The luxurious ryokan (Japanese inn), which has a no-shoe policy throughout the hotel and six rooms per floor, sources the water for its rooftop Otemachi Onsen from a spring 1500m underground.

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Amongst the hot springs in the Daisetsuzan area, this town is the largest and most well-known. You'll find a number of natural attractions in the area, like columnar jointed rock faces in Sounkyo's ...

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 ...