Onsen in Nara
12 hot springs, 0 of which will take you with a tattoo, and 2 where you can bathe without staying the night.
Onsen towns in Nara
Narrow it down
Ryokan you can visit just for the bath
No overnight stay required.
Ranked by what you are after
We score every onsen the same way — the view from the water, the water itself, comfort, how far it sits from a town, and how easy it is to reach — then weight those differently depending on what you want.
Best for the view
What you can see from the water.
- Shionoha Onsen YamabatoyuVisited4.8
- Kamiyu Onsen Kawara-no-yuVisited4.7
- Soni Kogen Onsen Okame-no-yuVisited4.5
- Kamiyu Onsen ShinyusoVisited4.4
- Tosenji Onsen Izumi-yuVisited4.3
- Tennokawa Onsen CenterVisited4.0
- Tosenji Onsen Taki-no-yuVisited3.8
- Totsukawa Onsen Iori-no-yuVisited3.6
Easiest to reach
Get there and back without renting a car.
- Kamokimi-no-yuVisited3.9
- Dorogawa Onsen Visitor CenterVisited3.4
- Soni Kogen Onsen Okame-no-yuVisited3.3
- Tennokawa Onsen CenterVisited3.3
- Dorogawa Onsen KadojinVisited3.0
- Tosenji Onsen Taki-no-yuVisited2.9
- Totsukawa Onsen Hoshi-no-yuVisited2.9
- Shionoha Onsen YamabatoyuVisited2.7
Every onsen we have checked in Nara
Tosenji Onsen Izumi-yu
Tosenji Onsen Taki-no-yu
Totsukawa Onsen Iori-no-yu
Totsukawa Onsen Hoshi-no-yu
Kamiyu Onsen Kawara-no-yu
Kamiyu Onsen Shinyuso
Shionoha Onsen Yamabatoyu
Soni Kogen Onsen Okame-no-yu
Kamokimi-no-yu
Dorogawa Onsen Visitor Center
Dorogawa Onsen Kadojin
Tennokawa Onsen Center
Planning a trip to Nara
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About the day-pass link: Asoview is the main place day-use onsen in Japan sell entry tickets and discount coupons in advance. It is a Japanese-only site, so use your browser’s translation — you show the ticket on your phone at the door.
