Settsukyo Hot Spring
- Location
- Takatsuki, Osaka, Japan
- Water type
- thermal
- Temperature
- 38 °C
- pH
- 7.3
Water profile
Soothing — neither hot nor cold, perfect balance.
Rich in trace elements — gentle on the skin.
Soft water — natural, classic buoyancy.
Settsukyo Hot Spring is located in Takatsuki City, Osaka Prefecture in the former Settsu Province, where it occupies a dramatic gorge setting along the Akutagawa River upstream, offering a rare combination of natural scenic beauty and geothermal thermal water within easy reach of the Osaka metropolitan area. As of the early 2010s, the spring facilities consisted of the inn Sansuikan and its associated day-bathing facility Shofuen, providing visitors with both accommodation and casual bathing access to naturally heated waters in one of Osaka Prefecture's most scenically striking gorge environments. Settsukyo Hot Spring stands as evidence that Japan's volcanic geothermal resources extend even into densely urbanized prefectures like Osaka, offering the pleasures of natural hot spring bathing within a landscape of forested riverside cliffs that feels worlds removed from the city just downstream.