Ryogoku Yuya Edoyu — a facade like a noren curtain, and baths among the clouds
Edoyu is a bathing complex in Ryogoku with baths, saunas, hot-stone rooms, rest areas and even a coworking space. Its design theme is “a facade like a noren curtain swaying in the wind, and baths drifting among clouds”. It was designed by Kubo Tsushima Architects. Everything below is based on the architects' project page and the official website.
LocationKamezawa, Sumida, TokyoCompletedJune 2019DesignKubo Tsushima ArchitectsTotal floor area3,620 m²
Introduction
Edo style, in noren and clouds
The facade is designed as a huge noren curtain, perforated with an Edo komon pattern.
The women's baths were designed as if among drifting clouds; lights and vents are built into the cloud-like ceiling.
01 · Baths
Baths decorated with Hokusai prints
According to the official website, ukiyo-e by Hokusai — linked to the area — cover the walls: a world of clouds spreading from a red Fuji in the women's bath, and tubs floating on rough waves in the men's.
Inside Edoyu
02 · Sauna
A Finnish sauna scented with wood
There is a large Finnish sauna that smells of wood.
The women's side also has an aroma steam sauna, and the men's a medium-temperature sauna.
03 · Hot-stone baths and rest
Four rest areas
There are three kinds of ganbanyoku (hot-stone bath).
Four rest areas — tatami, wood, garden and private rooms — let you lie down after bathing.
Inside Edoyu
What is ganbanyoku?
A way of bathing where you lie on heated stone and sweat slowly from the inside.
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