Kashihara Onsen Nara

Kashihara, in the central Yamato basin of Nara Prefecture, is one of Japan's most sacred and historically significant cities, the location of Kashihara Jingu — the grand shrine commemorating Japan's legendary first Emperor Jimmu who is traditionally said to have established his capital here — and the site of extraordinary ancient burial mounds including the massive Unebi-no-Miya kofun complex and the Archaelogical Museum of Kashihara which preserves outstanding Yayoi and Kofun period artefacts. Kashihara Onsen Nara draws on sodium and bicarbonate thermal waters from the geological resources of the Yamato basin, offering restorative baths in a city of exceptional ancient heritage whose Kashihara Jingu, the Imai-cho traditional merchant townscape, and the extraordinary Asuka ancient capital sites nearby create one of Japan's most historically charged spa destinations in the cradle of Japanese civilization. The Kashihara Jingu Grand Shrine and its February commemoration of Japan's national founding, the Imai-cho traditional Edo-period merchant townscape, and the Asuka village archaeological landscape of seventh-century Japanese capital sites accessible nearby make Kashihara one of the most historically layered and spiritually significant thermal destinations in all of Japan.