Since the period of high economic growth, both the numbers of visitors to sento and the numbers of sento have decreased significantly because housing equipped with bathrooms became popular and bath facilities called 'super sento' opened one after another in the Heisei period.
高度経済成長期以降、風呂付住宅が一般的になったことや、平成期に入って「スーパー銭湯」と呼ばれる入浴施設が次々と開業しており、急速に利用客、軒数共に減らしている。