Dorogawa Onsen, Tenkawa, Nara
Dorogawa Onsen Visitor Center
A compact public bath that suits a visit to the mountain village, with an indoor cypress bath and an outdoor bath. It closes on Wednesdays and the last admission is 30 minutes before closing; tattoo rules and several spring-treatment details remain unconfirmed.
Check before bathing
- Opening hours
- 11:00–20:00; last admission 19:30. Closed Wednesdays; if Wednesday is a public holiday, it closes the following day. Adult admission ¥800; child admission ¥200.
- Tattoo policy
- No formal tattoo rule was confirmed in the current official material reviewed. Ask the facility before visiting.
Spring & water temperature
- Spring-source temperature
- About 30°C, an approximate figure from Tenkawa Village's 2025 distribution-pipe project material.
- Bathing temperature
- No fixed temperature published.
- Spring source
- Dorogawa Onsen, supplied through a relay tank to local inns and the visitor center; an individual source well was not identified.
- Spring classification
- Weakly alkaline simple spring; the full current analysis sheet was not available in the review.
- pH
- Not confirmed.
- Flow rate
- Not confirmed.
- Water handling
- The spring is piped via a relay tank. Natural spring use is confirmed in the cypress indoor bath and outdoor bath. Dilution, circulation and disinfection details are not fully published; the new building uses a wood-fired boiler for heating.
The 30°C figure is approximate source temperature, not bath temperature. The facility is closed on Wednesdays under the current schedule.
How to read a bath profile
Spring-source temperature and actual bathing temperature are kept separate. Each score is shown independently for comparison rather than collapsed into one overall score.
