Kamikitayama, Nara Prefecture
Kamikitayama Onsen Yakushi-yu
A quiet mountain bath to pair with time in Kamikitayama or an overnight stay nearby. Getting there by public transport takes a long time, so the trip works best as part of a wider southern Nara route.
Check before bathing
- Access
- From Yamato-Kamiichi, take the long-distance bus to Kawai, then walk about 5 minutes.
Spring & water temperature
- Spring-source temperature
- 35.0°C at the source; not the bath temperature.
- Bathing temperature
- Heated; a fixed temperature is not published.
- Spring source
- Kamikitayama Onsen.
- Spring classification
- Alkaline simple hot spring; low-salinity, alkaline and low-temperature.
- pH
- 8.3.
- Flow rate
- Not published.
- Water handling
- The 35.0°C spring is heated. The wood and stone bath areas alternate daily, and there is also an outdoor bath. Treatment details for individual pools are not published.
The profile material identifies the bath as part of Forest Kamikita. Check current local access and hours before making the long journey.
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.
