Rakugaki Hitsuji "Hitsuji's Kyoto Sento Guidebook 2025: Reheated Edition"

This is the "reheated" edition of the 2025 version of the Kyoto Sento Guidebook by Chiaki Otake—a first-class architect and illustrator known as "Rakugaki Hitsuji" (Doodling Sheep) who visits public bathhouses to draw their floor plans. Building upon the 2025 edition, which was structured to allow readers to compare the "before and after" of Kyoto sentos that have closed, changed ownership, or been renovated in the decade since the publication of "Hitsuji no Kyoto Sento Zukan" (Sogensha, 2016), this revised edition includes further updates such as the renovation of "Daikokuyu" and changes to operating hours and floor plans (as of September 2026).
Recording the culture of Kyoto's public bathhouses—which evolve with the times, seeing both closures and new movements—this book serves as both a collection of records that will one day become valuable history and a guidebook to the "now" of Kyoto's sentos.

〈Featured Sentos〉Imomatsu Onsen, Miyako-yu, Minamoto-yu, Kamogawa-yu, Heian-yu, Tama-no-yu, Sauna no Umeyu, Daikoku-yu