery: Nanban, Kyoto's Memory of Cultural Crossings
京都産業大学ギャラリー 秋季特別展「南蛮－異文化が交差した京都の記憶－」
Time Mon, Tue, Thu to Sat 10:00 to 16:30, Wed from 13:00 (last entry 16:00)
An exhibition on Portuguese and Spanish arrivals in 16th and 17th century Kyoto, marking 450 years since the Nanbanji church was consecrated. Free for everyone, no booking. Closed Sundays except 22 Nov and 6 Dec.
Year-end Dust Cleaning at Nishi Honganji
御煤払い（西本願寺）
Time From about 7:00 Station Nishi Hongwanji-mae bus stop (City Bus 9), 1 min walk
Monks and followers beat the tatami of the Goeido hall with bamboo poles and fan a year's dust out with big paper fans, a cleaning held here for over 500 years, since the time of Rennyo. It starts at about 7:00 and anyone can watch.
xiquinhosilva, CC BY 4.0 Sunday Lecture at Nishi Hongan-ji: Shinran's nembutsu and his seven years in Echigo
日曜講演「親鸞聖人の「信心と報謝」の念仏 ─越後生活７年間の意義─」
Time 10:30 to 11:45
A free Sunday talk by a historian on Shinran's years in Echigo, 10:30 to 11:45 on this day, no booking needed, in the assembly hall at Nishi Hongan-ji.
xiquinhosilva, CC BY 4.0 TERAKOYA HONGWANJI Autumn Open Campus at Honganji Dendoin
TERAKOYA HONGWANJI 秋のOPEN CAMPUS（本願寺伝道院）
Time 10:00 to 17:00 (last entry 16:00)
Free talks on traditional arts linked to Nishi Hongan-ji and a self-guided look around the ground floor of the normally closed Important Cultural Property. No booking, numbered tickets for talks from 9:45.
Everyone Come! Fumon-ji of Higashi-Mikawa
秋季企画展「みんなおいでん！東三河の普門寺さん」
Time 10:00 to 17:00 (last entry 16:30). Closed Mondays except Sep 21, Oct 12 and Nov 23, and closed Sep 24 and Oct 13
Autumn exhibition of Buddhist statues and historical documents kept at Fumon-ji in Toyohashi, Aichi, which marks 1,300 years since its founding in 2027. The display changes partway through the run.
663highland, CC BY-SA 4.0 Nearby
Around Kyoto Station
Free temples and late ramen a few minutes from the platforms
Most visitors only see Kyoto Station on the way in or out, which is a shame. Higashi Hongan-ji is 7 minutes north on foot and free, To-ji's pagoda is 15 minutes south, and at the railway museum to the west a working steam engine will pull you along. After dark, 15,000 LEDs light the station's 171-step staircase.
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Good to know
- What is the address of Goko-yu?
- 590-12 Kakimoto-cho, Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto (in Japanese: 京都市下京区黒門通り五条上ル柿本町590-12).
- What are the opening hours of Goko-yu?
- Tue to Sat 14:30 to 0:30; Sun 7:00 to midnight; Closed Mon; Closed 3rd Tue. Public holidays 11:00 to 24:00. When the 1st of the month is a Tuesday, it closes on the fourth Tuesday instead of the third. Hours change over New Year, Golden Week and Obon.
- How do I get to Goko-yu?
- The nearest station is Omiya-Gojo bus stop (City Bus 18, 206, 207). Goko-yu is in Kyoto Station, Kyoto.
- How much does Goko-yu cost?
- Goko-yu is cheap, marked ¥ on the site's price scale.
- How long do you need at Goko-yu?
- Plan for 1-2 hours.
- When is the best time to visit Goko-yu?
- Sunday from 7am.
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