Hari, Nara City, Nara Prefecture

Hari Onsen Land

A useful short stop on a drive along the Meihan Expressway: the bath is inside Roadside Station Hari T.R.S. and offers natural spring water, an outdoor bath and sauna. Tsukigase is the more destination-like choice for a scenic half-day.

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Opening hours
Weekdays 10:00–23:00; weekends and public holidays 07:00–23:00. Last admission 30 minutes before closing. Closed Wednesdays; when Wednesday is a holiday, it opens that day and closes Thursday instead. Adults ¥800 on weekdays and ¥850 on weekends and holidays; ages 4 through elementary school ¥450. Cash only.
Tattoo policy
Tattoos, body paint and tattoo seals are not allowed.

Spring & water temperature

Spring-source temperature
28.3°C, the source-side figure reported by Nara Prefecture; not a bathing temperature.
Bathing temperature
Heated; no fixed pool temperature is published.
Spring source
Natural spring water from the Yamato Plateau.
Spring classification
Alkaline simple hot spring.
pH
Not published.
Flow rate
Not published.
Water handling
The 28.3°C spring is heated for bathing. The facility does not publish complete circulation or disinfection conditions for each pool.

The baths are on the second floor and there is no elevator. Free dedicated parking is available. Older tourism listings showing ¥600, 10:00–22:00 and Tuesday closure have been superseded by the facility's current information.

Bath experience

Comfort
8.0/10
Bath variety
7.5/10
Upkeep
8.0/10
Atmosphere
7.5/10
Quiet
6.0/10
Access
8.5/10
Value
9.0/10

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.

Sources

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