Yoshino-onsen Hot Spring (吉野温泉)

Yoshino-onsen Hot Spring is located in Yoshino-cho, Yoshino County, Nara Prefecture.

Access

Train: Get off at Kintetsu Yoshino Line Yoshino Station (Nara Prefecture).

Spring Quality

Iron carbonate and hydrogen carbonate spring

The source of the hot spring is located near the Kissuiin in Mt. Yoshino.

Efficacy

External injury, anemia

The efficacy does not guarantee good outcomes for everyone.

Hot Spring Town

Some of ryokan, minshuku (private home that runs inn providing room and board), and shukubo (visitors' or pilgrims' lodgings in a temple) in Mt. Yoshino use the hot spring water today.

History

The hot spring is believed to have already been used some 300 years ago.

Toson SHIMAZAKI has sojourned at this area, and the lodging associated with him still exists.

[Original Japanese]