Kosugiyu
Koenji, Tokyo
- Mon to Wed, Fri
- 14:00 to 1:30
- Sat, Sun
- 8:00 to 1:30
- Thu
- Closed
Opens at 8:00 on public holidays too.
Source: 1010.or.jp, checked 5 Oct 2026.
Kosugiyu has been running in Koenji since 1933, in the original wooden temple-style building with a curved karahafu gable over the entrance. It's known for its milk bath, a daily changing bath, and four tubs at different temperatures for going hot and cold.
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Insider tip
Wash at the taps before you get in, and keep your small towel out of the water. Face towels rent for ¥100 and bath towels for ¥200, and shampoo and body soap are free. It opens at 2pm on weekdays and 8am at weekends and on holidays, and closes on Thursdays. It's 5 minutes from Koenji's north exit, through the Junjo shopping street.
What the guides say about Kosugiyu
Kosugiyu is the one most people have heard of. It's been in Koenji since 1933, in a wooden temple-style building with a curved gable over the door, and it's famous for its milk bath. It opens at 8am at weekends. Its second branch, Kosugiyu Harajuku, sits in the basement of the Harakado building in Harajuku and opens at 7am every day except Thursday. One stop from Koenji, Nakano Onsen Tenjinyu keeps its Mt Fuji painting and koi garden and was certified as a hot spring in 2025.
What's on near Kosugiyu
Upcoming events within a ten-minute walk of Kosugiyu, from the weekly Tokyo events calendar.
Tokyo Koenji Awa Odori
東京高円寺阿波おどり
Time 17:00 to 20:00 Station Koenji (JR Chuo-Sobu Line), at the station
Tokyo's biggest Awa Odori, with roughly 10,000 dancers in about 150 troupes moving through performance zones in the streets south and north of Koenji Station from 5pm to 8pm on the last weekend of August. Running since 1957 and drawing close to a million spectators; arrive well before 5pm for a kerbside spot.
Manatee, Public domain Hate to Cheek: The Monster From the Dark Cannot Be Seen in the Light (10th main production)
果てとチーク 第十回本公演『くらいところからくるばけものはあかるくてみえない』
Time Fri 13:00 and 18:30, Sat 13:00 and 18:00, Sun 14:30 Station Koenji Station (JR Chuo-Sobu Line), 5 min walk
The company's tenth main production, written and directed by Masumi Kayo. Japanese-language stage show with an aftertalk after the Fri 18:30 and both Saturday shows. Tickets go on sale 1 November 2026.
Dance Now Asia Festival in Tokyo 2026
Dance Now Asia Festival in Tokyo 2026
Contemporary dance festival at Za-Koenji with choreographers and dancers from Japan, Taiwan, South Korea, Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines.
Gold Manju by Come Come Minkina vol.76
カムカムミニキーナ vol.76 『ゴールド饅頭』
Play by Come Come Minkina at Za-Koenji.
Momochi no Sekai #12, Small Sound / Big Light
ももちの世界#12 『小さい音/大きな光』
Stage work by Momochi no Sekai at Za-Koenji that puts city sounds on stage.
Smaller local events nearby
Autumn Bikkuri-ichi sale and Junjo Taiwan Market Market
23 to 25 Oct · Koenji Junjo shopping street
Three days of shop sales along Koenji's Junjo shopping street, with a Taiwan market again this year.
Free entry · Map · Source: Koenji Junjo shopping street / Koenji Fes · 秋のびっくり市／純情台湾マーケット
Aozora Koten handmade market at Koenji Fes Market
24 to 25 Oct · Koenji-kita Park
About 100 makers sell their handmade work under the trees of Koenji-kita Park over the Koenji Fes weekend.
Free · 10:00 to 16:00 (cancelled in rain) · Map · Source: Koenji Fes / Aozora Koten · 高円寺フェス2026@青空個展てづくり市
Nearby
Around Koenji
Punk, vintage and Awa Odori, one stop west of Nakano
Koenji is Shimokitazawa's scrappier, more committed sibling, with cheaper rents, more than a hundred vintage shops, record stores, live houses and cheap bars under the train tracks. It's where Tokyo's punk and underground music scenes put down roots, and every August it hosts one of the city's biggest summer dance festivals.
Koenji has 6 places on the Roam Tokyo map: 3 shops, 1 restaurant, 1 shrine or temple and 1 bathhouse. Read the Koenji guide.
From the blog
Good to know
- What is the address of Kosugiyu?
- 3-32-17 Koenji-Kita, Suginami-ku, Tokyo (in Japanese: 杉並区高円寺北３−３２−１７).
- What are the opening hours of Kosugiyu?
- Mon to Wed, Fri 14:00 to 1:30; Sat, Sun 8:00 to 1:30; Closed Thu. Opens at 8:00 on public holidays too.
- How do I get to Kosugiyu?
- The nearest station is Koenji (JR Chuo). Kosugiyu is in Koenji, Tokyo.
- How much does Kosugiyu cost?
- Kosugiyu is cheap, marked ¥ on the site's price scale.
- How long do you need at Kosugiyu?
- Plan for 1 hour.
- When is the best time to visit Kosugiyu?
- Weekend mornings from 8am.
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