Funaoka Onsen Former Barber Shop

A Signboard-Style Barber Shop of about 1923

The Funaoka Onsen Former Barber Shop (船岡温泉旧理髪店) is a "signboard architecture" shop of the bath, its upper front raised high in mortar of around 1923 in Murasakino Minamifunaokacho, Kita Ward, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture, and was registered as a Registered Tangible Cultural Property (structure) on July 1, 2003 (Agency for Cultural Affairs).

The Agency records a two-storey timber building with a tiled roof and a building area of 29 square metres; registration number 26-0156.

Signboard Architecture on the Street

The former barber shop of Funaoka Onsen, of around 1923, stands on the street north-east of the changing room as an annex of the bath (Agency for Cultural Affairs). Of two storeys in timber, it is a kanban kenchiku, or "signboard architecture", with the upper walls of its front and side raised high in mortar.

An earth-floored shop fills the front of the ground floor, with Japanese-style rooms behind it and upstairs. Decorative tiles around the lower walls inside and cornices along the tops of the front and side walls show care in design (Agency for Cultural Affairs).

Why It Was Registered

The Agency registered it for its contribution to the historic landscape.

What to Look For

At the former barber shop, look for the mortar front raised high above the second floor and the cornice along its top (Agency for Cultural Affairs).

Visiting

The owner of Funaoka Onsen is not listed in the Agency record. According to a GOOD LUCK TRIP page supervised by Funaoka Onsen (updated August 14, 2026), it still runs as a public bath, open 15:00 to 23:30 (from 8:00 on Sundays) and closed on Tuesdays, with an entry fee of 550 yen. The four buildings are introduced together on the Funaoka Onsen page.