At some sento you need to look down instead of looking up. The tile here and the stone is the key point of this amazing place of living history. It all begins with the entryway where the floor around the shoe boxes is the most beautiful I have ever seen. The doors for the men's and women's entrances frames a beautiful piece of wavy glass the type which I've never seen before. The characters for man and woman above the door, while still a crimson red, are flaking off with age. The wood of the doors is a deep dark brown. Inside is a bandai style changing room. In the changing room make sure to check out the wooden ceiling and the beautiful but decaying tile work on walk. The floor of the bathing area is made up of huge stone slabs segmented by warm red tiles that appear to be bricks. The main bath is large and deep and also held in by a stone wall that when you run your finger over you can feel the years and years of slow erosion from all the water that washed against its surface. Against the back wall is a sitting bath with jets and bubbles that is a little less hot than the main bath. Rounding it all out is a lovely stone kakeyu you basin filled with cold water--making it a great compliment to the hot bath. The floor is drained by a convex stone gutter that flows into the middle of the room under the wall separating the men’s and women’s sides. This is just a basic little sento but it is built with some special materials. Anybody who is interested in sento design should definitely visit. Highly recommended.