Meguro Kumin Center Pool | 目黒区民センタープール

The indoor pool is on the older side, built in the 70s maybe. It has weird rules about swimming – the three lanes for lap swimming are divided into two lanes, each about 1.5 lanes wide, you go down one lane (it’s ok to pass), duck under the lane line, and swim back the other way… There are hourly ten-minute breaks when everyone has to get out of the water. The usual Japanese public pool rules about no tattoos (if you have one, you have to wear a rash-guard or large bandage or leggings), and no wristwatches or jewelry is allowed in the pool.

I have been swimming here several times a week for the past couple of months and the pool, facilities, and staff are all very good. If you get to the indoor pool before 17:00 in the summer, there are not very many people so it's great for laps. Even before the outdoor pool was open, the lap lanes in the indoor pool were never so crowded during the week that you couldn't get a good swim in. (I haven't been much on weekends.) Both pools are great - very clean and well-cared for.

The indoor pool was crowded, but if you get in the correct lane with people your speed, you can still get in a good swim workout. There's also an outdoor 50m pool that's open in the summer. I understand they do rope off some of it for lap swimming.