Ikuno Ward - 生野区
Chitose Onsen
Chitose Onsen
Japanese Name: 千歳温泉Prefecture: OsakaCity: Ikuno WardAddress: 〒544-0031 大阪府大阪市生野区鶴橋５丁目１２番地２号Access: 15min from JR West, Osaka Metro, Kintetsu Tsuruhashi Station / JR・大阪地下鉄・近鉄 鶴橋駅Category: SentoWebpage: https://osaka268.com/sento/%E5%8D%83%E6%AD%B3%E6%B8%A9%E6%B3%89/Price: Osaka Prefecture Public Bathhouse Association price or cheaper (sauna, if available, may be extra)Holiday: 1st & 3rd TuesdayHours: 15:00-24:00
Review: Located on the edge of the Tsuruhashi Korean town is this interestingly designed two-level sento. The shallow second-floor cold water bath was interesting, as was the warm bath. Sadly the latter was heavily chlorinated, making it a bit itchy. The second floor also has a broken and closed steam sauna, bummer, but the dry sauna is working and free if you bring your own towel. On the first floor, it looks like there used to be a radon bath, but it is now a treated bath adding some differentiation in the offerings. Overall this sento is a bit worse for wear in places. Overall, this is a good sento for enthusiasts who may enjoy the unique design. Still, causal bathers would be better served by other sento in the area.
Visit Date: November 2021
Review: Located on the edge of the Tsuruhashi Korean town is this interestingly designed two-level sento. The shallow second-floor cold water bath was interesting, as was the warm bath. Sadly the latter was heavily chlorinated, making it a bit itchy. The second floor also has a broken and closed steam sauna, bummer, but the dry sauna is working and free if you bring your own towel. On the first floor, it looks like there used to be a radon bath, but it is now a treated bath adding some differentiation in the offerings. Overall this sento is a bit worse for wear in places. Overall, this is a good sento for enthusiasts who may enjoy the unique design. Still, causal bathers would be better served by other sento in the area.
Visit Date: November 2021
Ebisu-yu
Ebisu-yu
Japanese Name: 戎湯Prefecture: OsakaCity: Ikuno WardAddress: 〒544-0003 大阪府大阪市生野区小路東１丁目２０−６Access: 5min from Kintetsu Fuse [近鉄 布施]Category: SentoPrice: Osaka Prefecture Public Bathhouse Association price or cheaper (sauna, if available, may be extra)Holiday: WednesdayHours: 13:30-23:30
Review: Brilliant small sento. Outdoor bath is treated and cold. Somewhat under the stairs for the 2nd floor sauna (100 yen extra). Good clean steam. Great sit on the floor washing area. Quality sento and worth checking out if you are in the area. Visit Date: August 2021
Review: Brilliant small sento. Outdoor bath is treated and cold. Somewhat under the stairs for the 2nd floor sauna (100 yen extra). Good clean steam. Great sit on the floor washing area. Quality sento and worth checking out if you are in the area. Visit Date: August 2021
Fukutoku Onsen
Fukutoku Onsen
Japanese Name: 福徳温泉Prefecture: OsakaCity: Ikuno WardAddress: 〒544-0015 大阪府大阪市生野区巽南２丁目８−２Closest Station: Osaka Metro Minami-Tatsumi station - 10min walk / 大阪地下鉄 南巽駅Category: SentoWebpage: https://e-sento.com/福徳温泉/Price: Osaka Prefecture Public Bathhouse Association price or cheaper (sauna, if available, may be extra)Holiday: MondayHours: 14:00-24:00
Review:Fresh exterior with a huge stone dinosaur statue out front. I knew this would be a great sento from the outside. Inside the owner was very inviting and talkative. He was proud of what he had on offer and I would not blame him in the slightest. First off the water here has all gone through a softener and is pristine. Second, this has to be one of the finest examples of what a full-feature sento can be. All the baths one would want or expect are here. For me the most important are a steam sauna and cold-water bath. This place does both with near perfection. The cold-water bath is on the second floor with a commanding view. There is an openable window to let some fresh air in. Lastly, and this is a small thing that I have not mentioned before, but the basin for getting water to rinse yourself off with is warmer than the bath itself. So, when you get out of the sauna, rinsing off the sweat (as any reader of this site should be doing) before getting the bath is not as shocking. However, once you get in the bath you can enjoy the bone-chilling temperature safely. This is also safer if you enjoy dumping buckets of water over your head like I do as it is not too cold to cause shock. Next, the steam sauna. It is hot and there is a small pouch of herbs to make the air pleasant. One more that I notice but rarely mention here, there is a shower head on a hose in the steam sauna for spraying off the bench before and after you sit. Overall, this is an outstanding sento that would place on top 10 lists of Osaka sento. Well worth a visit!
Visit Date: May 2021
Review:Fresh exterior with a huge stone dinosaur statue out front. I knew this would be a great sento from the outside. Inside the owner was very inviting and talkative. He was proud of what he had on offer and I would not blame him in the slightest. First off the water here has all gone through a softener and is pristine. Second, this has to be one of the finest examples of what a full-feature sento can be. All the baths one would want or expect are here. For me the most important are a steam sauna and cold-water bath. This place does both with near perfection. The cold-water bath is on the second floor with a commanding view. There is an openable window to let some fresh air in. Lastly, and this is a small thing that I have not mentioned before, but the basin for getting water to rinse yourself off with is warmer than the bath itself. So, when you get out of the sauna, rinsing off the sweat (as any reader of this site should be doing) before getting the bath is not as shocking. However, once you get in the bath you can enjoy the bone-chilling temperature safely. This is also safer if you enjoy dumping buckets of water over your head like I do as it is not too cold to cause shock. Next, the steam sauna. It is hot and there is a small pouch of herbs to make the air pleasant. One more that I notice but rarely mention here, there is a shower head on a hose in the steam sauna for spraying off the bench before and after you sit. Overall, this is an outstanding sento that would place on top 10 lists of Osaka sento. Well worth a visit!
Visit Date: May 2021
Hinode-yu
Hinode-yu
Japanese Name: 日之出湯Prefecture: OsakaCity: Ikuno WardAddress: 〒544-0003 大阪府大阪市生野区小路東１丁目８−１５Access: 5min from Osaka Metro Shinmori-Furuichi Station / 大阪地下鉄 新森古市駅Category: SentoWebpage: https://osaka268.com/sento/%e6%97%a5%e4%b9%8b%e5%87%ba%e6%b9%af-2/Price: Osaka Prefecture Public Bathhouse Association price or cheaper (sauna, if available, may be extra)Holiday: TuesdayHours: 14:00-22:30
Review: This is a well-designed small neighborhood sento that could use some investment in infrastructure as the jets and sauna are non-functional. This could be a great sauna location for the locals as the cold water bath and shower are outstanding for the sento's size. Good winter sento as the hots are extra hot and the colds are extra cold. Not much aesthetically speaking here, but it is pleasant nevertheless. All-in-all, it is not the best sento in the Fuse area, but one that has a lot of promise. That is if infrastructure investment happens. Sadly, as is the case, that's probably not going to happen, so if you're a sento person like me, check this one out before it's gone.
Visit Date: January 2022
Review: This is a well-designed small neighborhood sento that could use some investment in infrastructure as the jets and sauna are non-functional. This could be a great sauna location for the locals as the cold water bath and shower are outstanding for the sento's size. Good winter sento as the hots are extra hot and the colds are extra cold. Not much aesthetically speaking here, but it is pleasant nevertheless. All-in-all, it is not the best sento in the Fuse area, but one that has a lot of promise. That is if infrastructure investment happens. Sadly, as is the case, that's probably not going to happen, so if you're a sento person like me, check this one out before it's gone.
Visit Date: January 2022
Hyakukusa-yu
Hyakukusa-yu
Japanese Name: 百草湯Prefecture: OsakaCity: Ikuno WardAddress: 〒544-0031 大阪府大阪市生野区鶴橋５丁目２１−５Access: 15min from JR/Osaka Metro/Kintetsu Tsuruhashi [JR・大阪地下鉄・近鉄 鶴橋]Category: SentoPrice: Osaka Prefecture Public Bathhouse Association price or cheaper (sauna, if available, may be extra)Holiday: NoneHours: 7:00-20:00
Review: Don't judge a book by its cover works both ways. The front and changing room of this sento are quite clean and well maintained it seems, but the baths are not so good. Lovely design with an appealing circular bath in the middle. The bubbles here were great. In the back corner is a large, waterfall filled cold water bath and a, somewhat rare, Mt Fuji mural on the back wall. Sadly, the maintenance is quite poor and if a big, massive cleaning, and refresh doesn't happen soon this sento will be lost to time. Hard to recommend to casual sento fans because of the smell, but it is interesting for enthusiasts who might want to give it a try to check out the somewhat unique fixtures. Visit Date: July 2021
Review: Don't judge a book by its cover works both ways. The front and changing room of this sento are quite clean and well maintained it seems, but the baths are not so good. Lovely design with an appealing circular bath in the middle. The bubbles here were great. In the back corner is a large, waterfall filled cold water bath and a, somewhat rare, Mt Fuji mural on the back wall. Sadly, the maintenance is quite poor and if a big, massive cleaning, and refresh doesn't happen soon this sento will be lost to time. Hard to recommend to casual sento fans because of the smell, but it is interesting for enthusiasts who might want to give it a try to check out the somewhat unique fixtures. Visit Date: July 2021
Ikuno Onsen
Ikuno Onsen
Japanese Name: 生野温泉Prefecture: OsakaCity: Ikuno WardAddress: 大阪府大阪市生野区勝山南１丁目２１−８Closest Station: Momodani Station / 桃谷駅Category: SentoPrice: Osaka Prefecture Public Bathhouse Association price or cheaper (sauna, if available, may be extra)Holiday: UnknownHours: 14:00-24:00
Review:This bath is wide, too wide. The size of an urban Japanese supermarket even.
We all have our own styles for taking the bath we all get to play those roles out in the bath. Having a lot of space here it felt like people had more freedom to act as they wanted. In more normal sized sento that are smaller, people need to confine their activities to the size of the bath. However, here people fill the space accordingly. This one guy got out of the sauna and and laid, facedown in the cold-water, got out, did a round on the foot massager things then began doing yoga stretches in the electric bath. Was he a regular? Was he one of these new “sauna” guys? Who knows.
There is a cool street lamp style main light over the central bathing area. The cold water bath is huge. It is a bit moldy here and there. Over all a weird and good sento.
Visit Date: January 2020
Review:This bath is wide, too wide. The size of an urban Japanese supermarket even.
We all have our own styles for taking the bath we all get to play those roles out in the bath. Having a lot of space here it felt like people had more freedom to act as they wanted. In more normal sized sento that are smaller, people need to confine their activities to the size of the bath. However, here people fill the space accordingly. This one guy got out of the sauna and and laid, facedown in the cold-water, got out, did a round on the foot massager things then began doing yoga stretches in the electric bath. Was he a regular? Was he one of these new “sauna” guys? Who knows.
There is a cool street lamp style main light over the central bathing area. The cold water bath is huge. It is a bit moldy here and there. Over all a weird and good sento.
Visit Date: January 2020
Kaminaka-yu
Kaminaka-yu
Japanese Name: 神中湯Prefecture: OsakaCity: Ikuno WardAddress: 〒544-0034 大阪府大阪市生野区桃谷４丁目２−１８Access: 10 Min from Kintetsu or JR Tsuruhashi / 近鉄・JR 鶴橋Category: SentoPrice: Osaka Prefecture Public Bathhouse Association price or cheaper (sauna, if available, may be extra)Holiday: The 9th, 19th and 29th of the monthHours: 13:30-25:00
Review:Very large sento with a spacious entry, changing and main bathing area. This is a 3-level design where you enter on the middle then there is a below ground and above ground area in the back of the building. Great radon steam bath here, that is always a plus. Interesting stuff beings with the below ground area that has a walking bath. This one seems to have been broken for some time so there is no stream of water to walk against. Instead the owners have cemented rocks into place on the floor making it a foot massage bath. Very refreshing and recommended if you have not yet tried one. The above ground area has a shower, dry sauna and a few specially located washing areas. Outside there is a medicated bath and a cold-water bath. Nothing is better than an outdoor cold-water bath in the summer. Also, as this is in the Korean area of Osaka, make sure to look out for some signage in Hangul! Always a fun thing to spot. All-in-all a solid local sento. Visit Date: August 2020
Review:Very large sento with a spacious entry, changing and main bathing area. This is a 3-level design where you enter on the middle then there is a below ground and above ground area in the back of the building. Great radon steam bath here, that is always a plus. Interesting stuff beings with the below ground area that has a walking bath. This one seems to have been broken for some time so there is no stream of water to walk against. Instead the owners have cemented rocks into place on the floor making it a foot massage bath. Very refreshing and recommended if you have not yet tried one. The above ground area has a shower, dry sauna and a few specially located washing areas. Outside there is a medicated bath and a cold-water bath. Nothing is better than an outdoor cold-water bath in the summer. Also, as this is in the Korean area of Osaka, make sure to look out for some signage in Hangul! Always a fun thing to spot. All-in-all a solid local sento. Visit Date: August 2020
New Kiyotaki Onsen
New Kiyotaki Onsen
Japanese Name: ニュー清滝温泉Prefecture: OsakaCity: Ikuno WardAddress: 〒544-0033 大阪府大阪市生野区勝山北５丁目１４−１８Access: 15min from JR Momodani [JR 桃谷]Category: SentoPrice: Osaka Prefecture Public Bathhouse Association price or cheaper (sauna, if available, may be extra)Holiday: ThursdayHours: 14:00-25:00 (Weekend & Holidays: 6:00-25:00)
Review: Trees and green plants grow out of the second-floor balcony of this beautiful sento hidden down the maze-like streets of Ikuno Ward. Inside you will find that the bandai has been reformed to a front entrance in recent years. The reformation also seemed to include changing room TVs and a few other things here and there. Nice to see a sento that is making capital investments into their infrastructure. Inside the baths I knew this was going to be a good one immediately. The actual bathing area is small, but it is very well packed in and arranged. Great selection including a lovely shallow rock-lined outdoor bath and an enclosed extra shallow radon “minus ion” bath. Near the front is an herb bath that also rocked. Many of the baths are also refiled from the bottom giving a good movement and bubbling effect the water. Besides all the great tile here there is also the square with a glass glazed circle in the middle decorative tile which seems to be a mark of a quality sento. They also have the wavy wall tiles with a flying stork motif which is another one to note.
Visit Date: September 2021
Review: Trees and green plants grow out of the second-floor balcony of this beautiful sento hidden down the maze-like streets of Ikuno Ward. Inside you will find that the bandai has been reformed to a front entrance in recent years. The reformation also seemed to include changing room TVs and a few other things here and there. Nice to see a sento that is making capital investments into their infrastructure. Inside the baths I knew this was going to be a good one immediately. The actual bathing area is small, but it is very well packed in and arranged. Great selection including a lovely shallow rock-lined outdoor bath and an enclosed extra shallow radon “minus ion” bath. Near the front is an herb bath that also rocked. Many of the baths are also refiled from the bottom giving a good movement and bubbling effect the water. Besides all the great tile here there is also the square with a glass glazed circle in the middle decorative tile which seems to be a mark of a quality sento. They also have the wavy wall tiles with a flying stork motif which is another one to note.
Visit Date: September 2021
Nishiki-yu
Nishiki-yu
Japanese Name: 錦湯Prefecture: OsakaCity: Osaka - IkenoAddress: 大阪府大阪市池野区新今里4-10-5Access: Imazato Station / 今里駅Type: SentoPrice: Osaka Prefecture Public Bathhouse Association price or cheaper (sauna, if available, may be extra)Holiday: SaturdayHours: 14:00-26:00
ReviewNice sento in the Korean area of eastern Osaka city. Interesting because all the signs in the bathhouse are written in Japanese and Korean.
ReviewNice sento in the Korean area of eastern Osaka city. Interesting because all the signs in the bathhouse are written in Japanese and Korean.
Megane Onsen
Megane Onsen
Japanese Name: めがね温泉Prefecture: OsakaCity: Ikuno WardAddress: 〒544-0011 大阪府大阪市生野区田島４丁目２−２０Access: 20min from Osaka Metro Minaimtatsumi or JR Tōbu-shijō-mae [大阪地下鉄 南巽・JR 東部市場前]Category: SentoPrice: Osaka Prefecture Public Bathhouse Association price or cheaper (sauna, if available, may be extra)Holiday: NoneHours: 13:00-23:30
Review: Quality, well maintained sento. A tad on the smaller side but the space is well used. If you go notice how the women's outdoor bath is cut into the space behind the men's sauna to see what I am talking about. The radon steam sauna has a constant shower of hot water spraying on some charcoal which is pretty, but it could have been a bit hotter. Great shower heads near the entrance to rinse off on the way in or out, just be careful not to splash other bathers or get water into the changing room! Best option in the area. Visit Date: September 2021
Review: Quality, well maintained sento. A tad on the smaller side but the space is well used. If you go notice how the women's outdoor bath is cut into the space behind the men's sauna to see what I am talking about. The radon steam sauna has a constant shower of hot water spraying on some charcoal which is pretty, but it could have been a bit hotter. Great shower heads near the entrance to rinse off on the way in or out, just be careful not to splash other bathers or get water into the changing room! Best option in the area. Visit Date: September 2021
Momodani Onsen
Momodani Onsen
Japanese Name: 桃谷温泉Prefecture: OsakaCity: Ikuno WardAddress: 〒544-0033 大阪府大阪市生野区勝山北１丁目１−８Access: Momodani Station / 桃谷駅Category: SentoPrice: Osaka Prefecture Public Bathhouse Association price or cheaper (sauna, if available, may be extra)Holiday: MondayHours: 15:00-25:00
Review:A short walk from the station right off the shopping street. This is a very spartan sento. Not much in terms of design but it is still comfortable and well designed. Decent steam sauna. The cold water bath is tap temperature or mildly chilled. Interesting that the waterfall bath is in the cold bath--somewhat rare. Great option in the area.
Visit Date: June 2020
Review:A short walk from the station right off the shopping street. This is a very spartan sento. Not much in terms of design but it is still comfortable and well designed. Decent steam sauna. The cold water bath is tap temperature or mildly chilled. Interesting that the waterfall bath is in the cold bath--somewhat rare. Great option in the area.
Visit Date: June 2020
Minami Ikuno Onsen
Minami Ikuno Onsen
Japanese Name: 南生野温泉Prefecture: OsakaCity: Ikuno WardAddress: 〒544-0024 大阪府大阪市生野区生野西４丁目７−１５Access: 10 minutes from JR West Teramotocho Station / JR西日本 寺本町駅Category: SentoPrice: Osaka Prefecture Public Bathhouse Association price or cheaper (sauna, if available, may be extra)Holiday: WednesdayHours: 14:00-24:00
Review: This sento has a dogleg to the right which gives the whole place an open feel. Strong steam sauna right next to the mildly chilled cold water--perfect. Check out the glass etching above the main entrance and the entrance to the baths. The "Finland" sauna seemed quite popular, but I skipped it. A small bath was treated with bath salts but also has Ena (恵那) radon advertised. Ena is a beautiful town in Eastern Gifu prefecture that I recommend visiting if you have the chance and never knew there was bath salts made there until I visited this sento. The normal jet baths here were unusually strong and hitting me in the right spot below the shoulders, a happy discovery. Other than that, there is some good tile here and there plus some great glass etching above the main entrance and the entrance to the baths on the men's and women's sides. Bike parking is available in the driveway of the house in front of the sento. Look for the signs. Visit Date: June 2021
Review: This sento has a dogleg to the right which gives the whole place an open feel. Strong steam sauna right next to the mildly chilled cold water--perfect. Check out the glass etching above the main entrance and the entrance to the baths. The "Finland" sauna seemed quite popular, but I skipped it. A small bath was treated with bath salts but also has Ena (恵那) radon advertised. Ena is a beautiful town in Eastern Gifu prefecture that I recommend visiting if you have the chance and never knew there was bath salts made there until I visited this sento. The normal jet baths here were unusually strong and hitting me in the right spot below the shoulders, a happy discovery. Other than that, there is some good tile here and there plus some great glass etching above the main entrance and the entrance to the baths on the men's and women's sides. Bike parking is available in the driveway of the house in front of the sento. Look for the signs. Visit Date: June 2021
Sakae-yu
Sakae-yu
Japanese Name: 栄湯Prefecture: OsakaCity: Ikuno WardAddress: 〒544-0011 大阪府大阪市生野区田島４丁目１６−８Access: 15min from Osaka Metro Minaimtatsumi or 20min from JR Tōbu-shijō-mae [大阪地下鉄 南巽・JR 東部市場前]Category: SentoPrice: Osaka Prefecture Public Bathhouse Association price or cheaper (sauna, if available, may be extra)Holiday: First and third SundayHours: 14:00-25:00
Review: Very open and large changing room with a cheerful and chatty owner holding court and smoking in the bandai. I love it. The men’s side a TV mounted high up on the wall between the baths and changing room. It was playing NHK when I was there, always the sign of a decent sento. The speaker in the bath, however was playing a local radio station. I really liked the music playing while in the baths. There was a small 2~3 person sauna in one corner. Pretty basic design overall with the biggest quirk being a cool shower set in a recessed alcove that has some bars to hang on above and a foot massager tile in the floor—never seen that before. Decent, tile art of European alps scene. Good place. Visit Date: September 2021
Review: Very open and large changing room with a cheerful and chatty owner holding court and smoking in the bandai. I love it. The men’s side a TV mounted high up on the wall between the baths and changing room. It was playing NHK when I was there, always the sign of a decent sento. The speaker in the bath, however was playing a local radio station. I really liked the music playing while in the baths. There was a small 2~3 person sauna in one corner. Pretty basic design overall with the biggest quirk being a cool shower set in a recessed alcove that has some bars to hang on above and a foot massager tile in the floor—never seen that before. Decent, tile art of European alps scene. Good place. Visit Date: September 2021
Shin-Akebono Onsen
Shin-Akebono Onsen
Japanese Name: 新曙温泉Prefecture: OsakaCity: Ikuno WardAddress: 〒544-0033 大阪府大阪市生野区勝山北４丁目４−１６Access: JR West Momotani 15min / JR西日本 桃谷駅Category: SentoPrice: Osaka Prefecture Public Bathhouse Association price or cheaper (sauna, if available, may be extra)Holiday: 1st & 3rd WednesdayHours: 14:00-24:00
Review: This is a quirky sento--so many here that I think it would make a great place to take a first timer. The neighborhood also has that great old-school Osaka feel that is untouched by the tourist trade. Tiles sometimes get covered up layers of sediment from a natural hot spring or bath additives. That sediment will chip off and expose the fresh tile underneath. On the other hand, sometimes the tiles themselves lose the glazing that is protecting them from erosion and the material underneath begins to show through. Either way the layers of colors makes a topography of imaginary mountains and hills I enjoy to ponder while in the tubs. Here you can see both. The outdoor bath is treated with kanpō 漢方 herbal medicine. Typically, kanpō baths have a herbal smell to them and a brownish tea colored tint. This bath had clear water and smelt more like a disinfectant--as with most outdoor baths--than anything else. Then I felt it, there was a clear effect on my skin from whatever they are treating the bath with. The sediment on the walls of the tub only helped to confirm that--wonderful additive. The radon steam bath here also is unique. Sadly, it was not too hot, but it did have a nozzle for the radon gas. This was nothing too unique as I have seen them before however this was the first place where I could feel something blowing from the nozzle. To be honest, I think most of those radon baths are all just in name only. I would love to bring a Geiger counter into the sento with me to see if they are providing any radon. This place, at least, you can feel something coming out of the nozzle. There is the second floor with a dry sauna (extra fee) and cold-water bath. Inside the cold-water bath is a cold waterfall jet which felt amazing. I would love this on a hot summer's day. However, it splashes everywhere, and the bath could fit maybe 2~3 people, so I would be careful about using this one if it was busy. The tub with the shallow jet and electronic baths is also treated. Here it was lavender, but the color was pink. Lastly, the kanji for “akebono” 曙 on the sign had furigana above it. I did not know that kanji and I guess other customers could not also. Friendly owners, highly recommended. Visit Date: February 2021
Review: This is a quirky sento--so many here that I think it would make a great place to take a first timer. The neighborhood also has that great old-school Osaka feel that is untouched by the tourist trade. Tiles sometimes get covered up layers of sediment from a natural hot spring or bath additives. That sediment will chip off and expose the fresh tile underneath. On the other hand, sometimes the tiles themselves lose the glazing that is protecting them from erosion and the material underneath begins to show through. Either way the layers of colors makes a topography of imaginary mountains and hills I enjoy to ponder while in the tubs. Here you can see both. The outdoor bath is treated with kanpō 漢方 herbal medicine. Typically, kanpō baths have a herbal smell to them and a brownish tea colored tint. This bath had clear water and smelt more like a disinfectant--as with most outdoor baths--than anything else. Then I felt it, there was a clear effect on my skin from whatever they are treating the bath with. The sediment on the walls of the tub only helped to confirm that--wonderful additive. The radon steam bath here also is unique. Sadly, it was not too hot, but it did have a nozzle for the radon gas. This was nothing too unique as I have seen them before however this was the first place where I could feel something blowing from the nozzle. To be honest, I think most of those radon baths are all just in name only. I would love to bring a Geiger counter into the sento with me to see if they are providing any radon. This place, at least, you can feel something coming out of the nozzle. There is the second floor with a dry sauna (extra fee) and cold-water bath. Inside the cold-water bath is a cold waterfall jet which felt amazing. I would love this on a hot summer's day. However, it splashes everywhere, and the bath could fit maybe 2~3 people, so I would be careful about using this one if it was busy. The tub with the shallow jet and electronic baths is also treated. Here it was lavender, but the color was pink. Lastly, the kanji for “akebono” 曙 on the sign had furigana above it. I did not know that kanji and I guess other customers could not also. Friendly owners, highly recommended. Visit Date: February 2021
Shusse-yu
Shusse-yu
Japanese Name: 出世湯Prefecture: OsakaCity: Ikuno WardAddress: 大阪市生野区生野西1-2-2Closest Station: Teradacho Station / 寺田町駅Category: SentoWebpage: http://osaka268.com/osakasentou/出世湯（生野区）/Price: Osaka Prefecture Public Bathhouse Association price or cheaper (sauna, if available, may be extra)Holiday: NoneHours: 14:00-24:30
Review:Great sento that really has that Osaka feel. Round baths inside and a comfortable outdoor bath.Visit Date: May 2018
Review:Great sento that really has that Osaka feel. Round baths inside and a comfortable outdoor bath.Visit Date: May 2018
Sakae-yu
Sakae-yu
Japanese Name: 栄湯Prefecture: OsakaCity: Ikuno WardAddress: 〒544-0023 大阪府大阪市生野区林寺４丁目１１−14Access: 10min from JRWest Tōbu-shijō-mae station / JR西日本 東部市場前駅Category: SentoWebpage: https://osaka268.com/sento/%E6%A0%84%E6%B9%AF/Price: Osaka Prefecture Public Bathhouse Association price or cheaper (sauna, if available, may be extra)Holiday: 1st and 3rd ThursdayHours: 15:00-23:30
Review: The entrance to this sento and facade has been remodeled, giving it a more elegant and refined feel, but that remodeling ends at the entrance to the changing room. Once past the noren, you're in a bustling and active old-school sento. From the start, I knew this would be a unique place. There are some unusually shaped lockers in the changing room, and the sauna cuts into the changing room area with an angular window. The showers are built along the outside wall in the bathing area, with the baths along the dividing wall. An electric bath that looks out on a window to a small, somewhat maintained garden at the very back. Next is the main shallow bath, with a few jets and bubbles. Nothing too special, to be honest. After that is one of my favorites, an extra hot bath. Lastly, and closest to the entrance, is a cold-water bath. This cold water appears to be from a well, judging by the smell and color of the water, and it felt amazing! I went during the winter but would like to try it again in the hot summer. Great for going from the extra hot to the cold and back. Highly recommended sento.
Visit Date: February 2022
Review: The entrance to this sento and facade has been remodeled, giving it a more elegant and refined feel, but that remodeling ends at the entrance to the changing room. Once past the noren, you're in a bustling and active old-school sento. From the start, I knew this would be a unique place. There are some unusually shaped lockers in the changing room, and the sauna cuts into the changing room area with an angular window. The showers are built along the outside wall in the bathing area, with the baths along the dividing wall. An electric bath that looks out on a window to a small, somewhat maintained garden at the very back. Next is the main shallow bath, with a few jets and bubbles. Nothing too special, to be honest. After that is one of my favorites, an extra hot bath. Lastly, and closest to the entrance, is a cold-water bath. This cold water appears to be from a well, judging by the smell and color of the water, and it felt amazing! I went during the winter but would like to try it again in the hot summer. Great for going from the extra hot to the cold and back. Highly recommended sento.
Visit Date: February 2022
Shikishima-yu
Shikishima-yu
Japanese Name: 敷島湯Prefecture: OsakaCity: Ikuno WardAddress: 〒544-0023 大阪府大阪市生野区林寺３丁目４−２８Access: 10min from JR West Teradachō Station / JR西日本 寺田町駅Category: SentoWebpage: https://osaka268.com/sento/%e6%95%b7%e5%b3%b6%e6%b9%af/Price: Osaka Prefecture Public Bathhouse Association price or cheaper (sauna, if available, may be extra)Holiday: MondayHours: 15:00-23:00
Review: Every sento has something unique that I can find and point out in these reviews. This is a basic sento with some refreshing baths, including a treated bath in the back and a paid dry sauna. The changing room was over-sized, but that wasn't unique enough. The real unique and totally awesome thing this sento offers is one of the best showers I have ever experienced!
Visit Date: December 2021
Review: Every sento has something unique that I can find and point out in these reviews. This is a basic sento with some refreshing baths, including a treated bath in the back and a paid dry sauna. The changing room was over-sized, but that wasn't unique enough. The real unique and totally awesome thing this sento offers is one of the best showers I have ever experienced!
Visit Date: December 2021
Tajima ShinOnsen
Tajima ShinOnsen
Japanese Name: 田島新温泉Prefecture: OsakaCity: Ikuno WardAddress: 〒544-0011 大阪府大阪市生野区田島５丁目１５−6Access: 15 min from Osaka Metro Minaimtatsumi station or JR Tōbu-shijō-mae station / 大阪地下鉄 南巽駅・JR 東部市場前駅Category: SentoWebpage: http://tashimashinonsen.ddns.net/Price: Osaka Prefecture Public Bathhouse Association price or cheaper (sauna, if available, may be extra)Holiday: NoneHours: 13:30-24:30
Review: Don't let the hard facade of this sento fool you. Inside you'll find a vibrant, community-minded sento. I was surprised to see so many locals chatting and discussing meeting up later in the week for events. While I felt that the locals were surprised to see me there, it wasn't off-putting. This is the kind of sento I'd love to have in my neighborhood.
Moving on to the baths, the steam sauna here is amazing. Maybe due to the cold weather outside, it was so steamy you could barely see your hands in front of you. The cold-water bath has a huge powerful wide waterfall filling it. It feels more like a water park. Dunking your head under (after rinsing off outside) seems to be the manner here, and I was happy to try it myself. The other baths were well arranged and of the anticipated quality for a busy sento like this.
For those sensitive to it, be aware that this is a smoker-friendly sento with a smoking booth for customers. The booth only does so well in keeping the changing room from smelling like cigarettes. I missed that smell to a degree and enjoyed the nostalgia.
Lots of normie and non-normie tats here, so you should be OK if you're inked.
And, they sell ji-biru! haha!
Visit Date: February 2022
Review: Don't let the hard facade of this sento fool you. Inside you'll find a vibrant, community-minded sento. I was surprised to see so many locals chatting and discussing meeting up later in the week for events. While I felt that the locals were surprised to see me there, it wasn't off-putting. This is the kind of sento I'd love to have in my neighborhood.
Moving on to the baths, the steam sauna here is amazing. Maybe due to the cold weather outside, it was so steamy you could barely see your hands in front of you. The cold-water bath has a huge powerful wide waterfall filling it. It feels more like a water park. Dunking your head under (after rinsing off outside) seems to be the manner here, and I was happy to try it myself. The other baths were well arranged and of the anticipated quality for a busy sento like this.
For those sensitive to it, be aware that this is a smoker-friendly sento with a smoking booth for customers. The booth only does so well in keeping the changing room from smelling like cigarettes. I missed that smell to a degree and enjoyed the nostalgia.
Lots of normie and non-normie tats here, so you should be OK if you're inked.
And, they sell ji-biru! haha!
Visit Date: February 2022
Tenryu-yu
Tenryu-yu
Japanese Name: 天竜湯Prefecture: OsakaCity: Osaka-IkunoAddress: 大阪府大阪市生野区生野西4-12-29Access: Teradacho Station / 寺田町駅Type: SentoWebpage: 大阪府公衆浴場組合 - Osaka Prefecture Public Bathhouse Association Price: Osaka Prefecture Public Bathhouse Association price or cheaper (sauna, if available, may be extra)Holiday: NAHours: 14:00-24:30 (Sunday 9:00～24:30)
ReviewTenryu-yu is a large clean sento in a friendly neighborhood. The mist sauna and outdoor herbal bath were of note. The okonomiyaki place on the corner by the entrance is pretty good eating too.
ReviewTenryu-yu is a large clean sento in a friendly neighborhood. The mist sauna and outdoor herbal bath were of note. The okonomiyaki place on the corner by the entrance is pretty good eating too.
Yagara Onsen
Yagara Onsen
Japanese Name: 矢柄温泉Prefecture: OsakaCity: Ikuno WardAddress: 〒544-0014 大阪府大阪市生野区巽東１丁目７−１６Access: 5min from Osaka Metro KitaTasumi Station / 大阪地下鉄 北巽駅Category: SentoWebpage: https://osaka268.com/sento/%e7%9f%a2%e6%9f%84%e6%b8%a9%e6%b3%89/Price: Osaka Prefecture Public Bathhouse Association price or cheaper (sauna, if available, may be extra)Holiday: 3rd WednesdayHours: 14:00-23:30 (Sundays 8:00-23:30)
Review: Well-rounded sento with a second-floor sauna, good cold water bath, outdoor bath, and a strong electric. The somewhat manky and shallow jets in the far back corner have buttons installed incorrectly, so they say "no" instead of "on." Hahaha! Nice Sakura mosaic on the dividing wall. Family-friendly feel with the teenage son working the front so the father could take a break. Good stuff all around.
Visit Date: December 2021
Review: Well-rounded sento with a second-floor sauna, good cold water bath, outdoor bath, and a strong electric. The somewhat manky and shallow jets in the far back corner have buttons installed incorrectly, so they say "no" instead of "on." Hahaha! Nice Sakura mosaic on the dividing wall. Family-friendly feel with the teenage son working the front so the father could take a break. Good stuff all around.
Visit Date: December 2021
Yamato Onsen
Yamato Onsen
Japanese Name: 大和温泉Prefecture: OsakaCity: Ikuno WardAddress: 〒544-0025 大阪府大阪市生野区生野東３丁目１−45Access: 15min from JRWest Teradachō Station or Momodani Station / JR西日本 寺田町駅・桃谷駅Category: SentoWebpage: https://osaka268.com/sento/大和温泉/Price: Osaka Prefecture Public Bathhouse Association price or cheaper (sauna, if available, may be extra)Holiday: ?Hours: 14:00-23:00
Review: When I visited Yamato Onsen when the sun was still out, that enhanced the airy feel of this place. This is a reasonably simple sento with wide baths lined in stone. The bathhouse is hidden off the main roads in a maze of houses. There is no cold water here other than a basin for splashing off on a hot summer day. No sauna is to be found here, either. Instead, you get a well-maintained bath with a lot of room to stretch out. This sento is most noteworthy nowadays as the owner's granddaughter is Sasa Izumi, a manga artist (https://twitter.com/sasa_iky). Visit Date: August 2022
Review: When I visited Yamato Onsen when the sun was still out, that enhanced the airy feel of this place. This is a reasonably simple sento with wide baths lined in stone. The bathhouse is hidden off the main roads in a maze of houses. There is no cold water here other than a basin for splashing off on a hot summer day. No sauna is to be found here, either. Instead, you get a well-maintained bath with a lot of room to stretch out. This sento is most noteworthy nowadays as the owner's granddaughter is Sasa Izumi, a manga artist (https://twitter.com/sasa_iky). Visit Date: August 2022
*Closed* Gengabashi Onsen
*Closed* Gengabashi Onsen
Japanese Name: 源ケ橋温泉Prefecture: OsakaCity: Osaka - IkunoAddress: 大阪市生野区林寺1-5-33Access: Teradacho Station / 寺田町駅Type: SentoWebpage: 大阪府公衆浴場組合 - Osaka Prefecture Public Bathhouse Association , Wikipedia [Japanese]Price: Osaka Prefecture Public Bathhouse Association price or cheaper (sauna, if available, may be extra)Holiday: MondayHours: 15:00-25:00
ReviewHistorical sento that is listed as a tangible cultural asset by the Japanese government. You can feel the history in this place. If you go to one sento in your life, Gengabashi would be a great option. Check out the Statue of Liberty on the roof. That's because "New York" sounds like "Nyuyoku" or in kanji "入浴" meaning "to take a bath."
Update Winter 2019: Temporarily closed for an extended period of time. So sad. I hope it opens again soon. Check the Osaka Sento Association webpage above for more current information.
Update Summer 2021: As of 2020 the sento was officially closed. Bummer.Here is an Asahi Shimbun article about the closure and use as an online live event space along with interior photos.
[Japanese, Paywalled] https://www.asahi.com/articles/ASP1L72T5NDRPTIL00Q.html
ReviewHistorical sento that is listed as a tangible cultural asset by the Japanese government. You can feel the history in this place. If you go to one sento in your life, Gengabashi would be a great option. Check out the Statue of Liberty on the roof. That's because "New York" sounds like "Nyuyoku" or in kanji "入浴" meaning "to take a bath."
Update Winter 2019: Temporarily closed for an extended period of time. So sad. I hope it opens again soon. Check the Osaka Sento Association webpage above for more current information.
Update Summer 2021: As of 2020 the sento was officially closed. Bummer.Here is an Asahi Shimbun article about the closure and use as an online live event space along with interior photos.
[Japanese, Paywalled] https://www.asahi.com/articles/ASP1L72T5NDRPTIL00Q.html