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Japan is known for its plentiful hot springs which are found throughout the country, offering ample opportunities to enjoy both a variety of hot springs themselves as well as the towns built up around them. Kinosaki Onsen is one such town!

Welcome to Kinosaki Onsen

Kinosaki is listed in the top 100 best hot spring towns in all of Japan, and having been around for some 1,300 years since the Heian period, it's safe to say that the resort's persistent popularity has landed it quite deservedly on that list. The charmingly romantic town of Kinosaki stretches north from the train station to the river that runs through the town. This quaint townscape meshes well with one of Kinosaki's more famous draws - its public hot spring bath houses - as yukata-clad vacationers stroll about the town.
Besides the in-house hot spring facilities available at Kinosaki's hotels and inns, a major draw is the 7 public bathhouses that dot the town, each offering a different hot spring bathing experience. For example, the aptly named "Ichinoyu" (meaning something along the lines of "first hot spring") has been open for hundreds of years since the Edo period, and it has long been renowned for its health effects. "Yanagiyu"("willow tree hot spring") is ...