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Nishimuraya Honkan
Kinosaki Onsen
The town's most celebrated ryokan, with traditional rooms around a garden, private baths and refined kaiseki.
Countryside · No. 20 in Japan
Boutique hotels in Kinosaki Onsen
Kinosaki Onsen is Japan's classic bathhouse town, where guests stroll in yukata and wooden sandals between seven public baths.
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Where to stay in Kinosaki Onsen
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Nishimuraya Hotel Shogetsutei
Kinosaki Onsen
A quieter sister property set in the forest just outside town, with a shuttle to the bathhouses.
Kinosaki, on the Sea of Japan coast, is the perfect onsen town: willow-lined canals, stone bridges and seven public bathhouses that guests visit in the evening wearing the cotton robes and clogs provided by their inn. It has inspired writers for more than a century and remains one of the most atmospheric places to experience a ryokan.
Where to stay
The ryokan in town give you a free pass to all seven public baths. Most include dinner, and in winter that means the famous Matsuba snow crab.
Good to know
Kinosaki is about two and a half hours by train from Kyoto or Osaka. Crab season runs from November to March and is the busiest time.
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Questions about Kinosaki Onsen
How many boutique hotels are there in Kinosaki Onsen?
We list 2 boutique hotels in Kinosaki Onsen, including Nishimuraya Honkan and Nishimuraya Hotel Shogetsutei.
