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Kyoto Kyoto City
Located in Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture, Kurama Onsen is a hot spring facility nestled in the natural surroundings of the Kurama mountain foothills. It offers a gentle natural hot spring with simple hydrogen sulfide water, along with an indoor sauna, a well-chilled cold plunge bath, and an open-air area for both day visits and overnight stays. Guests can warm up thoroughly in the indoor bath, enhance their experience with the sauna and cold plunge bath, and then enjoy the seasonal views from the elevated open-air bath, achieving a state of perfect relaxation. Overnight stays allow for quiet enjoyment of the morning and evening baths.
TypeNatural Hot Spring
The sulfur spring, rich in iron, gently envelops the skin, leaving a moist feeling and a lightness that eases fatigue after bathing. The open-air bath is located on an elevated area away from the main building, offering a relaxing time while soaking and enjoying the changing scenery of fresh greenery and autumn leaves.
Sauna TypeDry Sauna
Stove TypeConvection Stove (Sauna Stone)
Capacity4people
The sauna, adjacent to the indoor bath, gently warms the body to the core, enhancing perspiration. It is easy to move between the indoor bath, which offers views of the mountain greenery through a glass wall, and the sauna. The basic flow of warming in the bath, tightening in the sauna, and cooling in the cold plunge bath is naturally established.
Water QualityTap Water
Capacity4people
The well-chilled cold plunge bath sharply cools the heat from the sauna, tightening the skin and creating a clear calmness in the mind. With a close proximity to the indoor bath and sauna, it serves as a 'calming step' before exposure to the outside air, smoothly adjusting body temperature and heartbeat.
Closed Days: None
520 Kurama Honmachi, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture
Gender Access
Gender Separated
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Kyoto Kyoto City
Located in Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture, Kurama Onsen is a hot spring facility nestled in the natural surroundings of the Kurama mountain foothills. It offers a gentle natural hot spring with simple hydrogen sulfide water, along with an indoor sauna, a well-chilled cold plunge bath, and an open-air area for both day visits and overnight stays. Guests can warm up thoroughly in the indoor bath, enhance their experience with the sauna and cold plunge bath, and then enjoy the seasonal views from the elevated open-air bath, achieving a state of perfect relaxation. Overnight stays allow for quiet enjoyment of the morning and evening baths.
TypeNatural Hot Spring
The sulfur spring, rich in iron, gently envelops the skin, leaving a moist feeling and a lightness that eases fatigue after bathing. The open-air bath is located on an elevated area away from the main building, offering a relaxing time while soaking and enjoying the changing scenery of fresh greenery and autumn leaves.
Sauna TypeDry Sauna
Stove TypeConvection Stove (Sauna Stone)
Capacity4people
The sauna, adjacent to the indoor bath, gently warms the body to the core, enhancing perspiration. It is easy to move between the indoor bath, which offers views of the mountain greenery through a glass wall, and the sauna. The basic flow of warming in the bath, tightening in the sauna, and cooling in the cold plunge bath is naturally established.
Water QualityTap Water
Capacity4people
The well-chilled cold plunge bath sharply cools the heat from the sauna, tightening the skin and creating a clear calmness in the mind. With a close proximity to the indoor bath and sauna, it serves as a 'calming step' before exposure to the outside air, smoothly adjusting body temperature and heartbeat.
Closed Days: None
520 Kurama Honmachi, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture
Gender Access
Gender Separated
Curated by an expert who visits onsen and sauna facilities every day and has explored 300+ locations — only facilities confirmed to be truly exceptional are featured.
Learn more