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Rokkōnunobiki Onsen

Hyogo · 六甲布引温泉

Rokkōnunobiki Onsen is a hot spring town in Hyogo, Japan. Officially the water is classed as chloride spring and bicarbonate spring.

Getting there

From Tokyoabout 3 h
From Kyoto / Osakaunder 1 h
CarNot needed
JR PassNot a JR line
  1. Train to Kobe City Subway Shin‐Kobe Station (Shinkansen)
  2. Walk, about 7 min

Fly into Haneda or Narita. Times are rough estimates worked out from station locations, not a timetable — check the exact route on Google Maps.

Chloride springBicarbonate spring

The water here

Chloride spring 塩化物泉

Salty water. The salt leaves a thin film on the skin, so you stay warm well after leaving the bath.

Bicarbonate spring 炭酸水素塩泉

Smooth, slightly slippery water. Often nicknamed bihada-no-yu, the water for beautiful skin.

Things to see nearby

Nunobiki FallsWaterfall · 0.6 km
Hyōgo Prefectural Museum of ArtArt museum · 1.9 km
Ikuta ShrineShrine · 1.5 km
Mount MayaMountain · 1.1 km
Hanakuma CastleCastle · 2.5 km
Nagata ShrineShrine · 6.1 km

Places from Wikidata, photographs from Wikimedia Commons. Distances are in a straight line from the town.

With tattoos

Many public baths still turn away visible tattoos, and the rule is set by each bath, not by the town. The reliable way round it is to bathe privately: a room with its own open-air bath, or an inn with a private bath you can book for yourselves.

Rooms with an open-air bath — HyogoInns with a private bath — Hyogo

More on tattoos and onsen

Where to stay

Onsen inns — Hyogo

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Hot spring towns nearby

Minatoyama OnsenHyogo · 湊山温泉3.4 km southwest
Chloride springBicarbonate spring
Arima OnsenHyogo · 有馬温泉11.1 km northeast
Chloride spring+3
Kōbetaisanji OnsenHyogo · 太山寺温泉12.4 km west
Radioactive spring
Takarazuka OnsenHyogo · 宝塚温泉17.2 km northeast
Chloride spring+2
Takedao OnsenHyogo · 武田尾温泉18.7 km northeast
Simple spring
Yokawa OnsenHyogo · 吉川温泉21 km north
Chloride springBicarbonate spring

Similar water elsewhere

Towns further away with the same kind of water — useful if this one is hard to reach or fully booked.

Ureshino OnsenSaga · 嬉野温泉Also bicarbonate and chloride
Chloride springBicarbonate spring
Hijiori OnsenYamagata · 肘折温泉Also bicarbonate and chloride
Chloride springBicarbonate spring
Totsukawa OnsenNara · 十津川温泉Also bicarbonate and chloride
Chloride springBicarbonate spring
Hoshino OnsenNagano · 星野温泉Also bicarbonate and chloride
Chloride springBicarbonate spring
Hirayu OnsenGifu · 平湯温泉Also bicarbonate and chloride
Chloride springBicarbonate spring
Tokachigawa OnsenHokkaido · 十勝川温泉Also bicarbonate and chloride
Chloride springBicarbonate spring

Where it is

34.7065, 135.1987 — open the map

Read more

Japanese Wikipedia

Planning a first soak? Read how an onsen stay works, and what to do if you have tattoos.