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Sonikogenonsen Okame Hot Spring

Soni, Nara, Japan

  1. THE WORLD’S BEST SAUNAS & BATHS WORTH A JOURNEY · 2026 ✦ ✦ N° 55 2026
Sonikogenonsen Okame Hot Spring

Day-trip hot spring above the Soni Kogen Farm Garden roadside station in the Soni Highlands, with indoor baths, sauna and cold plunge. Its free-flowing alkaline water feels slippery and leaves skin smooth, and the lukewarm open-air bath faces the mountains.

Highlights

  • Free-flowing unheated source bath
  • Spacious open-air mountain bath
  • Waterfall shower in open-air bath

Good to know

  • Tattoos not allowed
  • Crowded on weekends, holidays, pampas season

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