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Prefectures / Hyogo

Arima Honsen Kin no Yu

有馬本温泉 金の湯 · Arima Onsen

Policy not published (day visit)

Can you bathe here with a tattoo?

This is the question we built the site around, so we answer it per situation.

Visiting for the day

They have not said

The tattoo policy is not stated publicly. Please contact the facility.

How it scores

Every onsen on this site is scored on the same five things.

ViewWaterComfortSettingAccess

Rated from research

View1
Water4.5
Comfort3
Setting3
Access5
×Somewhere to sit — Bathe and leave
○Anything else nearby — In the middle of things

The centre of Arima and the place to meet its famous kinsen, an iron-rich strong-salt water that oxidises rust-brown on contact with the air and is unlike anything else in Kansai. It is an indoor municipal bathhouse with nothing to look at and it fills up, but it is only a few minutes on foot from the station.

Scored from official photos, maps and transport information — not from a visit.

The baths

Indoor bath

Two indoor bathhouses, 'Ichi-no-yu' and 'Ni-no-yu', filled with Arima's famous kinsen — an iron-rich, strongly saline hot spring that turns rust-brown on contact with air. Body soap, shampoo and hairdryers provided; towels sold. The water is not drinkable here.

Open to day visitors

Practical details

Day visits
Yes — you can bathe without staying overnight.
8:00-22:00 (last entry 21:30); closed the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of each month (open if that is a public holiday, closed the next day) and 1 January
Day visit price
¥650
Adults 650 yen on weekdays, 800 yen otherwise; the weekday rate does not apply over New Year, Golden Week, Obon and other peak days. Children (elementary/junior high) 350 yen, under-6 free. A two-bath ticket covering Kin no Yu and Gin no Yu is 1,200 yen. Cashless payment accepted.
Staying overnight
No
Getting there
In the centre of the Arima Onsen village in Kita-ku, Kobe (833 Arima-cho), a short walk from Arima Onsen Station on the Kobe Electric Railway; also reachable by direct bus from Sannomiya and Osaka.
Official website
arimaspa-kingin.jp

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Staying nearby

Where to stay in Arima OnsenBooking.com ↗

What we have not confirmed

We would rather show a gap than guess.