Best Hot Springs (Onsen) & Bath Houses (Sento) around Kansai Spot List

One of Kyoto's most famous hot springs, famous as “hot water for beautiful skin,” the water has a thick texture and makes your skin very smooth.

Kansai's most famous dark-colored hot springs. The golden hot spring water is rich in sodium and iron

A spring born of the prayers of a Buddhist monk named Dochi

A seaside resort hotel where every room overlooks the ocean and you can relax at the beauty salon or the pool

The most popular of Kinosaki’s outdoor baths. The dynamic waterfall is a favorite

A cozy onsen hotel where kids are welcome

Try the popular onsen with its own hot spring source

A vast, luxurious resort of 198,000 square meters filled with nature

Relax at the first onsen in the Kansai region approved by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare as a facility promoting health through onsen bathing

The beloved traditional tubs have long been a symbol of Yunomine

A colorless hot spring on a small, quiet road. The ”silver spring” is both carbonated and enriched with radium

Filled with divine blessings. A spacious, comfortable bath

An enormous spa resort with an undervalued hotel

Relax and relieve yourself of daily stress and exhaustion

An established accommodation that offers a famous onsen and cuisines made from carefully selected ingredients

Soak in the hot springs while looking out through the pine forest at Shirahama Beach

Known as one of Japan’s top three beauty hot springs

Conveniently located next to the station. A completely western-style outdoor bath

A traditional accommodation with a Japanese-style garden of 1,980 square meters that was painstakingly landscaped

Fun and easy open-air hot spring bathing