RYOKANS providing rooms with private open-air baths
Book Miyajima Grand Hotel Arimoto in Miyajima Onsen (Hiroshima)―― Situated just a three-minute walk to the World Heritage Site of Itsukushima Shrine, Miyajima Grand Hotel Arimoto has an excellent location. The 55 guest rooms are divided into several types, including those equipped with private open-air baths, and offer different views like the Itsukushima Shrine, a beautiful garden, and a mountain of virgin forest. You can choose a room according to your favourite scenery. The gender-segregated large public baths (with open-air baths) inside the hotel building provide a type of artificial onsen called “activated stone hot spring.” As to dining, you can enjoy Japanese dishes making use of seafood from the Seto Inland Sea, such as oysters which are a specialty of Hiroshima, at a cabin restaurant.
Access: One hour 25 minutes by JR Shinkansen from Shin-Osaka Station to Hiroshima Station, 25 minutes by JR Sanyo Main Line to Miyajimaguchi Station, then 10 minutes by ferry to Miyajima Island and 5-min shuttle bus ride (or 15-min walk) from there
Private Onsens (For couples, families, tattoo wearers)
Rooms with hot-water open-air spa available: 7 rooms
“No. 1” ryokan in Japan
Guest rooms facing the Itsukushima Shrine command a fantastic view of Miyajima, composed of a number of distinctive features including the Itsukushima Shrine, the famous Grand Torii (Shinto shrine gate) “floating” on the ocean, the Five-storied Pagoda, Senjokaku (lit. “pavilion of 1000 mats”) and other elements.
Tourist spots nearby
Miyajima Island (Itsukushima Shrine), Hiroshima Peace Memorial (Atomic Bomb Dome)
Number of rooms
55 rooms
*Smoking is prohibited in all rooms