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Kamiyu Onsen
Kamiyu Onsen is a hot spring town in Nara, Japan. The water leaves the ground at 76.6°C, hot. It measures pH 8.3 — mildly alkaline, the slippery kind. Officially the water is classed as bicarbonate spring and sulfur spring. Its sources put out around 124 litres a minute. 1 inns take visitors here.
Getting there
- Train to Yamato-Yagi Station
- Local bus
The water here
Bicarbonate spring
Smooth, slightly slippery water. Often nicknamed bihada-no-yu, the water for beautiful skin.
Sulfur spring
The classic rotten-egg smell and milky white water. It can tarnish silver jewellery, so take it off.
Things to see nearby
Places from Wikidata, photographs from Wikimedia Commons. Distances are in a straight line from the town.
With tattoos
Many public baths still turn away visible tattoos, and the rule is set by each bath, not by the town. The reliable way round it is to bathe privately: a room with its own open-air bath, or an inn with a private bath you can book for yourselves.
Where to stay
Hot spring towns nearby
Similar water elsewhere
The numbers
- Water temperature
- 76.6°C
- pH
- 8.3 (mildly alkaline)
- Discharge
- 124 litres a minute
- Inns
- 1
- Address in Japanese
- 奈良県吉野郡十津川村出谷
Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.
Where it is
33.9339, 135.7317 — open the map
Read more
Planning a first soak? Read how an onsen stay works, and what to do if you have tattoos.