public bath; communal bath
Refers to a shared bathing facility, often in a neighborhood or hot spring area. Similar to 共同浴場, but 共同湯 is a more traditional or local term.
See also: 共同浴場
An old-fashioned public bath remains in this town.
Compound of 共同 (shared, communal) and 湯 (hot water, bath). The reading ゆ for 湯 is a native Japanese word.