Popular Day Trip Spa in Kyoto "Kurama Onsen"! Enjoy and have a luxury time in the outdoor hot spring surrounded by beautiful mountains.

Kurama area in Kyoto city has a plenty of beautiful nature surrounded by mountains.
Kurama dera and other sightseeing places are near by Kifune area.
You can enjoy hiking in Kurama and Kifune area in one day trip.

In the heart of Kurama's mountain, there is a "Kurama Onsen".
It's a popular Day Trip Spa in Kansai region. Their greatest characteristic point is Outdoor Hot Spring and you can admire the beautiful natural scenery of the mountains in each season!

In the spring, you can see the cherry blossom, beautiful greens in the Summer, the autumn leaves in fall, the mountains covered with snow in winter.
There is not other Day Trip Spa like Kurama Onsen where you can enjoy beautiful nature. And also you can access easily from Osaka and other Kansai region.

Please come to Kurama Onsen for having Day Trip Spa, also nice for short trip staying in hot spring Ryokan(Japanese style inn).

Table of Contents for this Article

１，Basic information
２，Useful information
３，"Kurama Onsen" in different season
４，Stay at Kurama onsen
５，Access information
６，Recommended sightseeing information around Kurama Onsen

１，Basic information

Name： Kurama Onsen
Name in English： KURAMA HOT SPRING
Prefecture： Kyoto
Area： Kyoto city（Kurama・Kifune）
Address： 520 Kurama Honmachi, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto-city
Tel： 075-741-2131
Close： None ※the 22 October need to ask
Open： 10：00～ 21：00 ※Winter／Outdoor spa close at 20:00
Price：

●Day Trip Spa

Outdoor Spa and indoor large Spa are available.
You can use the Lobby.

Adult ¥2,500
Children ¥1,600 ※age 4〜age 12

※ Rental fee of towel、bath towel、Yukata(informal kimono) is included.

●Outdoor Spa(one time)

You can take outdoor spa only one time.

Adult ¥1,000
Children ¥700 ※age 4〜age 12

※Rental Towel ／ ¥200
※Rental Bath towel／ ¥ 400

Parking：Free ※60 cars
Official web site：http://www.kurama-onsen.co.jp/index.html

２，Useful information

The comment from EnjoyJapan! Edit dept： Mostly recommend for Day Trip Spa!
Less than 10 min walk from the station： Not available
Credit card： Not accepted
Accompanied by：friend／date／family／alone
Staff who can speak foreign language：Unknown
Free Wi-Fi： Unknown
Spending time：about 2 hours～
Smoking：Not allowed
Attention：Customer who can't take a bath

●Customer has Tattoo.
●Baby is not out of diapers can use only Outdoor Spa.

Amenity：

Shampoo・Conditioner／Free
Body soap／Free
Hair dryer／Free

Spring water quality：

●Natural hot spa／simple hydrogen sulfide spring rich in minerals
●The spring source temperature／15℃

Eating：There is some restaurant ※available for all customer
Reservation： Not accept for Day Trip Spa

３，"Kurama Onsen" in each season

In the "Kurama Onsen", surrounding by beautiful mountain so you can feel negative ions in the air. The View from the Outdoor Spa will enjoy you in every seasons.

Outdoor Hot Spa "in the Spring"

Kurama In the spring, you can enjoy taking the bath looking at the mountain with plenty of fresh green leaves and cherry blossom. Spend the pleasant time and relax under the spring sweet weather.

Outdoor Hot Spa "in the Summer"

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in the summer, freshen up by feeling not only the summer heat but also the negative irons in the air of Kurama. Evening time, you can take the Hot Spa feeling the fresh breeze from the mountains. So, it's good after the hiking in the Kurama area.

Outdoor Hot Spa "in Autumn"

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In the autumn, the best part of Kurama is taking the Hot Spa with looking at "autumn leaves". We promise you that you can relax so much and forget the fatigue and time passage. Having the luxury time looking the mountain covered by autumn colored leaves！

Outdoor Hot Spa "In the Winter"

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In the winter, Kurama is bitterly cold. But when it's cold, having the Hot Spa will be amazing. Looking at the snow covered mountain feel you like you are in vacation.

４，Stay at Kurama Onsen

Kurama Onsen is not only famous for Day Trip Spa, but also staying at Onsen Ryokan(Japanese style Hot Spa inn).
We introduce the accommodation plan.

※Price or other details will be changed depends on the season ,
please check at the official web site or hotel booking web site.

Standard plan

Room：Japanese room with toilet
Size of the room：

・Japanese room 16m2
・Japanese room 29m2（for a group）
・Price plan

Kurama Onsen official site：

●1 night with dinner and breakfast（weekday）
2 persons for 1 room/ ¥17,000〜/per
More than 3 persons for 1 room/ ¥15,000〜/per

※Consumption tax and bath tax aren't included.
※Price will change depends on the season, holiday and special period.

About the reservation of Kurama Onsen

Make the reservation from below web site

●Kurama Onsen official web site
http://www.kurama-onsen.co.jp/plan02/index.html

●Rakuten travel
http://travel.rakuten.co.jp/onsen/kyoto/OK00645.html

●Trip adviser
http://goo.gl/OU8ifJ

５，Access information

Access： 520 Kurama Honmachi, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto-city
Tel： 075-741-2131
Traffic information：

(Train)
●At Keihan line "Demachiyanagi" station, take Eizan dentetsu and get off at "Kurama" station.
3 min by courtesy bus from "Kurama" station.

(Train & Bus)
●At JR line "Kyoto" station, take Kyoto city bus #17, get off at "Demachiyanagi" station,
then take Eizan dentetsu and get off at "Kurama" station.
3 min by courtesy bus from "Kurama" station.

６，Recommended information around Kurama Onsen

【Activity】

▶ You must go to this spiritual place in Kyoto!
"Kifune shrine" is famous for the god of water and marriage.
Enjoy the Kawadoko cuisine(restaurant above the river) in summer,
night illumination of autumn leaves in fall.

【Sightseeing】

▶Beautiful autumn leaves in fall "Kyoto Ohara Sanzenin"! "Warabe jizo" (Guardian deity of children), Let's see the beautiful seasonal scenery of the historical buildings and garden

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