Kinosaki Seven Public Baths
城崎温泉 七つの外湯
Stroll through seven public outdoor baths in yukata and wooden clogs. Each bath has its own character, reflecting Kinosaki Onsen's 1,300 years as a whole town that functions as one inn.
Kinosaki treats the entire hot-spring district as one inn. The station is the entrance hall, the streets are the corridors, and the outdoor baths are the grand bathrooms. The seven outdoor baths are Ri no Yu, Jizo-yu, Yanagi-yu, Ichi no Yu (a cave bath), Gosho-yu, Mandara-yu and Ko no Yu, the oldest, which has a garden with an open-air bath. A single entry costs about 800 yen, and the one-day pass “Yumepa” costs about 1,500 yen. Guests staying at a local inn can receive free bath tickets. Most baths open at 7:00 or 15:00 and close at 23:00, and each bath closes one day a week. JR Kinosaki Onsen Station is within walking distance.
Opening hours
Each onsen roughly 07:00/15:00–23:00 (weekly rotating closures)
Nearby sights
- Otani River Willow Street
- Kinosaki Literary Museum
- Kinosaki Onsen Ropeway
- Onsen-ji Temple
- Kinosaki Marine World
- Genbudo Park
- Takeno Beach
- Hyogo Park of the Oriental White Stork