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.

Directly connected to JR Osaka Station. A health and wellness facility offering diverse services including natural hot spring, fitness, and dining.

A cozy onsen hotel where kids are welcome

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

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

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

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

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

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

An enormous spa resort with an undervalued hotel

Filled with divine blessings. A spacious, comfortable bath

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

Kinosaki’s oldest outdoor bath

Relax and relieve yourself of daily stress and exhaustion

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

Famous for its natural boulder cave bath

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

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

A cozy accommodation with its own hot spring

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.