Nozato, Nishiyodogawa Ward, Osaka
Natural Hot Spring Hikari Nozato-no-Yu
A practical low-cost bath near Tsukamoto and Mikuni-jima if you want an alkaline simple spring, carbonated bath and two types of sauna. The source-flowing wording is confirmed on the facility's entrance sign, but not every bath is confirmed as source-flowing.
Check before bathing
- Opening hours
- 14:00–24:00. The high-temperature sauna closes at 23:30. Closed Tuesdays and the third Wednesday of each month.
- Access
- About an 8-minute walk from JR Tsukamoto Station or JR Tozai Line Mitejima Station. Parking for 11 cars.
Spring & water temperature
- Spring-source temperature
- Not published.
- Bathing temperature
- Not published.
- Spring source
- The facility's own spring, drawn from 800 m underground.
- Spring classification
- Alkaline simple hot spring.
- pH
- Not published.
- Flow rate
- Not published.
- Water handling
- The facility uses natural spring water. A photo of its entrance sign in the current Osaka bath association listing reads 'natural hot spring, source-flowing Nozato-no-Yu'. The text listing does not say which baths this applies to or specify per-bath water addition, heating, circulation or disinfection. The carbonated bath, rock bath and two saunas are not assumed to share the same spring-water conditions.
Bathing indications
The facility describes an alkaline simple spring, but the current first-party text reviewed did not provide the full indications from an up-to-date analysis sheet. No treatment effect is inferred.
Nishiyodogawa Ward's January 2026 information lists admission at ¥550 for adults, ¥450 for junior-high students, ¥200 for elementary-school children and ¥100 for preschool children; the high-temperature sauna costs an additional ¥100. Tattoo rules are not confirmed in the current first-party information reviewed.
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.
