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.

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

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

Relax and relieve yourself of daily stress and exhaustion

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

Famous for its natural boulder cave bath

Kinosaki’s oldest outdoor bath

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

An accommodation with an onsen sourced from a famous hot spring water in Arima in quaint Japanese atmosphere

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

The entire place has a classic feel. This public bath is filled with unrivaled nostalgia

An enormous spa resort with an undervalued hotel

Filled with divine blessings. A spacious, comfortable bath

The serene atmosphere and space provide a leisurely onsen experience for travelers

This outdoor, natural bath is even popular in winter

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

Arima Hot Spring, located an hour's trip away from Osaka, is known as a retreat in the Kyoto, Osaka and Kobe areas. It is famous for being one of Japan's three oldest hot springs.

Fun and easy open-air hot spring bathing

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