Kameoka Onsen Kyoto
- Location
- Kameoka, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
- Water type
- sodium chloride
- Temperature
- 41 °C
- pH
- 7.3
Water profile
Relaxing — deep, immediate muscle release.
Loaded with major ions — the essential minerals (Ca, Mg).
Dense, salty water — you float without effort.
Kameoka, at the head of the famous Hozu River gorge in Kyoto Prefecture, is the starting point for the celebrated Hozu River boat ride, a 16-kilometre traditional log-boat journey through dramatic rapids and forested gorge scenery that culminates at the Arashiyama bamboo grove on the edge of Kyoto city. Kameoka Onsen Kyoto draws on sodium and bicarbonate thermal waters from the geothermal resources of the Tamba basin, offering relaxing baths in a city that serves as the inland agricultural heartland supplying Kyoto's renowned kaiseki cuisine with fresh Tamba vegetables, Kameoka beef, and fragrant local rice. Direct rail connections to Kyoto station in twenty minutes and the spectacular Hozu gorge scenery make Kameoka a perfectly positioned satellite spa destination for visitors to the ancient imperial capital.