Inagi-yu is a public bath in Inagi city, Tokyo.
There are two large outdoor baths, and the resting place is spacious.
It’s just 460 yen and you can feel like traveling to a hot spring!
As a public bathing run, you can enjoy a course along the Tama River and a rural atmosphere in Tokyo.
It may feel a bit far from the city center, but it is well worth it if you like running and public baths.
In addition, this Sento Receptionist was very kind to the runner and it was a good impression.
Store Information
Address : Daimaru 221 Inagi-shi, Tokyo
Tel: 042-377-7222
website: none
Access :
Get off at Nanbu line “Inagi Naganuma” station, 5 minutes on foot.
Closed: Tuesday
Business hours : 14: 00-22: 30
Running Course
The running course from this public bath will be along the Tama River, the Tama river is the source of Tokyo’s water.
There is a rich amount of water and you can observe various wild birds.
If you go to this public bath, you can see different aspects of Tokyo you usually know?
How to Reception
When using this facility as a running, please inform the receptionist in Japanese as follows.
“Running De Riyou Shitaidesu”, which meams “I would like to use it for running”.
Then Receptionist will explain how to use in Japanese, its contents are as follows.
① Please change to running wear at the changing room first.
② Please put the luggage in the changing room locker.
③ Please give the locker’s key to the Receptionist.
(You do not need to memorize the key number.)
④Running
⑥ When you return from running, and receive the locker key.
⑦ Please take a bath and relax
The public bath “Hinode-yu” in Taito Ward is kindly to the Sento-runner as it is also written on the official homepage.
Ancient Japanese cypress with more than 100 years old is used in the bathtub and hot water is using natural water raised from underground 100 meters It is a relaxing and comfortable public bath from the bottom of our heart.
Access by famous sightseeing spots such as Asakusa’s Sensoji temple and Ueno Park and Tokyo Sky Tree can also be accessed by running.
Store Information
Address : 2-10-5 Moto-Asakusa Taito-ku, Tokyo
Tel: 03-3841-0969
website: http://kohmeisen.com/
Access :
It is about 2 minutes on foot from Tokyo Metro Inaricho, Hinode-yu.
At the exit of Inaricho, move to the front of CAFE Veloce,
Follow Asakusa street toward Asakusa,
Turn right at the first corner (Street between Elemor and Nanbu-ya)
Next, turn left at the first crossroad.
The second building is Hinode-yu. Click here for detailed map
Closed: Every Wednesday
Business hours : 15: 00-0: 00 (Last reception 23: 40)
Running Course
The running course from Hinode-yu is divided mainly into Ueno direction or Asakusa direction.
If you are running towards Ueno, you may want to go around Kaneiji Temple or Shinobazu Pond in Ueno Park.
If you are going to Asakusa, you can visit Sensoji Temple, or you can run to the Tokyo Sky Tree beyond the Sumida River.
Because Hinode-yu is a runner-friendly bathhouse, basically it seems possible to run without being concerned about the time, but if crowded time let’s go back within 2 hours.
How to Reception
When using this facility as a running, please inform the receptionist in Japanese as follows.
“Running De Riyou Shitaidesu”, which meams “I would like to use it for running”.
Then Receptionist will explain how to use in Japanese, its contents are as follows.
① Please change to running wear at the changing room first.
② Please put the luggage in the changing room locker.
③ Please give the locker’s key to the Receptionist.
(At that time, small tags are handed from Receptionist.)
④Running
⑥ When you return from running, give the Receptionist the tag you received earlier and receive the locker key.
⑦ Please take a bath and relax
Komeisen is a public bath in Meguro-ku that is 45 years old and inherited by three generations.
It is a 3-minute walk from Naka-Meguro Station and was fully refurbished in 2013 and reborn as a modern design.
Entrance full of cleanliness based on warmth of white and tree.
In the bathroom, there are a high concentration carbonated spring, artificial radium spring, sauna room, water bath, on the 3rd floor roof, there is a healing outdoor bath looking up at the sky in Tokyo.
Store Information
Address : 1-6-1 Nakameguro Meguro-ku, Tokyo
Tel: 03-3463-9793
website: http://kohmeisen.com/
Access : Tokyu Toyoko line, Tokyu metro Hibiya line “Nakameguro” station 3 minutes on footstation
Closed: Non-fixed holiday (For details, please contact by phone or telephone.)
Business hours : 15: 00 ~ 25: 00 (final reception entrance / 24: 30)
Note : Sentou-Run on Saturdays and Sundays can not be done because this public bath is very popular and crowded, please be forewarned.
Running Course
The recommended running course using Sento Koumeisen is a promenade along the Meguro River.
The Meguro River is famous for cherry blossom viewing in the spring, it is a course that is easy to run as there are a lot of green and few traffic lights.
It is interesting to try running to the area of “Ebisu Garden Place” if you strech your legs out.
Naka-Meguro is also famous in fashionable cafés and areas with many classy pubs.
After running you can also relax in the bath and enjoy nightlife.
How to Reception
When using this facility as a running, please inform the receptionist in Japanese as follows.
“Running De Riyou Shitaidesu”, which meams “I would like to use it for running”.
Then Receptionist will explain how to use in Japanese, its contents are as follows.
① Please change to running wear at the changing room first.
② Please put the luggage in the changing room locker.
③ Please give the locker’s key to the Receptionist.
(Please remember the key number just in case.)
④Running
⑥ After returning from running, please receive locker key from Receptionist.
⑦ Please take a bath and relax
The time limit for running and bathing is 2 hours. Because it is a very popular public bath, let’s keep time limit.
Inari-yu is a public bath located in the building of Kanda’s business district, and is loved by many business people.
A runner used to run around the Imperial Palace has been using this public bath for about 30 years and it can be said that it is a long-established store of Sento-Run.
Inari-yu is a public bath located in the building of Kanda’s business district, and is loved by many business people.
A runner used to run around the Imperial Palace has been using this public bath for about 30 years ago and it can be said that it is a long-established store of Sento-Run.
Store Information
Address : 1-7-3 Uchinjida, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
Tel: 03-3294-0670
website: none
Access : About 3 minutes on foot from Tokyo Metro Marunouchi line “Otemachi” station
About 7 minutes on foot from JR “Kanda” station
Closed: Sunday
Business hours : Weekday from 14:50 to 24:00 / Holidays 14:50 to 10:30
Running Course
I recommend running around the Imperial Palace.
The Imperial Palace is one of the most famous running spots in Japan and many runners are enjoying running everyday.
The running course around the Imperial Palace is easy to understand as one lap is exactly 5 kilometers and you can run according to your own level.
There are many spots where you can enjoy a beautiful landscape around the Imperial Palace including Sakuradamon-gate and the moat of Edo Castle.
However, since Inari-yu is not a facility dedicated to running, it is better to refrain from using for a long time.
How to Reception
If you use this facility as a running, let’s first put the running shoes in the outer shoe box and please tell it at the reception as follows.
“Running De Riyou Shitaidesu”, which meams “I would like to use it for running”.
Then Receptionist will explain how to use in Japanese, its contents are as follows.
① Please change to running wear at the changing room first.
② Please put the luggage in the changing room locker.
③ Please remember the key number and give the locker’s key to the Receptionist.
④Running
⑥ After returning from running, please tell the receptionist the key number and receive locker key from Receptionist.
⑦ Please take a bath and relax
According to several word-of-mouth sites, it seems there is a difficult old lady receptionist, so be careful.
Fuji-no-yu is wooden and purely Japanese appearance and interior decorated with the Showa era is attractive, and bathtub complete with Japanese cypress bath also has a unique charm with traditional atmosphere and modern decoration .
Store Information
Address : 2-1-16 Tamagawadai Setagaya-ku, Tokyo
Tel: 03-3700-3920
website: none : none
Access : Get off at the Tokyu Denento line “Yoga” station, 8 minutes on foot
Closed: Friday, 4th Thursday
Business hours : 15:30～23:00
Running Course
As a running course there is Kinuta Park in about 5 minutes of running. It is one of the most prestigious parks in Setagaya Ward and has become a popular place for runners in recent years. A course for a cross-country less than 1.5 km has been completed. For that reason both practice of running and cross country is possible. Of course it is also possible to jog outside the designated course. Often you can run in the shade area on the whole, so you can run comfortably on a sunny day in the summer.
How to Reception
If you use this facility as a running, please tell it at the reception as follows.
“Running De Riyou Shitaidesu”, which meams “I would like to use it for running”.
Then Receptionist will explain how to use in Japanese, its contents are as follows.
① Please change to running wear at the changing room first
② Please put the luggage in the changing room locker.
③ Please give the locker’s key to the Receptionist
④Running
⑥ After returning from running, please receive locker key from Receptionist.
⑦ Please take a bath and relax
If you are a runner and are interested in the 表参道 Omotesando area of Tokyo, you can also enjoy running in 明治神宮 Meiji Jingu and 原宿 Harajuku.
The running style that uses the public bath is called “Sento running” in Japan.
If you use the public bath “清水湯 Shimizu-yu” in Minami Aoyama, you can train baggage and run easily, and after running you wash your body with a fashionable and clean bathhouse.You can refresh and enjoy shopping in the state-of-the-art area of fashion.
Ginza Line, Hanzomon line, Chiyoda Line to Tokyo Metro Omotesando Station
area: Minami Aoyama Minato-Ward, Tokyo
Genre:
Running
LEVEL：
Beginner
Traveling time (not including breaks):
2 hours
Distance：
About 5km
Access：
Tokyo Metro Ginza Line, Hanzomon line, Chiyoda Line
「表参道駅 Omotesando Station」
In Minami Aoyama “Shimizu-yu”, not only the use of public baths but also luggage storage services during running are being implemented. (Weekdays only)
If you are running Aoyama street and you can see a big mountain gate and a large precincts, it is Zenkoji. The contrast which is quiet and wide temple is impressive immediately behind Aoyama street and Omotesando which is a state-of-the-art city of trend.
In autumn it is a ginkgo trees row in front of Jingu Gaien that is crowded with many people for autumn leaves.
SHAKE SHACK
It is said that he received inspiration from the first store in Madison Square Park in New York, a table tennis table is placed on the terrace and it can play.
“Seitoku Kinen Kaiga Museum” is an art museum in Meiji Jingu Gaien in Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo.
It is a central building of Jingu Gaien, displaying historically and culturally precious paintings depicting the results of Emperor Meiji’s lifetime from the end of the Tokugawa period to the Meiji Era.
“New National Stadium” currently undergoing renovation work
It will be the main venue for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympics to be held in 2020.
Harajuku is crowded with many tourists everyday.
Takeshita Street.
Meiji Shrine is a shrine in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo. Emperor Meiji and Empress Akira shall be the god of deity.
Intersection in front of “Laforet Harajuku”
At Mexican fast food “Guzman y Gomez” on the second floor of “Laforet Harajuku”, we can have lunch while overlooking Meiji Dori.
”MAX BRENNER CHOCOLATE PIZZA BAR”
Ota Memorial Art Museum is a private art museum dedicated to ukiyoe in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo.
Omotesando is the place of origin of Shibuya’s fashion building, restaurant and Harajuku culture where the latest trends are complete.
The area around Cat Street is crowded with many restaurants, clothes shops and stalls as one step enters.
The wall of NOW IS FOREVER.
Omotesando Hills is located in Tokyo, Omotesando, a complex that consists of commercial facilities, residential facilities, and parking lots.
Epicenter of the latest fashion and culture.
A cultural and commercial facility built on the site of the old Doujunkai Aoyama Apartments. Composed of three buildings, the West Wing, Main Building, and Doujun Wing, Omotesandou Hills is lined with high-brand shops and restaurants.
Is cheers for good work!
When you return to “Shimizu-yu”, let’s clean up your body and go out for lunch and shopping!
The Tonkatsu restaurant “Maiisen” has a tastefully decorated hall, a Japanese-style room and a counter seat, which have been refurbished in places that were dressing rooms for public baths. Apart from pork cutlets, we also offer Japanese and Western menu.
Running around the Imperial Palace is one of the most famous running courses in Japan.
Here we will introduce the course running through the Imperial Palace via the National Assembly building.
The running style that uses the public bath is called “Sento run” in Japan, and the person who enjoys it is called “Sento runner”.
You can run all the baggage in the public bath and you can enjoy the running of the moat of Edo castle easily.
Of course after the running let’s clean the body cleanly with a shower and let’s relax!
I will introduce a special running course that not only enjoys The Imperial Palace, but also runs through Kanda Myojin Shrine and Yasukuni Shrine, two famous shrines, and in the end can relax with japanese public bath.
The running style that uses the public bath is called “Sento running” in Japan, and the person who enjoys it is called “Sento runner”.
The public bath “Aqua House Edo shop” introduced in this article is one of the public baths that can be used as such “Sento running” and JR Ochanomizu Station is nearest.
Go out to JR Ochanomizu Station at the Hijiri Bashi exit and go to the left to see “Tokyo Sola City”.
Go down the escalator of “Tokyo Sola City” and you go to the plaza.
Let’s go down the slope named “幽霊坂 Hill of gost” by cutting through the plaza.
By the way, it is written that “Tokyo Landmark Gallery” published in the Meiji Era generally came to be called “幽霊坂 Hill of gost” from the dark and lonely atmosphere at the time.
When you go down this slope you will see “神田アクアハウス江戸遊 Kanda Aqua House Edo-yu” on the right.
Address: 2-9-9 Kanda Awaji-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
Opening Hours:11: 00 ~ the next morning 8: 00 (last entrance reception 7: 00)
Closed: open all year round(It may be closed due to maintenance several times a year.)
Admission Fee: 460yen(3 hour restriction)
Tel: 03-3258-2611
Website: http://www.tamanoya.com/
Access: JR Chuo Line · Sobu Line “Ochanomizu Station” 5 minutes on foot from Hijiri-bashi Exit
Tokyo metro · Chiyoda line “Shin-Ochanomizu Station” 5 minutes on foot from “B2 exit”
Tokyo metro · Marunouchi line “Awaji-cho station”, Toei · Shinjuku line “Ogawamachi station” 5 minutes on foot from “A5 exit”
There is a coin locker on the right side as soon as entering the entrance, and you can leave luggage to this coin locker at “神田アクアハウス江戸遊 Kanda Aqua House Edo-yu”.（Four hours 100 yen）
Let’s start out when it gets easy!
Cross the Shouhei bridge and head towards Akihabara.
It was reported that the bridge was first built in this place was Kanei year (1624 – 1645). When the Tokugawa Tsunayoshi built Yushima Seido which is the Confucius Temple in Genroku 4 (1691), “Shouhei bridge” was named after Confucius’s birthplace of “Shōheigō”.
Kanda Myosin Shrine
This shrine was founded in Tenpyo 2nd year (730).
When the battle of Sekigahara occurred in Keicho 5 (1600), Tokugawa Ieyasu prayed for the victory at this shrine and he won the victory on 15th September. Since then he ordered to perform as an auspicious shrine without disappointment.
The main hall appears when you dive in the torii.
Because of a shrine located next to Akihabara in sacred place of animation, anime girl welcomes us.
Yushima Seido
Yushima Seido is a historical site located next to Kanda myoujin.
It is Confucius Temple built in Genroku by the Edo shogunate fifth generic shogun Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, later became an academic center directly under the shogunate.
Leave Yushima Seido’s Gyoukou Gate and go up the slope and pass through under Hijiri-bashi Bridge and go up the stairs beside the bridge.
Nicholai-do
Once you cross Hijiri-bashi Bridge you will find the church “Nicholai-do”.
Nicholai-do is an Orthodox Cathedral located in Kanda Surugadai, Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo. “Nikolai Temple” is a common name, derived from the Russian priest priest, St. Nikolai who brought the teachings of Orthodox to Japan. The official name is “Tokyo Resurrection Cathedral”, it is a cathedral that memorizes the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
Ota Princess Inari shrine
According to the literature, Ota Doukan ‘s daughter suffered from smallpox in the middle of the Muromachi period, wandering around the border of life and death. Doukan heard that Imo-arai-inari Shrine in Kyoto had an inspiration for smallpox and prayed for Imo-arai-inari Shrine to recover her daughter that his daughter’s smallpox cured.
Doukan appreciated this event and built Imo-arai-inari in Edo castle in the first year of Chouroku (1457).
Book Town in Jimbocho
This Book Town has a 130-year history.
It is said that the old book shops targeting many law school students founded in this area in the 1880’s opened one after another,
The feature is that each old book store is not a non-genre, each has a specialized field, and the field is rich in variety, such as literature, philosophy, social science, theater, natural science, foreign books, bunko books is there.
The total number of shops is about 200.
Approximately 140 of them are old book shops and about one third of Tokyo’s old books are concentrated in this area.
It happened that there was a festival of the city on this day, and Omikoshi(a portable shrine) were out.
A huge entrance(torii) of Yasukuni Shrine will appear when you go up the slope.
Yasukuni Shrine is a shrine located in Kudan nourth, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, worshiping war deads such as accidents and wars in Japan and abroad as “Eirei”.
you can see a gate door with decoration of chrysanthemum pattern.
The pattern of the chrysanthemum is the emblem of the Imperial Family.
It is the main holl of Yasukuni shrine.
At the exit there is a type of protective dog different from the entrance.
It is the entrance of Kitanomaru Park which was once Edo Castle.
Nippon Budokan
The Nippon Budokan was built as a judo competition venue of the Tokyo Olympic Games in 1964, and is now used as an indoor stadium, concert, multi-purpose hall other than martial arts too.
In the park there is a spacious and relaxing lawn area and a large pond and fountain.
Crafts Gallery, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
Going through the park there is the “The National Museum of Modern Art”.
The buillding was built as the headquarters building of the Konoe Division in 1910(Meiji 43).
The Konoe Division was said to be a division composed of excellent soldiers selected from all over the country as a guardian of the Emperor.
After the defeat of World War II, the building was designated as an important cultural property in 1972 (Showa 47), and it opened as Tokyo National Museum of Modern Art Crafts Museum in November 15, 1977 (Showa 52 years).
Aircraft cannon pedestal trace of Chidorigafuchi
It is a trace of an aircraft firearm which built to protect the Imperial Palace and surrounding facilities from air raids by the B-29.
During the wartime, the unit that was located here in the Chidorigafuchi camp was “The Konoe Organic Gun No. 1 Battalion” by The Konoe Division.
At the time, the headquarters building of The Konoe Division was the next CRAFTS GALLERY, THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF MODERN ART.
Miyakezaka
There are beautiful landscape “Miyake Zika” in Area around the Imperial Palace.
Miyakezaka is a slope that goes down Uchibori street from outside Hanzomon to the vicinity of the Metropolitan Police Department. Sakurada moat along the slope is known as a very beautiful scenic spot. It was called Miyakezaka from the fact that there was a mansion of the Miyake family of the Mikawa Tahara lord in the place of the present Supreme Court.
Sakurada-mon Gate
Sakurada-mon Gate is one of the gates built in the moat of Edo Castle and is between Sakurada Moat and Gaisen Moat. In 1956 it was designated as an important cultural asset of the country as “Sakuradamon outside the former Edo castle”.
In Edo castle there are two gates of inside Sakuradamon and outside Sakuradamon, but the former is also called Kikyoumon gate, and in the case of simply “Sakuradamon” it often points to the latter.
You can go under Sakurada Gate in the Edo castle wall.
As soon as we pass the Imperial Palace area, we can see the Tokyo station.
After passing Tokyo Station, we pass the Ootemachi business district.
Iliad Japan
This is a steel monument produced by Alexander Liberman (1912 – 1999) in 1987.”Iliad” is an epic of ancient Greek where Homer ranked the Trojan War.Liberman is a Russian-American photographer and sculptor. Worked as a Vogue art director during the 1940s and 1950s
Crossing the Nihonbashi River is in the Kanda area.
There are many delicious restaurants around here.
Why do not you try going when you finish running?
The picture below is a famous Soba shop “Yabusoba”.
KANDA YABUSOBA
KANDA YABUSOBA is a famous Soba shop in a pure Japanese-style atmosphere.
You can enjoy quality buckwheat using domestically selected buckwheat flour.
Course dishes are also available.
Because KANDA YABUSOBA is expensive,I went to “Topka” famous for Indian curry this day.
Topka
It is a popular menu of pork curry with a sharp spicy.
Address: Takeuchi Building 1F 1-11 Kanda Suida-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
Opening Hours: Monday – Friday 11: 00-15: 30/17: 30 – 22: 30 (Izakaya business at night)
Sat, Sun, Holiday: 11: 30 ~ 18: 00
Closed: open all year round
Tel: 03-3255-0707
Website: http://www.tamanoya.com/
Access: Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line “Awaji-cho Station”, Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line “New Ochanomizu Station”, Toei Subway Shinjuku Line “Ogawamachi Station” 3 minutes on foot from A3 Exit
7 minutes on foot from JR Chuo Line · Yamanote Line “Kanda Station”
6 minutes on foot from “JR Sobu Line / Yamanote Line” Akihabara Station “
