Day 3: 23rd December 2019

1. Osaka → Nankin-Machi @ Kobe

Departure from Airbnb: 8am

How to go:  

– Take a train to Osaka-Namba Station 

– Use the Hanshin all lines to travel to Hankyu Kobe Sannomiya Station (using the Taikou-no-yu ticket purchased on Day 2)

– Walk 9mins to Nankin-Machi

Transport Cost: 2,650yen (Taikou-no-yu ticket)

2. Nankin-Machi @ Kobe → Arima Onsen

How to go:

– Walk to Kobe Sannomiya Station

– Take a train to Shinkashi Station via Hanshin Line

– Change train to Arima Onsen Station

* Taikou-no-yu ticket entitles you to use all of the hot spring’s 26 baths except the Taiko Yumejuraku premium bedrock bath and the Hyotan Yumejuraku private bedrock bath, which require a separate fee. However, the ticket includes coupons offering discounts for those baths (for example, ticketholders can use the Taiko Yumejuraku bath for 30 minutes, which usually costs ¥514, for half price).

Enjoy the hot spring for the afternoon! 

What else can we do at Arima Onsen?

A walk through the hot spring town visiting the hot spring sources at Tenjin Sengen. 

Must Try!

– Tansan Sembei

Flour, starch, and sugar are mixed with carbonate spring water, rolled into a thin sheet and then roasted to make a slightly sweet and crisp cracker.

– Arima Cider Teppo Water

the first cider drink made with carbonated spring water in Japan in the early 1900s.

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