Gojo, Nara Prefecture

Riverside Hotel Kongo-no-Yu

A useful stop in Gojo if you want a hotel bath using its own spring, without taking the long trip into Nara's mountain villages. It is a simpler hotel-bath experience rather than a multi-pool spa.

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Opening hours
The profile's current notes list 10:00–23:00; check the hotel before travelling for any schedule changes.

Spring & water temperature

Spring-source temperature
Not published.
Bathing temperature
Not published.
Spring source
Kongo-no-Yu's own spring, drawn from about 1,300 m underground.
Spring classification
Natural hot spring; the current Nara tourism page does not list a formal ion classification.
pH
Not published.
Flow rate
Not published.
Water handling
The hotel confirms that its own spring is used for day bathing. The current public material does not provide source temperature or detailed pool-treatment conditions.

Bath experience

Comfort
8.5/10
Bath variety
6.5/10
Upkeep
8.0/10
Atmosphere
7.0/10
Quiet
7.5/10
Access
7.5/10
Value
8.5/10

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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