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Tennokawa Onsen Center Kigi-no-Yu

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Tennokawa Onsen Center Kigi-no-Yu

Hot Spring Overview

Tennokawa Onsen Center, known as Kigi-no-Yu (Wood-Wood Hot Spring), is a village-operated day-trip bathing facility located in Tsubonouchi, Tenkawa Village, Yoshino District, Nara Prefecture. Established in 1987, it stands near the revered Tenkawa Daibenzaiten Shrine and has served as a place of relaxation in this village steeped in Shugendo mountain asceticism and ancient mythology. The facility was renovated in partnership with the Yamato Forest Management Association, embracing the concept of connecting mountains and daily life through bathing, while embodying the sustainable cycle of forest resources.

The spring water is classified as a sodium bicarbonate spring with a source temperature of 16.1 degrees Celsius and a pH of 8.56, making it mildly alkaline. The water is colorless, transparent, odorless, with a faint saline taste. It is renowned as a beauty spring for its smooth, silky feel on the skin. The facility heats its water using a gasifier, a high-efficiency wood-burning boiler that utilizes thinned timber from Tenkawa Village forests, harmonizing forest conservation with onsen management.

The building is a single-story wooden structure generously built with Yoshino cedar, Japanese cypress, pine, and maple, with a grand maple pillar standing at the entrance. The indoor bath features a luxurious tub rimmed with Koya maki (Japanese umbrella pine) over 30 centimeters wide, with a cypress wood bottom. Wooden buckets and cypress stools carry the wood theme through every detail. The outdoor bath is sheltered by an azumaya pavilion, offering views of the surrounding Tenkawa mountains.

About Secluded Rating

Total Score

2.33

やや秘湯

Access

1.00

Scenery

3.00

Value

3.00

 

Hot Spring Details

Quality
ナトリウム-炭酸水素塩泉
Temp16℃ ~ 16
Flow加温・循環ろ過
pH
pH 8.6
Onsen
0714
AcidicNeutralAlkaline

Practical Info

StayN/A
Day TripOK
FeeAdult 800JPY/Child 300JPY
Hours
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Bath Types

内湯
露天風呂

Facilities

Sauna
Open-air Bath
Private Bath
Family Bath
Restaurant
Rest Area
Massage
Towel Rental
Locker
Parking
Wi-Fi
Credit Card
Mixed Bathing

Access Information

葛城ICからのルート
南阪奈道路 葛城IC
60min
国道309号・県道53号経由、約60分
針ICからのルート
名阪国道 針IC
90min
国道369号・370号・169号・309号・県道53号経由、約90分
下市口駅からのルート
近鉄下市口駅
60min
奈良交通バス「中庵住行き」
天の川温泉バス停
1min
バス停からすぐ
天の川温泉センター 木木の湯
Parking30 spotsFree(駐車場30台。温泉利用で90分まで無料。)

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