Tsukigase, Nara City, Nara Prefecture
Umenosato Tsukigase Onsen
Plan it as part of a Tsukigase day out: the valley views, seasonal plum blossoms, meals and local produce give the trip more purpose than a quick soak from central Nara.
Facility photos
Check before bathing
- Opening hours
- 10:30–20:30; last admission 20:00. Closed Tuesdays except during February and March, when it is open daily. Adults ¥800; elementary-school children ¥400. Face towel ¥150 and bath towel ¥350, both sold rather than rented. Cash only.
- Tattoo policy
- Tattoos, tattoo stickers and body paint are not allowed.
Spring & water temperature
- Spring-source temperature
- 30.5°C at the source; not the bathing temperature.
- Bathing temperature
- Not published.
- Spring classification
- Weakly alkaline simple hot spring; low-salinity and low-temperature.
- pH
- 7.9, listed on the current facility hot-spring page.
- Water handling
- The facility offers indoor and outdoor baths, a source bath and a cold bath. The footbath was closed as of September 7, 2026. The current profile identifies the spring as weakly alkaline; no unlisted pool-treatment details are inferred.
The footbath was closed as of September 7, 2026. The operator's current adult price is ¥800; an older Nara tourism listing at ¥700 is outdated.
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.
