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Hasedera Onsen

Nara · 長谷寺温泉

Hasedera Onsen is a hot spring town in Nara, Japan. The water leaves the ground at 21.2°C, cool enough that the baths here are usually reheated. Officially the water is classed as bicarbonate spring. 1 inns take visitors here.

Getting there

From Kyoto / Osakaabout 1 h

CarNot needed

JR PassNot a JR line

1. Train to Hasedera Station
2. Walk, about 15 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.

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.

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.

More on tattoos and onsen

Where to stay

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Hot spring towns nearby

Similar water elsewhere

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

The numbers

Water temperature

21.2°C

Inns

1

Address in Japanese

奈良県桜井市初瀬

Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.

Where it is

34.5320, 135.9077 — open the map

Read more

Japanese Wikipedia