Shin-Omiya and Heijo Palace area, Nara City, Nara Prefecture
Nara Royal Hotel La Royal Spa
One of the clearer choices in Nara City for an evening soak with a natural spring and substantial sauna facilities. Its indoor location is about the spa rather than mountain views.
Check before bathing
- Opening hours
- 13:00–23:00; last admission 22:00. Adults ¥1,080; ages 4 through elementary school ¥770; towel set ¥200. The men's and women's large baths switch about twice a month in 2026.
Spring & water temperature
- Spring-source temperature
- Not published.
- Bathing temperature
- Not published. The sauna is about 90–95°C and the cold bath about 18°C; neither is a spring-bath temperature.
- Spring source
- Natural spring from the Heijo Palace area.
- Spring classification
- Sodium chloride–bicarbonate spring.
- pH
- Not published.
- Flow rate
- Not published.
- Water handling
- Natural spring water is used in the basement public bath. The sauna, groundwater cold bath and walking pool are separate from the hot-spring pools.
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.
