Hyogo Sento

Hyogo Sento (兵庫銭湯) is the public catalog of the Hyogo Prefectural Cooperative of Public Bath-house Operators (兵庫県公衆浴場業生活衛生同業組合), the trade body for the prefecture's licensed public bathhouses. Its hyogo1010.com site, branded Hyogo Sento Monogatari ("Hyogo Sento Stories"), maps the operating sento across the prefecture, from old downtown baths to natural hot-spring sento.

A sento is a neighbourhood public bath, distinct from a hot-spring resort: most heat ordinary water rather than draw onsen, though Hyogo has a good number of genuine 天然温泉 sento, especially around Kobe and Nishinomiya. The prefecture's regulated adult bathing fee is ¥570 (from January 2026), with reduced rates for elementary-school children (¥200) and infants (¥100); saunas are often charged separately.

Not a stamp program here

This is a grouping, not an Onsen Oni badge. We list these baths together because they belong to one cooperative and share one authoritative catalog, and we link each one back to its official hyogo1010.com page. There is no badge to earn for visiting them.

Five regions

The cooperative organises its members into five areas:

• Kobe (神戸) — the largest cluster, including several natural hot-spring sento around Nada.
• Amagasaki (尼崎) — a dense concentration of long-running onsen sento.
• Hanshin (阪神) — the Nishinomiya / Itami / Takarazuka belt.
• Toban-Awaji (東播・淡路) — Akashi, Kakogawa and Awaji Island.
• Seiban (西播) — the Himeji area.

What you will find

• Bath varieties: electric baths (denki-buro), jet and ultrasonic baths, herbal 薬湯, carbonated baths, lukewarm tubs, and open-air baths; some draw genuine natural onsen.
• Saunas: dry saunas and steam or salt saunas, paired with cold-water baths.
• Local touches: tile murals and painted bathhouse art, tall chimneys, Showa-era retro interiors, laundromats, and "runner's sento" that welcome joggers.

The member baths

The list on this page is matched to Onsen Oni's own catalog: each bath links through to its full page here, and out to its entry on the cooperative's official site. The cooperative's official site has the most accurate and current information on each bath, including any changes to hours, fees, and closed days.