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Book Arima Onsen Motoyu Kosenkaku in Arima Onsen (Hyogo)— An inn with leisurely structures dotted throughout a 20,000 square-meter Japanese garden. Here, you can enjoy bathing in fresh brown-colored hot spring water (“gold spring”)
Access: 1 hour by bus from Hankyu Highway Bus Osaka Umeda Terminal (Hankyu Sambangai) to Arima Onsen
Iron spring, Chloride spring
Mt. Rokko Tenran Observatory, Akashi Kaikyo Ohashi Bridge, Kobe
One of Japan’s oldest hot springs, and one of the three most famous hot springs in Japan. The “Nihon Shoki” (a collection of ancient myth) it was recorded to have been discovered by two deities. Many past Emperors of Japan have visited here since some 1,500 years ago. The hot spring combines a plentiful amount of components, and is rare even on the worldwide scale.
66 rooms
*Smoking is prohibited in all rooms
*These links will go to the travel agencys’ reservation website.
17,400 - 63,000 yen per guest per night
The price includes one dinner and one breakfast
1455-1 Arima-cho, Kita-ku, Kobe-shi, Hyogo, Japan Show map
(1) 1 hour by bus from Hankyu Highway Bus Osaka Umeda Terminal (Hankyu Sambangai) to Arima Onsen, then 2 min by shuttle bus
(2) 1h 15 min by bus from Kyoto Station to Arima Onsen, then 2 min by shuttle bus
(3) 30 min by bus from Kobe Sannomiya Bus Terminal to Arima Onsen, then 2 min by shuttle bus
(4) 10 min by Kobe Municipal Subway from Sannomiya Station to Tanigami Station, 10 min by Kobe Electric Railway from Tanigami Station to Arimaguchi Station, then 5 min by Kobe Electric Railway Arima Line to Arima Onsen Station, and 2-min shuttle bus ride from there.
The required times may slightly vary depending on the time of day.