Taisho-yu - Arakawa City

It is a rare public bath in the Joto area that opens from 10:30 even on weekdays (others are the public baths of Okachimachi). The frontage is narrow but deep. The dressing room and the bathroom are wide. The number of currants in the bathroom exceeds 30. There are two types of hot spring medicinal baths (sulfur springs and salt hot springs), and there are water baths. In other words, long residence is inevitable. It is slightly dim even in the daytime. Especially in the medicinal hot water $ water bath area. In winter, steam is even more muddy. Plenty of extraordinary feeling. The dressing room is "Showa" with chandelier-like lighting hanging from the ceiling. Compared with color, it is “dark red”. There is a dryer that can be used for free. There was also a water supply. Is it because there are customers who make a long bath? There is also a bathroom, but it is old but clean. After taking a bath, I stayed for 30 minutes while watching TV at a dressing room. Meanwhile, the aunt of the staff cleaned the toilet and washbasin, and polished the wall mirror. (2017/2/13: Visit)

There is no sauna, but there is a cold bath, hot water, and a bathtub containing two hot spring ingredients.

Today's public bath, Minowa "victory hot water". Little-known spot bathhouse that has been missed. The old days of glory a reminiscent of size! Hot water of Wakura Onsen and Kusatsu hot spring apart one wall is surprised to Okuma! Glance 憚 et al not a Nagayu enjoy. Systemic sulfur now smell. Electric bath to Mizuburo the latest! Struck was I hot water had stopped, eight of the bathtub is dangerous. #photobybozzo

This public bath is located in an arcade shopping street called Joyful Minowa, which runs parallel to the only tram in Tokyo. A little over a minute's walk from the "Minowabashi" stop on the Toden-Arakawa Line (Tokyo Sakura Tram). This shopping street is also the location of "Shoplifters" directed by Hirokazu Koreeda, who won the highest award Palme d'Or at the Cannes International Film Festival. The location is easy to understand because it is right in front of you. The characteristics of Taisho-yu are that it is a very retro sento, if not the "Asakusa Kannon Onsen" that used to be on the side of the precincts of Sensoji Temple, and that there are many types of bathtubs for ordinary sento. Let's go. There is no sauna bath, but there are eight types of bathtubs, including a cold bath, and if you go to the back of the men's bath, you will find the "Kusatsu Onsen" and "Wakura Onsen" bathtubs with Yunohana facing each other. Similar to Asakusa Kannon Onsen, the old-fashioned massage chairs built in the early days are left in a broken state, and the now endangered Paiske is used for undressing. …. As for the staff, both the receptionist and the cleaning staff are old and it seems that maintenance of the equipment will be difficult, but is it a plus point that it is open at 10 o'clock in the morning and that the high air volume ion hair dryer is free? What is different from other public baths is the lower leg and locker key system. You will receive the locker key when you pay the bathing fee with your foot tag at the reception, but you cannot use the locker of your favorite number because the locker number will be the place decided at the reception. There are many broken facilities such as Utase-yu, but it must have been a public bath with the latest gimmicks at the time of opening, such as the Roman bath-style bathtub of Vibra. This sento does not have soaps provided, so be careful as you need to bring it or purchase it at the reception!

It feels like a large, local hot spring. All eight types of baths, such as Kusatsu no Yu, have a retro feel and are the best. The points are quite high even in Tokyo. Also, I went there for the first time, but the shopping street Miarakawa Line is also very nice. It was a city I wanted to remain.

Today, the weather in the afternoon is unstable, so I went from Ikebukuro station to the public bath, which is open from 10 o'clock. It seems that it has been in business since the first year of the Taisho era. If you put your lower leg in and open the automatic door, you will find a counter-type watch stand. It's a modern building sento, but I overlooked it because it's in the shopping district. Exchange the lower foot key and locker key at the watch stand. There are 5 bathtubs, from the left side to medium, small, medium, a water bath in the back, and a round center in the foreground. The left middle (formerly hitase hot water) is connected to the small (electricity) at the bottom, the inside is a digging kotatsu type, the hot water temperature is over 43 degrees, 42 degrees, 42 degrees, Marunaka is about 41 degrees, regular I had a conversation with the wife of the band, saying that he was too hot to enter. (I personally think that the temperature is just right.) Karan is a convenient temperature for adjusting hot water with water. The tile paintings are Pegasus and seahorses, and rocks are installed on the back wall of the bathtub. Shampoo and body soap are on the number table. A water cooler, a paper cup, and a hair dryer are free of charge, making it a nice service.

22.3.4fri 18: 40 ~ It was 11 minutes by bicycle from my house, so was it so close? And the second visit in a year or two. I only remembered that the dressing room was wide. After all, it took 15 minutes by bicycle to arrive. When I entered the dressing room, I felt nostalgic and impressed, and I felt like tears would come out. It's a clean and really nice bath. I was surprised that there was not enough hot water in the bathtub, but is it intentional? The good smell of Kusatsu Onsen is on my body and I feel like I can sleep comfortably today.

It's quite old, but the dressing room and bathroom are quite large, so it's nice to be able to take a relaxing bath. ? There are two hot spring baths such as Kusatsu in the back, and there are many other baths such as electric baths and sitting baths, which is quite fun. Also, an uncle I don't know talks to me while I'm taking a bath, and that kind of downtown feeling is also interesting. The female shopkeeper at the front desk was also very polite and liked the customer service. I will definitely drop by. ? Also, when I saw this sento from Minowa Station on the way back, there was a men's and women's sauna Kouraku heated pool and a signboard, and it seems that there was a pool above. I wonder if it still exists ⁉️