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Okukōchi Onsen

Nara · 奥香落温泉

Okukōchi Onsen is a hot spring town in Nara, Japan. Officially the water is classed as bicarbonate spring. 1 inns take visitors here.

Getting there

From Kyoto / Osakaabout 2 h
CarNot needed
JR PassNot a JR line
  1. Train to Nabari Station
  2. Local bus, about 40 min

Fly into Kansai (KIX) or Itami. Times are rough estimates worked out from station locations, not a timetable — check the exact route on Google Maps.

Bicarbonate spring

The water here

Bicarbonate spring 炭酸水素塩泉

Smooth, slightly slippery water. Often nicknamed bihada-no-yu, the water for beautiful skin.

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.

More on tattoos and onsen

Where to stay

Onsen inns — Soni Village

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Similar water elsewhere

Towns further away with the same kind of water — useful if this one is hard to reach or fully booked.

NakatsugawaonsenkuarizōtoyubunesawaGifu · 中津川温泉クアリゾート湯舟沢Also bicarbonate
Bicarbonate spring
Shishikui OnsenTokushima · 宍喰温泉Also bicarbonate
Bicarbonate spring
Sugatani OnsenShiga · 須賀谷温泉Also bicarbonate
Bicarbonate spring
Tsumagoi OnsenGunma · 嬬恋温泉Also bicarbonate
Bicarbonate spring
Takamine OnsenNagano · 高峰温泉Also bicarbonate
Bicarbonate spring
Gomi OnsenHokkaido · 五味温泉Also bicarbonate
Bicarbonate spring

The numbers

Inns
1
Address in Japanese
奈良県宇陀郡曽爾村今井

Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.

Read more

Japanese Wikipedia

Other towns in Nara

Dorogawa OnsenNara · 洞川温泉
Simple spring
Totsukawa OnsenNara · 十津川温泉
Chloride springBicarbonate spring
Kamiyu OnsenNara · 上湯温泉
Bicarbonate springSulfur spring
Tōsenji OnsenNara · 湯泉地温泉
Sulfur spring
Shionoha OnsenNara · 入之波温泉
Chloride springBicarbonate spring
Nosegawa OnsenNara · 野迫川温泉
Sulfur spring
Totsukawa Onsen-kyōNara · 十津川温泉郷
Tennokawa OnsenNara · 天の川温泉
Bicarbonate spring

Planning a first soak? Read how an onsen stay works, and what to do if you have tattoos.