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Kamikata Onsen Ikkyu

上方温泉一休京都本館かみがたおんせんいちきゅうきょうとほんかん

Lodging
Kansai·Kyoto
0774-54-1419onsen19.jp

Day Use

Yes

Bathing & Water

Outdoor BathYes

Open-air outdoor bath

OnsenYes

Uses natural hot spring water

Capabilities

Private BathYes

Private bath available for day-use visitors or hotel guests to reserve

松泉乃湯

Shōsen-no-yu Spring
Sampled at wellhead
湯
Simple
Classification

Sodium Bicarbonate spring

Shōsen-no-yu is an alkaline simple thermal spring with a pH of 9.42 — high enough to give the slippery, skin-softening feel that places it squarely in the Japanese 'beauty-water' family. Mineralization is light: sodium leads the cation side and bicarbonate accounts for about 70% of the anions, so the water reads as gentle and unobtrusive on the body rather than heavy or salty. Classified as hypotonic, alkaline, low-temperature water in Kyoto's Jōyō City, with the usual general indications — neuralgia, muscle and joint pain, stiff shoulder, poor circulation, fatigue recovery — printed on the summary poster.

Tonicity
Hypotonic
 
Highlights
  • Top-decile alkaline

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SM
Sergey M
1 year ago

303. Kamikata Onsen Ikkyu, Joyo, Kyoto Super sento with onsen water, 1234 yen, on the outskirts of Kyoto. Listed hours are 10:00 to 23:00. They give a stamp for the 41 Super Sento of Kansai 24/25. They issue Toreco trading cards for this onsen. Has a restaurant, massage, chill-out zones, and a shop. Stone bath available. Looks like the M/F baths rotate. On my day it was Matsu-no-Yu. 1. Outdoor zone. 1.1. Stone bath. Clear greenish water. Temperature 41-42. 1.2. Non-stone bath. Clear greenish water with white limescale deposits. Temperature 40. 1.3. Steam bath. 1.4. Two barrels. 1.5. Lying zone. 2. Indoor zone. Comfortable to breathe. 2.1. Carbonated bath, clear water, temperature 39. 2.2. Bath with clear greenish water, temperature 43-44. 2.3. Cold bath. A solid place, inconvenient to reach. Not worth a special trip — more for locals.