WHAT IS DAY-SENTO

Volunteer for bathing assistance

"Sento" is the name for a Japanese public bath ,and literally means “coins-bathing”. It is an unpretentious communal space for cleaning one’s body and soul.

"Day-Sento" is the kind of Care Services in Japan.

We will do the bathing assistance for persons with disabilities at chartered public bath.

In general, Day-Sento is a service for the elderly, but our Day-Sento is a service for disabilities and children with disabilities.

Day-Sento for disabled
Date		Every month but Feb. and Nov is closed	Fourth Saturday
Hour	User	10:15 am - 11:45 am (admission until 11:00 am)
	Volunteer	10:00 am - 12:00 am There is a meeting for about 15 minutes before and after
Place		Daikoku-yu (public bath) Yamashiro-cho Higashiyama-ku Kyoto 〒605-0831

Besides, we have some recreation activities for community exchanges.

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History of “Seyoku”

As a historical word, “Day-Sento” can be called “Seyoku” also.
“Seyoku” is the bathing assistance for disabled people, diseased people, and poor people. It is action based on Buddhism, and it is been thought that has started from when Buddhism was introduced.

The monk Chohgen, who rebuilt Todaiji Temple in Nara in the 12th century, built a bathhouse and spread "Seyoku".

In addition, Minamoto no Yoritomo, the first shogun of the Kamakura Shogunate, took a bath for 100 people for 100 days for the late Emperor Go-Shirakawa.

In Japan, public baths were born from "Seyoku", the bathing assistance on Buddhism, and "Seyoku" continued until the 19th century while coexisting with the public bath.

Many baths still remain in the Zen Buddhist temple.
"Day-Sento" started in Higashiyama Ward in 1999.
It started more than a century after the temple had done no longer "Seyoku".