Hōrai, Nishi-no-Kyo, Nara City, Nara Prefecture
Nara Park Hotel Hourai Onsen Day Use
A good post-sightseeing stop for the Nishi-no-Kyo temples if you want a hotel bath with a garden outdoor pool. Check group bookings first: on some dates day visitors cannot enter after 15:00.
Check before bathing
- Opening hours
- Day-use reception 11:00–21:00; adults ¥1,000. Group bookings on several September 2026 dates, including the 10th, 17th, 24th and 30th, blocked day use after 15:00. Check the hotel's current notices for other dates.
- Tattoo policy
- Tattoos are not allowed.
Spring & water temperature
- Spring-source temperature
- 32°C at the source; not the bathing temperature.
- Bathing temperature
- Heated; a fixed temperature is not published.
- Spring source
- Hourai Onsen.
- Spring classification
- Simple hot spring containing sodium bicarbonate and metasilicic acid, among other components.
- pH
- Not published.
- Flow rate
- 67 L/min.
- Water handling
- The 32°C natural spring is heated and used in the large bath and garden-style outdoor bath. The hotel does not publish full pool-by-pool treatment conditions.
A boiler issue caused a temporary drop in bath temperature in May 2026; check current notices if temperature is important.
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.
