Kyoto · Yunohana Onsen, Kameoka
Yunohana Onsen Satoyama no Kyūjitsu Kyoto Keburikawa
湯の花温泉 里山の休日 京都・烟河
Of the inns at Yunohana Onsen — Kyoto's 'back parlour' spa in the Tamba hills outside Kameoka, about 25 minutes by train from Kyoto Station — this is the easiest for day bathing. Fields and woodland spread across its large grounds, and the main bath and garden open-air bath look out on the countryside through the seasons. The water is a clear, soft, mildly radioactive (radon) simple spring. Day bathing: adults ¥1,000, children ¥500; weekdays 12:00–21:00 straight through, weekends, holidays, eves of holidays and Obon in two sessions, 12:00–15:00 and 17:30–21:00. Day plans with lunch or kaiseki are offered — a fine finish to Kameoka, the starting point for the Hozu River boats and the Sagano scenic railway. About 15 minutes by car from JR Kameoka Station (ask about pick-up) or 10 minutes from Kameoka IC. Combine with Arashiyama for a Kyoto onsen day trip.
- Price (adult)
- ¥900
- Hours
- Weekdays 12:00–21:00 (last entry 20:00); weekends & holidays 12:00–15:00 & 17:30–21:00
- Closed
- Irregular
- Access
- About 15 min by car from JR Kameoka Station (Sagano Line; ask about pick-up); about 10 min by car from Kameoka IC; about 45 min from Kyoto Station by train and car
- Water type
- Radon spring
- Tattoos
- Ask ahead
- Admission
- Day bath adults ¥900 weekdays / ¥1,100 weekends and holidays, children 4 to elementary ¥450/¥550. A face towel is included in admission; bath towels rent for ¥200. Shampoo, body soap and hair dryer provided, lockers available. No reservations, capacity limits may apply, shuttle not included. Meal plans priced separately. Cash and cards
- Baths
- Day bathing at a resort ryokan (formerly Kameoka Heights) in Yunohana Onsen, a mountain spa village 40 minutes by car from Kyoto Station, in Kameoka, Kyoto. A sprawling satoyama estate holds the rotenburo and great bath, and the inn is known for rooms with private Shigaraki-ware outdoor tubs. The hotel runs all-inclusive (drinks and light snacks included), so day visitors enjoy the lounge and garden atmosphere too. Close to gorge and forest — cool in summer, with beautiful autumn foliage
- Spring water
- Yunohana Onsen, a soft, colourless to faintly tinted water of the alkaline simple-spring family (underground source, heated and partly recirculated). Mild, leaving the skin smooth with good heat retention, and in the mountains even the air afterwards feels fresh. Indicated for neuralgia, muscle and joint pain, poor circulation, dry skin, fatigue and the digestive system
- Access & parking
- About 15 min by car or taxi from Kameoka Station on the JR Sagano (San'in) Line (about ¥3,000), 40 min by car from Kyoto Station. By car 10 min from Kameoka IC on the Kyoto Jukan Expressway, 1 h 30 min from Osaka via the Meishin and Shin-Meishin. Free parking for 100 (with EV charging). Right in the Yunohana spa village (a few inns), the Kameoka castle ruins and Hozugawa river boat 20 min by car, Arashiyama 40 min
- Phone
- 0771-26-2345
- Official site
- keburikawa.com ↗
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Why go
- 25 min by train from Kyoto, in the Tamba hills
- Garden open-air bath over the countryside
- ¥1,000; weekdays 12:00–21:00 straight
A mountain spa village 40 minutes from Kyoto — day bathing at a resort ryokan
Yunohana Onsen Satoyama no Kyujitsu Kyoto Keburigawa is a resort ryokan in Yunohana Onsen, a spa village at about 300 metres reached by some 40 minutes of driving into the mountains from central Kyoto, in Kameoka, Kyoto. Formerly 'Kameoka Heights', it now runs as an all-inclusive inn (drinks and light snacks included for guests). Yunohana Onsen is an old spa of which legend says Akechi Mitsuhide bathed here to heal wounds while building Kameyama castle, and with only a handful of inns it is called the closest mountain spa village to Kyoto. The bathhouse has a great bath and a rotenburo looking down on the forest, with the broad satoyama estate and gardens continuing all around, so resting in the lounge or on the terrace after bathing means a quiet hour of nothing but birdsong and the sound of the stream. The water is a soft, colourless to faintly tinted spring of the alkaline simple family, mild and heat-retaining, well suited to unwinding after a walk (the Yunohana pass, the hills of Honme) or sightseeing in Sagano. Some rooms have private outdoor tubs of Shigaraki ware, known to travellers who want 'a rotenburo in the room'. Day bathing takes no reservations and capacity limits may apply; rates are ¥900 for adults on weekdays and ¥1,100 at weekends and holidays, and while weekdays run continuously from 12:00 to 21:00, weekends, holidays and Obon are split into a day session (12:00–15:00) and an evening session (17:30–21:00), each settled separately — an unusual arrangement worth checking before you go. Fifteen minutes by car from Kameoka Station and ten from Kameoka IC on the Kyoto Jukan Expressway, it pairs well with sightseeing in central Kyoto (Arashiyama, Sagano) as a 'half-day mountain onsen' course.
The two-session day-bath system, and a walk through the satoyama gardens
Drive about 15 minutes up the mountain road from Kameoka Station or the expressway IC and the building appears amid satoyama forest; park in the free car park (100 spaces, EV charging) and ask for the day bath at reception (no reservation needed). A face towel is included in the fee and bath towels rent for ¥200. The bathhouse has a great bath (main tub and bubble bath), a rotenburo through the door and a sauna; from the rotenburo you see the satoyama trees and the slope toward the gorge. The water is a comfortable 41–42°C, colourless to faintly tinted and soft, good for a long soak, and alkaline, so the skin turns smooth. Three things to note: first, weekdays run continuously 12:00–21:00 but weekends, holidays and Obon are split into a day session (12:00–15:00) and an evening session (17:30–21:00), each billed separately, so it is not a 'lounge all afternoon' place then; second, no reservations are taken, so entry may be limited when crowded; third, overnight guests have priority, so you may wait at busy hours. Afterwards walk the estate paths and gardens (20–30 minutes) and rest with tea in the lobby lounge. The restaurant and cafe serve regional dishes — Kitayama mountain vegetables, Kameoka tofu, grilled beef offal — and overnight stays are all-inclusive (dinner, breakfast and lounge drinks), suiting travellers who want to do nothing but rest all day. Nearby you can compare the baths of the other inns in the spa village (2–3 minutes by car), or combine the Kameoka castle ruins, the Hozugawa river boat and the Sagano romantic train; in November the satoyama foliage is at its best. Closures are irregular, so confirm by phone (0771-26-2345) before visiting.
Practical details and a Kyoto-area route
Hours are 12:00–21:00 on weekdays (last entry 20:00); on weekends, holidays, pre-holiday days and during Obon there is a day session 12:00–15:00 (last entry 14:30) and an evening session 17:30–21:00 (last entry 20:00), each billed separately; closures are irregular (and the period around 31 December and 1 January may be unavailable); adults ¥900 weekdays / ¥1,100 weekends and holidays, children ¥450/¥550, bath towels ¥200, free parking for 100. Access is 15 minutes by car from Kameoka Station, 40 minutes from Kyoto Station, 10 minutes from Kameoka IC. Suggested routes: (1) a Kyoto half-day — Arashiyama in the morning (bamboo grove, Togetsukyo bridge), Sagano soba or yudofu for lunch, day bathing at Yunohana in the afternoon, back to central Kyoto in the evening; (2) a Kameoka day — the castle ruins and the San'in history museum, the Hozugawa river boat (2 hours, reserve ahead), a bath at Yunohana, a night in Kameoka; (3) an all-inclusive night — check in at 15:00, a soak in the rotenburo, lounge drinks and snacks, a kaiseki dinner, a morning walk and bath, out by 11:00, then Sagano; (4) November — satoyama foliage and a bath crawl of the Yunohana inns; (5) winter — the rotenburo in snow and Kameoka hot pot afterwards. Notes: no continuous use on weekends and holidays (two sessions); no reservations and capacity limits; unavailable around New Year; the mountain road can ice in winter; cash and cards accepted. As the resort onsen of the nearest mountain spa village to Kyoto, it is the best place to insert 'rest' between temple and garden sightseeing.
Before you go
- No official tattoo policy is published — ask at reception.
- Ryokan day-use hours are limited and may be suspended in peak season — phone the same morning.
- Last entry is 30–60 minutes before closing.
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✔ Verified operating: 2026-09 Operating status and rates cross-checked against the official site and onsen guides (full source notes in Japanese on the JA page)
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