South Naramachi, Nara City, Nara Prefecture

Hanazono Shin Onsen

A good match after a walk through southern Naramachi if you want an old-style evening sento. Its draw is the neighborhood setting and mineral or medicinal baths, not a natural spring.

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Opening hours
Recent 2026 listings give 13:00–23:30; closed Tuesdays. Adult admission is ¥530. About six parking spaces are listed; a service-day offer is advertised on the 7th and 27th of each month.

Spring & water temperature

Spring-source temperature
Not applicable; no natural spring is confirmed.
Bathing temperature
Not published.
Spring source
No legally confirmed natural spring source.
Spring classification
Ordinary sento with mineral bathing; no natural-spring analysis is confirmed. A radon display is not treated as a natural-spring classification.
pH
Not applicable to a confirmed natural spring.
Flow rate
Not applicable to a confirmed natural spring.
Water handling
The bathhouse uses heated public-bath water and offers mineral and medicinal bathing. These features do not establish a natural spring source.

Bathing indications

No natural-spring treatment indications are assigned.

The 13:00–23:30 hours are based on 2026 visitor listings; closed Tuesdays. The facility name and radon display do not confirm a legal natural spring.

Bath experience

Comfort
7.0/10
Bath variety
7.0/10
Upkeep
7.0/10
Atmosphere
8.0/10
Quiet
6.5/10
Access
8.0/10
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.

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