Higashiyoshino, Nara Prefecture
Yahata Onsen
A low-key stop for a wooded valley drive, with cypress and granite-rock baths beside the Shigo River. Public transport takes time; driving is the simpler way to reach it.
Check before bathing
Spring & water temperature
- Spring-source temperature
- Not published.
- Bathing temperature
- Not published.
- Spring source
- Yahata Onsen.
- Spring classification
- Simple hot spring; low-salinity, weakly alkaline and low-temperature.
- pH
- Not published.
- Flow rate
- Not published.
- Water handling
- Natural spring water is used in cypress and granite-rock baths. Current public pages do not list detailed treatment conditions for each pool.
The Higashiyoshino tourism association's current listing gives adult admission as ¥700.
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.
