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Arima Onsen lies on the north side of the Rokko mountains, and Kobe is the port city on the other side. Both are close to Osaka, which makes it easy to combine a hot spring and a city walk in a single night.
Arima is one of Japan’s oldest hot-spring towns, and its inns range from places in the middle of the onsen streets to quieter ones on the edge. Kobe’s hotels suit a stay built around the harbour and the city’s restaurants.
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ホテル ラ・スイート神戸ハーバーランド
A hotel built around suites on the waterfront at Kobe Harborland. Most rooms have a round view bath looking out over the port, and the top three suites can only be booked by telephone. The hotel has its own restaurants and spa.
有馬温泉 中の坊 瑞苑
A ryokan at Arima Onsen. Arima is said to have begun with twelve lodges built to guard the Buddha of healing, and this house carries on one of them. It is kept as a quiet place and does not accept guests under 13. Check-in is at 14:00 and check-out at 12:00, so a stay can run to 22 hours. Some rooms have an open-air bath fed by the clear radon spring; the finest of them is 138 sqm for up to six, with a twelve-mat Japanese room, a tea room, a twin bedroom and that bath. Guests may also use the baths, the viewing bath on the ninth floor, the lobby lounge and the shop at the sister hotel next door, except on days it is closed. Two minutes on foot from the bus stop.
有馬温泉 旅湯 アブリーゴ
A whole-house rental at Arima Onsen, one of Japan’s three oldest hot springs, about five minutes on foot from Arima-Onsen Station on the Kobe Electric Railway, close enough to walk the Yumoto-zaka streets. The building is rented to one group and has hot-spring water piped in. Its name means ‘hideaway’ in Portuguese. Arima is known for its two waters, Kinsen and Ginsen, and is about 30 minutes by car from central Kobe.
有馬山叢 御所別墅（ごしょべっしょ）
A hot-spring inn deep in Arima, surrounded by the nature of the Arima area, with ten rooms on about 1,400 tsubo. There is a transfer from Arima-Onsen Station on the Kobe Electric Railway, about 30 minutes by rail from Shin-Kobe Station. The rooms are suites, and guests can use the Arima water. Arima is one of Japan’s three oldest hot springs.
有馬温泉 天地の宿 奥の細道
A hot-spring inn in the Oyashiki district of Arima Onsen, with a free transfer from Arima-Onsen Station and the bus stop, and about five minutes on foot from the Arima Onsen ropeway station. Dishes are finished in front of you, and guests can use the Arima water. It is a little away from the centre of the onsen streets.
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有馬温泉 橋乃家別館 嵐翠
A small Japanese inn on high ground at Arima Onsen, close to the onsen streets. The usual route is from Shin-Kobe Station by Kobe Electric Railway to Arima-Onsen Station. It serves Japanese kaiseki and guests can use the Arima water. It keeps its room count small and stays quiet. Arima is known for its two waters, Kinsen and Ginsen.