An onsen town for bath-hopping in a yukata
In Kinosaki, ryokan line a willow-shaded canal, and public bathhouses are scattered through town, each with its own kind of bath. Change into a yukata, a light cotton kimono, and wooden geta sandals, and walk from one bath to the next; day visitors are welcome too. It is about 2.5 hours by train from Kyoto or Osaka.
Known for its cave bath, set in what looks like a hollow in the rock. Closed on Wednesdays.
Its open-air bath, the most open of all the bathhouses, looks onto a green hillside and a waterfall. Closed on Thursdays.
A bathhouse with a temple-like roof and an open-air bath in a ceramic tub. Opens at 3pm.
A small bathhouse built with plenty of fragrant hinoki cypress. Opens at 3pm; closed on Thursdays.
Named after a Jizo statue said to have emerged from the spring, it has a cascade of hot water that falls onto your shoulders like a massage. Closed on Mondays.