Kodokoro Onsen
Kodokoro Onsen is a hot spring town in Nara, Japan. The water leaves the ground at 25.6°C, cool enough that the baths here are usually reheated. Officially the water is classed as acidic spring and sulfur spring.
Getting there
- Train to Yamato-Kamiichi Station
- On foot along a mountain trail, about 90 min
The water here
Acidic spring
Strongly acidic, sometimes below pH 2. It stings on cuts and is not for long soaks.
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
- 25.6°C
- Address in Japanese
- 奈良県吉野郡上北山村小橡665-2
Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.
Where it is
34.1786, 136.0347 — open the map
Read more
Planning a first soak? Read how an onsen stay works, and what to do if you have tattoos.