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Main route Kobe Arima
The origin of Arima Hot Springs, famous as the oldest working spa in Japan, dates back to the age of mythology. The Nihon Shoki that chronicles Japanese history tells of visits by the Emperors Jomei and Kotoku, and Onsen-ji Temple that was built by the monk Gyoki in the Nara Period.
In the Kamakura Period, the monk Ninsai visited the area and built twelve lodgings for the twelve generals that protect the Buddhist god of medicine, Yakushi-nyorai.
Moreover, the warlord Hideyoshi Toyotomi was fond of the area and visited here often.
The bath and other unearthed artifacts associated with Hideyoshi can be viewed along with an introduction to the history and culture of Arima at the Taiko-no-yudono Museum.
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IArima, stand on north side of Kobe city, is one of the reprehensive hot springs in Japan. It is opened from ancient times. Toyotomi Hideyoshi (the worrier in the 16th century) made a bath and hold a big tea ceremony. with Sen no Rikyu (the greatest master of tea ceremony).
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As for Arima, there are 3 types of hot springs, colored iron and ark red (named gold hot water), transparent (named Silver hot water), and sparkling hot water. They have an effect for any sicknesses.
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You can change to Kobe Dentetsu line at [Tanigami station, Kobe subway (hokushin Kyuko) line]. It takes 30 minutes from Sannomiya, 25minutes from Shin-Kobe. There is non-stop bus from Umeda, Osaka (55min.). You can take a bath without staying, get information at Arima Onsen Sogo Annaisho(Information desk)
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Taiko-bashi Bridge and Yukemuri Hiroba
Taikohashi is the longest bridge in Airma Hot Springs. Just passed the traffic light from there is the Yukemuri Hiroba where falling hot spring waters create a cloud of steam, hence the name (literally meaning the "square of hot spring steam"). A statue of the warlord Hideyoshi Toyotomi in the square faces a statue of his wife Kita-no-Mandokoro (nicknamed "Nene") in the spa district. The statue of the nymph in the middle of the pool was a gift from Jozankei Hot Spring in Sapporo, which is the sister-spa of Arima Hot Springs.
Kinnoyu
A public bathhouse featuring the kinsen around which the spa grew was opened in December 2002. Though meaning "gold", the kinsen water is actually rust-colored
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Ginnoyu
Ginnoyu is a public bathhouse with carbonated baths of the colorless ginsen or "silver springs", and radium baths. These baths are popular with women for the way the spring water leaves skin feeling smooth and silky.
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Onsen-ji Temple
Also known as Yakushido, this temple is said to have been built by the monk Gyoki in the Nara Period. The statues of the Basara Generals protect the Yakushi Buddha, the principal image of the temple. Reportedly the work of the Buddhist monks Unkei and Tankei of the Kamakura Period, the statues are Important Cultural Properties of Japan.