RYOKANS providing rooms with private open-air baths
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: One hour 5 minutes by bus from Kansai International Airport to Kobe Sannomiya Bus Terminal, then 30 minutes by bus to Arima Onsen and 2-min shuttle bus ride (or 8 minutes on foot) from there
Spring quality/qualities (Please refer to this page for the health merits)
Iron spring, Chloride spring
Tourist spots nearby
Mt. Rokko Tenran Observatory, Akashi Kaikyo Ohashi Bridge, Kobe
Top hot spring resort – Arima
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.
Number of rooms
66 rooms
*Smoking is prohibited in all rooms