Suzuran-no-yu

Arima Kaido Onsen Suzuran-no Yu, Kobe, Hyogo I was in the maple section in spring, the maples in the outdoor area were still bare, so it felt a little sad, but that was offset by the wide variety of baths in both the indoor and outdoor areas. In the indoor area: a regular bath, jets, a special "stone bath" (it looked like it was cast in one piece from artificial stone?), and there are also two saunas, a regular dry sauna and a steam sauna that is so dark you can barely see your hand in front of your face (there is lighting by your feet and a small window in the door, a mysterious place). In the outdoor area there is a bath like a "puddle" (photo 1, with no finished edges, you step smoothly into the water and sit on the slope) and a reclining bath under a roof like a gazebo. There is a rotenburo with rusty water, which is said to be kakenagashi (photo 2), and there are several private barrels that are also said to be kakenagashi. There is also a clearly newly built second sauna outside, and it comes with a temporary cold-water pool. There is also a separate mizuburo with local mineral water, from which local sake brewers make sake. Besides the onsen and the restaurant that is standard for a super-sento, there is also a barbecue area nearby, and it is already noticeably in the mountains here, a few degrees cooler than on the coast. So this place is interesting, and it is somewhere you can come more than once. 2026.03.29

354. Suzuran-no-yu, Kobe ★ A super sento with onsen water, ¥1,000-1,200, about 50-60 minutes from Kobe Station. Opening hours are listed as 10:00 to 24:00. They stamp Kansai 24/25 Super Sento Rally 41. There is a diner, massage, a shop, massage chairs, and manga. There are two bath sets, switched between men and women, Autumn Leaves and Bamboo Forest. I was in the second one. 1. Outdoor area. Tree view, spacious. 1.1. Oval bath with clear water, temperature 42. 1.2. Wooden square bath, water clear and slightly cloudy, temperature 40-41. 1.3. Square bath with stones in the floor, water clear, brown-green-white, temperature 40-41. 1.4. Small stone bath, water clear, brown-green-white, temperature 40-41. 1.5. Two barrels. 2. Indoor area. 2.1. Stone bath, water clear and a little cloudy, temperature 40. 2.2. Square bath, water clear and a little cloudy, temperature 40. 2.3. Area with denki-buro. 2.4. Four jet baths. 2.5. Sauna. 2.6. Steam bath. 2.7. Cold bath. A pleasant place. Even though it is inconvenient to get to without a car, it is worth considering for trips not far from Kobe. 07.01.2025