# Inari-yu

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{{Short description|Communal bathhouse in Kita, Tokyo, Japan}}
thumb|Entrance (2025)
thumb|adjacent structure (Inari-yu Nagaya)
'''Inari-yu''' is a Japanese communal [bathhouse](/source/Public_bathing) ([sentō](/source/sent%C5%8D)) in [Kita, Tokyo](/source/Kita%2C_Tokyo) in [Japan](/source/Japan). It was built in 1930 with traditional architecture of [Japanese temples](/source/Buddhist_temples_in_Japan). This building was listed as a [Registered Tangible Cultural Property](/source/Registered_Tangible_Cultural_Properties_of_Japan) in 2019. It was the second bathhouse in Tokyo and only dozens more nationwide to be listed.<ref name="wmf">{{cite web |title=Inari-yu Bathhouse |url=https://www.wmf.org/project/inari-yu-bathhouse |publisher=World Monuments Fund |access-date=4 March 2021}}</ref>

Inari-yu was listed as one of 25 sites of the [2020 World Monuments Watch](/source/2020_World_Monuments_Watch) published by [World Monuments Fund](/source/World_Monuments_Fund) (WMF) to recognize its innovative approach to preservation by transforming an adjacent structure to a social gathering facility to suit the 21st century lifestyle while still keeping the traditional communal bathing alive.<ref name=wmf/><ref>{{cite web |title=2020 Watch Sites |url=https://www.wmf.org/2020Watch |publisher=World Monuments Fund |access-date=3 March 2021}}</ref> Additionally, the operator has opened it up more to serve foreign tourists by having multilingual explanatory signages on how to use the bathhouse.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kawasaki |first1=Satoko |title=Japan's public baths hope foreign tourists will help keep the taps running |url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/01/05/national/japans-public-baths-hope-foreign-tourists-will-help-keep-the-taps-running/ |access-date=4 March 2021 |issue=The Japan Times |date=5 January 2016}}</ref> WMF hopes that it can be a model for preservations of bathhouses elsewhere given that only about 500 bathhouses still remain in Tokyo and one bathhouse closes down each week.<ref name=wmf/>

==In popular culture==
Inari-yu with a large [mural](/source/mural) dejecting [Mount Fuji](/source/Mount_Fuji) was a film shooting location of [Thermae Romae](/source/Thermae_Romae) that was based on a Japanese [Manga](/source/Manga) of the same name.<ref>{{cite web |title=Sento: Public Bath |url=https://web-japan.org/trends/11_culture/pop130128.html |publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan |access-date=4 March 2021}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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Category:Public baths in Japan
Category:Kita, Tokyo
Category:1930 establishments in Japan
Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1930

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