Forest of Junibo, Konan, Shiga Prefecture
Junibo Onsen Yurara
A good-value natural hot spring with mountain scenery and published source data. Car-free visitors need to plan around a limited, six-seat shuttle, and the facility was scheduled to close for maintenance on 15 September 2026.
Check before bathing
- Opening hours
- 10:00–22:00; last admission 21:20. The facility listed a maintenance closure for 15 September 2026.
- Access
- A free shuttle to Kosei Station runs on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays. It does not run Tuesdays or Thursdays, has six seats per departure and cannot be reserved.
- Tattoo policy
- Not permitted. The facility refuses entry to guests with tattoos.
Spring & water temperature
- Spring-source temperature
- 28.2°C; the facility recorded an air temperature of 8.5°C at the time.
- Bathing temperature
- Not published.
- Spring source
- Junibo Onsen.
- Spring classification
- Simple radioactive spring (low-tonicity, weakly alkaline).
- pH
- Not published.
- Flow rate
- 416 L/min.
- Water handling
- The Shugen-no-yu and Hyakuden-no-yu bathing areas alternate between men and women on odd- and even-numbered days. The official spring page publishes its classification, source temperature and yield, but not full water-treatment conditions for each pool.
Bathing indications
The facility lists general bathing indications including neuralgia, muscle pain and joint pain, and publishes a radon-content figure. These are Japanese hot-spring reference details, not a disease-treatment claim.
Admission is ¥800 for adults and ¥400 for children. The 2026 summer pool season ran only on specified dates through 27 September. Towels are sold for ¥300 and bath towels can be rented for ¥200. Tattoos are not permitted. The free Kosei Station shuttle is limited to six seats per departure and does not take reservations.
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.
