Takarazuka Washington Hotel

The hotel's second floor holds Gin-no-yu (銀の湯), a small indoor bath fed by Takarazuka's hot-spring source, with separate saunas for men and women. The water is plain and faintly salty on the skin, and the bath itself is modest rather than showy, meant more to ease the tiredness of a day's travel than to impress. It's for overnight guests only; day use isn't offered. The hotel sits along a river in Takarazuka's old hot-spring quarter, an easy walk from the Hankyu and JR stations, and reviewers describe it as calm and well kept despite its age, with an attentive front desk.