Best around Arima Onsen, Mt. Rokko Spot List

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

A toy museum where you can enjoy picking out favorites

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

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

A large tea ceremony is held here to remember Toyotomi Hideyoshi

A cozy onsen hotel where kids are welcome

A temple that has long protected Arima Onsen

A bath and inn for adults looking to relax in style

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

Learn how Hideyoshi Toyotomi bathed

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.

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

The Rokko Arima Ropeway takes about 12 minutes to travel between Rokko Sancho Station, where Rokko Garden Terrace provides a sweeping vista of urban Kobe and Osaka Bay, and Arima Onsen Station, where clouds of white steam drift upward from one of Japan's three most famous hot springs. While gliding through sky, you can savor the superb view of the majestic nature of Mt. Rokko with scenery that changes with the seasons. What's more, there are attractions dotted across the mountain to enjoy at your leisure such as the Rokko Alpine Botanical Gardens and Rokkosan Country House. After unwinding in an onsen, take the ropeway back to Mt. Rokko.