Hotels in Arima Onsen Hotspring, Kobe

Enjoy the whole journey at the hotel. Staff are very nice and they provide transport service to pick you up from or to bus station when you check-in or check-out. The hotspring is very good especially the outdoor one. The Japanese style room provides wonderful experience. The meals are incredible.

A great ryokan! Located 5 minutes from the Arima bus station. We chose a room with two beds in a European style - we were met by a Russian-speaking girl, she showed us to the room, told us everything. Dinner and breakfast, as in most places, must be ordered at least 3 days before arrival. Please note that check-in is from 15:00 to 18:00. The room is spacious, there is a free massage chair, tea, there is no bath or shower in the room. Since the building is old, you need to be quiet, since there is no soundproofing. We took dinner for 15,000 yen - they offer you a time, at the right time they show you to the table. It was delicious, but not too impressive. I would like to hear more information about the dishes from the staff. The food was brought out quickly, the staff is trying very hard. The dining room looks great. The source itself is quite small, I didn't really like the system with a low partition, but if you want to be alone, or you have a tattoo, you can visit it at night - it is open all day, except for 00:00-01:00 and 09:30-10:30 for cleaning. The water is golden We also took a private bath for 5500 yen/60 minutes, it is 5 minutes from the building, it is quite scary to go there at night, I wanted an escort. There is a hammam and all the necessary accessories.

The city view room has a view of the town. The interior is similar to other rooms. It is more convenient to take an outdoor hot spring on the same floor, but you need to go to the lobby on the first floor to get the key. The hotel facilities are user-friendly. The staff are very nice. It is worth coming to Arima. A wonderful memory

Arima Kirari is a well established ryokan. It comes with both public and private baths, and its own restaurants. The public bath was too crowded unfortunately, so we had to go to the private one which does not have an outdoor area. The breakfast provided has good variety and was delicious. Do note that the hotel is the top of a steep slope, and so it might be quite challenging to get there with luggage.

Amazing outdoor onsen and close to town and you should definitely order a transfer from the train station if you are not used to climbing steep roads. Overall it was a great stay for a reasonable price and the town area had tonnes of good food and creative souvenirs.

The property is a little out of the way but you can arrange for the hotel to pick you up from where you are. The service here is good, staff are attentive and quick to assist. Upon arriving, the staff will greet you, bring you to your room and introduce the property. The facilities look old but it's clean and well maintained. The view from the balcony is very serene. Yukata was provided but Pyjamas is not provided, you can rent it for an additional charge. Meals are buffet style only.

Didn't realized it will be on top of a hill. We got delayed on our train from Kansai, hence arrived a bit late to Arima, tried to call for shuttle but was unsuccessful hence we run up the hill which we thought was just a small distance, but it was much, we've finally arrived to the hotel at 7:30pm a bit earlier than their published latest check in time of 8:00pm. We were told dinner won't be serve after 7pm, we rushed all the way for nothing. They should have also published that on the website to avoid people like us planning a trip to Arima to experience aside from the onsen but also for the traditional Japanese meals. Anyway, after negotiation they did served us the dinner and it was tasty and sumptuous. Aside from the small issue about the dinner, this place is clean & quiet, staffs were very nice and attentive, the onsen are relaxing and we got a very good night sleep. Will still recommend this hotel, but remember to tell them about your arrival time and book the shuttle bus.

It takes about 1.5 hours to drive from Kansai Airport to the hotel. The hotel has free parking, which is very convenient for self-driving travel. The package we bought this time includes one night and two meals, and the dinner and breakfast are also very rich. The staff patiently communicated with us in English and introduced the surrounding environment, and reminded us to take the hotel shuttle bus to Arima Market for shopping. You can also purchase a private hot spring for 50 minutes for 5,000 yen, which can be purchased when you check in. The only thing that needs improvement is that the staff has limited English, only one or two can communicate in English.

A Japanese-style hot spring hotel, away from the hustle and bustle, has both gold and silver hot spring baths. However, except for breakfast and dinner, there are no other food and beverage sales. You have to prepare your own drinks, snacks, and late night snacks. In addition, the wifi is not very stable!

What an amazing stay! It exceeded all expectations. The place is super nice with design interior, rooms are warm, spacious and comfortable. The whole place is modern, yet has a very traditional authentic feel and feels serene. The staff is very attentive, caring and fulfills your every need - they make you feel welcome, and explain everything to you very well even if you are a foreigner, there was no problem communicating in english. You are guaranteed 2 private stays in the private onsen spa of your chice - one in the evening and one in the morning, the time slots are more than enough to cover guest capacity and you have choice. The public onsen is pretty awesome too, although i felt so relaxed after private onsen for so long i went there just because of curiosity lol. The dinner and breakfast are HUGE and are SUPER tasty. Excellent products and execution, it was my first time tasting a5 wagyu. I recommend you do not eat lunch before coming to the ryokan for dinner, maybe just breakfast or something small because you will want to eat everything in this amazing meal set. I still feel kind of full 1 day after checking out. The hotel has nice common areas with free beverages, board games, ping pong ans some slot machines for entertainment. You can reserve karaoke room or get massaged in the automatic massage chairs. After we chcecked in at 3pm we did not need to go anywhere away from the hotel and just enjoyed our time there. If you want to book very specific timeslots for the private spa come in at that 3pm, because people queue up 30 min before in the lobby. Although i felt this was not really necessarry because like i said, the capacity is calculated well and you are guaranteed 2 entramces with available time slots. The first time slot starts at 4pm and is in 1hr intervals - with 5 available onsens up until the night. Morning onsen had plenty of free slots. They also offer free shuttle bus and it was always quick, we even called from public telephone in Arima when before checkin and had no problems arranging pickup in english. What i wish is if they were a little bit more flexible with breakfast times, because you also reserve a time slot but it's not like it's a course meal but traditional breakfast + buffet and you have to decide at the check in, which is kind of soon to think about when you want to have morning meal, but it's not too big problem. I guess it is a way to prevent everyone rushing in 5 min before closing time like some people do. The breakfast has plenty of variety and you even get a preheated own grill! Overall, we couldn't pick a better place for our visit in Arima, we are so relaxed and it was oje of the best places we have ever been to!