Strolling hot springs in "Kinosaki Onsen" very well known hot spring town in Hyogo!! Enjoy the fabulous luxury day trip in hot springs as you could enjoy only winter!

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There are many hot springs in Japan and especially winter season is popular to have hot spring trip. There is one nationally well-known hot spring in Kansai.

That is “KINOSAKI ONSEN” in Hyogo.

KINOSAKI ONSEN is located in north of Hyogo, well-known hot spring among in Japan.
There are many tourists to stay at Kinosaki Onsen through all year round. But Kinosaki Onsen is also famous that you can enjoy hot spring as day trip.

The recommendation activity in Kinosaki Onsen well known for day spa is called as "Strolling hot springs".

In Kinosaki Onsen town, there are seven hot springs to enjoy your day spa. You can choose some hot springs then enjoy ONSEN!
Since each of the seven bath is different with unique features, please try to find your favorite hot spring. Besides, there are five foot-bath except seven hot springs in Kinosaki Onsen town. Please try and enjoy them ,too.

How about strolling Kinosaki Onsen town in Yukata and Geta in wintry hot spring season with luxurious extraordinary time?

This time, we would like to introduce the seven hot springs in Kinosaki Onsen.

Table of contents for this article

1, Basic and useful information about Hyogo "Kinosaki Onsen"
2, How to enjoy hot springs in "Kinosaki Onsen"
3, Enjoy Kinosaki Onsen town by street view
4, Access information
5, The comments from Enjoy Japan
6, Tips and things to do around Kinosaki Onsen

１，Basic and useful information about KINOSAKI ONSEN, Hyogo

basic information

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Name : " KINOSAKI ONSEN", Hyogo prefecture
Name in English : KINOSAKI ONSEN
State : Hyogo prefecture
Area : Toyooka city area (around Kinosaki Onsen)
Address : 357-1, Kinosaki-cho Yushima, Toyooka, Hyogo (Kinosaki Onsen Tourist Information Centre)
Phone : 0796-32-3663

●Satono-yu

Closed : on Mondays
Open: 13:00~21:00
Fee : Adults 800 yen, Children 400 yen (1-12 yrs)

●Jizou-yu

Closed : on Fridays
Open : 7:00~23:00
Fee : Adults 600 yen , Children 300 yen ( 1-12yrs)

●Yanagi-yu

Closed : on Thursdays
Open : 15:00~23:00
Fee : Adults 600 yen, Children 300 yen ( 1-12　yrs)

●Ichino-yu

Closed : on Wednesdays
Open : 7:00~23:00
Fee : Adults 600 yen, Children 300 yen( 1-12 yrs)

●Goshono-yu

Closed : on 1st and 3rd Thursdays of the month
Open : 7:00~23:00
Fee : Adults 800 yen, Children 400 yen ( 1-12 yrs)

●Mandara-yu

Closed : on Wednesdays
Open : 15:00~23:00
Fee : Adults 600 yen, Children 300 yen ( 1-12 yrs)

●Kouno-yu

Closed : on Tuesdays
Open : 7:00~23:00
Fee : Adults 600 yen, Children 300 yen ( 1-12 yrs)

Parking: There are some parking lots(charged) in Kinosaki Onsen town

Parking guide:
http://onsenyado.sakura.ne.jp/parking.html


Official site : ：http://www.kinosaki-spa.gr.jp/

Useful information

Less than 10 minutes walk from station : ○
credit card : unavailable
Accompanied with : Friends / Dating / Family /Alone
Staff able to communicate with foreign languages : unknown
Free Wi-Fi : unknown
staying : about 2 hours ~
Attention : The following customers may not be allowed to take a bath ; drunken , tattoo.

You can check current seven hot springs’ congestion situation from here
http://www.tamepo.jp/~ck/ks/sotoyu_viewer.html

A free Onsen pass " Yumepa" :
Yumepa is a digital one-day ticket which can be used at all the public hot springs in Kinosaki Onsen for unlimited entrance.

Yumepa : Adults 1200 yen , Children 600 yen
About Yumepa, click here :
http://www.kinosaki-spa.gr.jp/yumepa/

２，How to enjoy strolling hot springs in KINOSAKI ONSEN

Here we introduce how to enjoy day trip “ hot springs tour” in Kinosaki Onsen.

In Kinosaki Onsen, you can fully enjoy hot springs trip as day spa!
Since you visited Kinosaki Onsen, we recommend you to enjoy seven hot springs.

Introduce the seven hot springs in Kinosaki Onsen

Source : Kinosaki Onsen official site ／http://www.kinosaki-spa.gr.jp/index.php?id=3


Map : Kinosaki Onsen hot springs

In Kinosaki Onsen, there are seven hot springs “ Satono-yu”, “ Jizo-yu” “ Yanagi-yu”, “ Ichino-yu”, “ Goshono –yu”, “ Mandara-yu” and “ Kono-yu”.


１，Satono-yu


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２，Jizo-yu


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３，Yanagi-yu


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４ , Ichino-yu


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５，Gosyono-yu


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６，Mandara-yu


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７，Kono-yu


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Hot spring quality in KINOSAKI ONSEN

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All seven hot springs in Kinosaki Onsen have common spring quality. As the characteristic of Kinosaki Onsen spring quality, it makes your skin “smooth” once you take a bath.

●Main spring quality information

Spring quality : sodium, calcium chloride , high temperature hot spring.
Efficacy Neuralgia, Muscle pain, Bruise, Chronic digestive disease, Hemorrhoid, Fatigue recovery.
Temperature : 42℃

Though all spring qualities are the same, each of seven bath is different with unique features.
So, you can plan your own tour to try them all or only try your favorite hot spring.

How to enjoy day spa at hot spring

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When you visit Kinosaki Onsen as day trip, let’s enjoy fully Onsen feeling before leaving.
At first, you can rent “ Yukata” and “Geta” at the shop in Kinosaki Onsen town before going to hot springs. Then enjoy Onsen town in Yukata and geta.

And, strolling hot springs with relaxing at your favorite hot springs.
Since there are also five foot bathes, it is one of activity to have a break at foot bath.
In this way, strolling hot springs in Kinosaki Onsen is able to enjoy Onsen town atmosphere and traditional Yukata and geta even as day trip.

３，Enjoy Kinosaki Onsen Town with street view

Please take a look Kinosaki Onsen Town with using Google street view. You can see there are many people in Yukata and old historical buildings or houses that only could be seen in Onsen town.

４，Access information

Address : KINOSAKI ONSEN TOURIST INFORMATION CENTER
357-1, Kinosaki-cho Yushima, Toyooka, Hyogo

Tel : 0796-32-3663
Traffic information: “ KINOSAKI ONSEN” station. JR San- in line.

５，Comments from Enjoy Japan!

KINOSAKI ONSEN is top-ranking hot spring in Kansai. Though it takes 3 hours from the center of Osaka, Kobe and Kyoto, it is good enough to enjoy day spa.

Since you can rent Yukata in Onsen town, how about strolling Onsen town in Yukata?

As a recommended activity, if you visit by train, you can stay with strolling hot springs and enjoying shops in Onsen town. Or if you visit Kinosaki Onsen by car, you can drop “ Izushi-cho” then try “Izushi Soba” that is local specialty.

６，Tips and things to do around Kinosaki Onsen

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