Junibo Onsen Yurara: Day-Use Hot Spring Baths & Prices

Rising in the Junibo forest of Konan City, Yurara is a combined leisure complex where you can enjoy a free-flowing radon spring surrounded by lush greenery, ideal for a relaxed day trip. Alongside the baths, a campsite and local-produce shop make it popular with families and outdoor lovers.

Highlights

A weakly radioactive simple cool spring, its pride is an open-air bath fed by free-flowing source water. Said to ease nerve and muscle pain and fatigue, the grounds also include stone-bath rooms, a pool, and a campsite. The forest-ringed open-air bath is airy and open, so you can gaze at the greenery while you soak.

Enjoying the Seasons

Budding forest in spring, camping and swimming in summer, mountain foliage in autumn, and steaming open-air baths in winter make it a year-round destination. Being able to enjoy the outdoors and a hot spring in one place is a special charm of this complex.

Access and Basic Information

About ten minutes by car from Kosei Station on the JR Kusatsu Line, and close to the Ritto-Konan exit of the Meishin Expressway, making it handy for families. With a large parking lot, it is easy to reach by car. Day-use bathing is the main offering, with fees starting in the range of a few hundred yen. Hours and the terms for each facility can change, so it is wise to check in advance.

Practical Travel Notes

Combine the bath, stone-bath rooms, and a meal for a full relaxing day. In summer, pairing it with the pool, camping, or river play is ideal, and outdoor fans can even stay over at the campsite. To avoid crowds, aim for weekdays or the morning. The surrounding area is rich in nature and makes a good base for a drive or a hike. Budget around two thousand yen for a bath and a meal, or about three thousand if you add the stone bath or pool.

A Quick Tip

Combine the bath, stone-bath rooms, and a meal for a full relaxing day, and outdoor fans can even stay over at the campsite. In the greenery-wrapped open-air bath, let the fatigue of daily life slowly wash away.

Practical Information for Your Visit

• Spring quality: Simple weakly radioactive spring (hypotonic, weakly alkaline spring)
• Source temperature and flow: 28.2 degrees (at an air temperature of 8.5 degrees), 416 liters per minute. The radon content is 31.4 x 10 to the minus 10th power curies of radon per kg
• Indications: Neuralgia, muscle pain, joint pain, frozen shoulder, chronic digestive complaints, chronic skin conditions and more
• How the water is used: The open-air baths are free-flowing from the source. As the source is below 30 degrees, the water is heated
• Open-air baths: Both the Shugen-no-yu and the Momotsutae-no-yu bathing areas have one
• Sauna: Both bathing areas have a dry sauna, and Shugen-no-yu also has a cold plunge bath
• Opening hours: 10:00-22:00 (last reception 21:20)
• Closing days: The New Year period. It also closes temporarily for maintenance inspections
• Bathing fees: 800 yen for adults and 400 yen for children. The hot spring plus the stone sauna costs 1,500 yen. A book of 11 tickets costs 8,000 yen for adults and 4,000 yen for children
• Stone sauna (ganbanyoku): 700 yen (including the sauna wear and a large towel). It uses bakuhanseki stone and germanium ore. For hot spring users only
• Hot spring pool: In 2026 it operates on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays from June 20 to September 27, 10:00-17:00 (last reception 16:00). Combined with the hot spring it costs 1,200 yen for adults (junior high school students and older) and 600 yen for children (age 3 to junior high school students)
• Towels: Bath towel rental 200 yen, towels for sale 300 yen. Razors and toothbrushes are 200 yen each
• Tattoos: People with tattoos are not admitted
• Children: Mixed bathing is not permitted from age 8
• Assisted bathing: Available (reservation required)
• Parking: Free of charge, with about 100 spaces for ordinary cars. No reservation needed
• Access (by car): 8 km, about 10 minutes from the Ritto-Konan Interchange on the Meishin Expressway; 8 km, about 10 minutes from the Ryuo Interchange; and 20 km, about 25 minutes from the Tsuchiyama Interchange on the Shin-Meishin Expressway
• Access (by public transport): About 10 minutes by taxi from Kosei Station on the JR Kusatsu Line. A free scheduled shuttle links Kosei Station and Yurara on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays (no service on Tuesdays and Thursdays). Each service seats 6, no reservation is needed, you may not get off partway, and the ride takes about 15 minutes
• In winter: Because of snowfall, winter tires or chains are needed
• Other facilities on site: The restaurant "Ajihiro", a crafts workshop, a fitness room, massage and beauty treatments, and the Junibo Onsen Family Campground
• Bringing your own: Food, drink and alcohol may not be brought in
• Location: 678-28 Iwane, Konan City, Shiga Prefecture (within the Junibo Forest)
• How long to allow: 1-2 hours for the bath alone; half a day if you combine it with the stone sauna, a meal or a walk in the hills
• To avoid the crowds: Weekend evenings tend to be busy, so weekday mornings are the most relaxed

Information Sources

The name of the spring quality, the source temperature, flow rate and radon content, the indications and the contents of the bathing areas come from the hot spring page of the official Junibo Onsen Yurara website, and the opening hours, fees, ticket books, stone sauna, towels and the rules on tattoos and mixed bathing from the visitor guidance page of the same official website. Access, the operating days and capacity of the free shuttle, and the note about tires in winter come from the access page of the same official website, while the number of parking spaces and the fact that they are free, together with the fact that the open-air baths are free-flowing from the source, were taken from the facility information on the official Shiga Prefecture tourism website. The closing days and the various fees come from the facility guide of Konan City, and the history of the logging and replanting of Mount Iwane (Junibo) and the times for the hiking courses from "Burari Konan", the Konan City tourism guide. Opening hours, prices and closing days are subject to change, so please check the official information before you set out.