A stone bath of your own, in the middle of Kyoto
Cut into rock, lit from below, open to the sky. No trip to a hot-spring town — an open-air bath in the middle of the city, and only your group in it.
The bath
A stone bath of your own, in the middle of Kyoto
At the very back of the ground floor, behind the changing room, the house opens up: a bath cut into rock, lit from below, with a glass roof that lets the sky in and keeps the rain out. It was built by the artist Jyuzan, who shaped every stone by hand. Steam collects under the glass; the water is heated, not a natural hot spring — but you get an open-air rock bath without leaving Kyoto city, and you never share it with anyone outside your group.
Open 24 hours. Late at night after the theatre room, or first thing in the morning before anyone else is up.
- TypeOpen-air rock bath, glass roof
- AccessPrivate to your group, 24 hours
- WaterHeated bath — not a natural hot spring
- Showers2 in the house
- Foot bathBamboo garden side
- AnteroomBench, freezer, low light
Before and after
The anteroom, the foot bath, the garden
You reach the bath through a small dark anteroom: a bench, a freezer for cold drinks, bamboo lit from below. It is the place to sit with wet hair and not talk. On the garden side, a foot bath by the bamboo and white gravel — for the ones who don't want the full bath, or for after.
Towels are in the house; bring nothing.
Good to know
A few honest notes
The bath is a heated bath, not an onsen — we say this clearly because people ask. The water is changed and the bath cleaned between every group. Children are welcome in the bath with an adult; the rock floor is uneven by design, so hold hands. The house has two showers in total, so a group of fifteen showers in turns — the bath, on the other hand, holds several people at once.
Book the whole house
One booking takes the entire villa. Live availability and final price on the booking page.
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