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.

An enormous spa resort with an undervalued hotel

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

A cozy accommodation with its own hot spring

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

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

Kinosaki’s oldest outdoor bath

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

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

Fun and easy open-air hot spring bathing

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 serene atmosphere and space provide a leisurely onsen experience for travelers

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

Drawing from two historic sources of water, this open air bath has a nostalgic atmosphere typical of traditional public baths

Famous for its natural boulder cave bath

This outdoor, natural bath is even popular in winter

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

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

Filled with divine blessings. A spacious, comfortable bath