Oshikuma, Nara City, Nara Prefecture

Yurara-no-Yu Oshikuma

A half-day option in northwestern Nara if you want natural spring water, a broad choice of baths and several saunas in one place. It is less suited to a quick station-side soak, and tattoos are not allowed.

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Opening hours
Weekdays 09:00–24:00; weekends and holidays 07:00–24:00; last admission 23:30. Adult admission is ¥850 on weekdays and ¥910 on weekends and holidays.
Tattoo policy
Tattoos are not permitted.

Spring & water temperature

Spring-source temperature
About 32.9°C, according to tourism information and existing analysis material.
Bathing temperature
Not published.
Spring source
Natural spring used by Yurara-no-Yu Oshikuma.
Spring classification
Simple hot spring; weakly alkaline, low-tonicity and cool spring.
pH
Not published in current official information; an older analysis gives 7.5.
Flow rate
Not published in current official information.
Water handling
The current official page says all indoor and outdoor baths use naturally emerging spring water, including the carbonated and bubbling baths as a spring-water base. An older analysis lists water addition, heating, circulation and chlorine disinfection, but those details are not asserted as current conditions for every pool.

Bathing indications

No treatment guarantee is made.

Tattoos are prohibited. The older analysis does not establish current pool-by-pool treatment conditions.

Bath experience

Comfort
9.0/10
Bath variety
9.5/10
Upkeep
8.5/10
Atmosphere
8.5/10
Quiet
5.5/10
Access
6.5/10
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.

Sources

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