Tsubame Yu, hot spring

Masae Hashizume, the third-generation proprietress of Tsubame-no-Yu, says happily that there are regular customers who say, "Tsubame-no-Yu gives me life. Masae Hashizume, the third-generation proprietress of Tsubame-no-Yu, says happily, "Tsubame-no-Yu has given me life. Let us introduce the history of Tsubame-no-Yu and the connection between the town and its people, based on the proprietress's story.

Tsubame-no-yu is located about a 4-minute walk from Okachimachi Station on the JR Yamanote Line and is famous as a public bathhouse where morning baths can be enjoyed. Although there is no reliable record of when it was founded, the building was destroyed by fire in an air raid in 1945, and the current Tsubameyu was built in 1950. The morning bath has been held since its establishment, and in order to open for business at 6:00 a.m., he and his eldest son started preparing the baths at around 3:00 a.m., before dawn.