Authentic saunas and high-quality natural hot springs to soothe tiredness from sightseeing in Arashiyama
Kyoto Kyoto City
"Fufu no Yu" is a day-use hot spring facility in the Arashiyama area of Kyoto. It is also ideally located as a base for sightseeing. Inside the facility, there are two types of saunas: a properly hot dry sauna and a gentle mist sauna, so you can enjoy sweating according to your mood. After the sauna, cool down with a crisp plunge bath made of stone. The outdoor area is well equipped with plenty of totonou chairs, and outdoor air bathing while feeling the Arashiyama breeze is exceptional. The natural hot spring is also pleasant, making this a perfect bathing space for soothing the fatigue of sightseeing.
TypeNatural Hot Spring
A natural hot spring bubbling up in Arashiyama. The water feels gentle on the skin, easing muscle fatigue and chill from a day of walking around sightseeing right down to the core. Relax in the indoor baths or open-air baths, stretch out your legs, and fully enjoy the warmth of the fine hot spring while feeling the air of each season.
Sauna TypeDry Sauna
Stove TypeConvection Stove (Sauna Stone)
Capacity6people
A compact dry sauna that still lets heat circulate thoroughly. With its high-temperature setting, a pleasant sweat will pour out from your whole body even in a short time. In the quiet space, you can take your time and face your body, detoxing sightseeing and everyday fatigue together with the heat.
Sauna TypeMist Sauna
Capacity6people
A mist sauna with high humidity that gently warms you while adding moisture to your skin and hair. It is easy to enter even for those who are not fond of the stuffiness typical of dry saunas, and the soft heat wraps your body gently. At certain times, salt is provided, allowing you to enjoy it as a salt sauna as well, which is a welcome bonus.
Water QualityTap Water
Capacity2people
A cold plunge bath with a design that evokes Japanese elegance, as if a tsubo-yu were set into stone. With water at a pleasantly crisp temperature, it quickly tightens a body heated by the sauna. Its compact size lets you quietly focus and fully savor the cool-down time.
Closed Days: None
〒616-0001 Kyoto Prefecture, Kyoto City, Nishikyo Ward, Arashiyama Kamikawara-cho 1
Gender Access
Gender Separated
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Authentic saunas and high-quality natural hot springs to soothe tiredness from sightseeing in Arashiyama
Kyoto Kyoto City
"Fufu no Yu" is a day-use hot spring facility in the Arashiyama area of Kyoto. It is also ideally located as a base for sightseeing. Inside the facility, there are two types of saunas: a properly hot dry sauna and a gentle mist sauna, so you can enjoy sweating according to your mood. After the sauna, cool down with a crisp plunge bath made of stone. The outdoor area is well equipped with plenty of totonou chairs, and outdoor air bathing while feeling the Arashiyama breeze is exceptional. The natural hot spring is also pleasant, making this a perfect bathing space for soothing the fatigue of sightseeing.
TypeNatural Hot Spring
A natural hot spring bubbling up in Arashiyama. The water feels gentle on the skin, easing muscle fatigue and chill from a day of walking around sightseeing right down to the core. Relax in the indoor baths or open-air baths, stretch out your legs, and fully enjoy the warmth of the fine hot spring while feeling the air of each season.
Sauna TypeDry Sauna
Stove TypeConvection Stove (Sauna Stone)
Capacity6people
A compact dry sauna that still lets heat circulate thoroughly. With its high-temperature setting, a pleasant sweat will pour out from your whole body even in a short time. In the quiet space, you can take your time and face your body, detoxing sightseeing and everyday fatigue together with the heat.
Sauna TypeMist Sauna
Capacity6people
A mist sauna with high humidity that gently warms you while adding moisture to your skin and hair. It is easy to enter even for those who are not fond of the stuffiness typical of dry saunas, and the soft heat wraps your body gently. At certain times, salt is provided, allowing you to enjoy it as a salt sauna as well, which is a welcome bonus.
Water QualityTap Water
Capacity2people
A cold plunge bath with a design that evokes Japanese elegance, as if a tsubo-yu were set into stone. With water at a pleasantly crisp temperature, it quickly tightens a body heated by the sauna. Its compact size lets you quietly focus and fully savor the cool-down time.
Closed Days: None
〒616-0001 Kyoto Prefecture, Kyoto City, Nishikyo Ward, Arashiyama Kamikawara-cho 1
Gender Access
Gender Separated
Curated by an expert who visits onsen and sauna facilities every day and has explored 300+ locations — only facilities confirmed to be truly exceptional are featured.
Learn more