Kotori
有馬温泉 小都里
Does Kotori allow tattoos? In a private bath
One room has an open-air bath on the silver spring, and guests can book the private gold-spring bath at the sister ryokan two minutes away. Kotori publishes no tattoo policy.
One room, Mukudori, has its own open-air bath on the silver spring. Guests can also reserve Hanagokoro, the private gold-spring bath at sister ryokan Hanamusubi, two minutes on foot, at ¥2,200 a person with a minimum of two. Kotori’s pages say nothing about tattoos.
What the hotel says about its baths
お部屋に銀泉の露天風呂を備え付けた客室もございます。
The operator’s own wording.
The bath
Kotori’s own two baths are small indoor ones on the silver spring. Its facilities page says they are lent privately in 45-minute slots booked by phone, but it words that as a pandemic measure, so ask whether it still applies. Guests can use the gold-spring large baths at Hanamusubi as well.
The hotel
Eight rooms: the open-air-bath room, five Japanese rooms and two Western ones. The others have no bath or toilet in the room. Dinner is served at Hanamusubi, and the inn takes cash only. Check-in is 3 p.m. and checkout is 10 a.m.
Good to know
- Cash only. Bring enough for the stay.
- Only one room has a bath. Book Mukudori by name.
Getting there
Arima-Onsen STN · Kobe Electric Railway
About 10 minutes on foot.
From Sannomiya in Kobe, take the subway to Tanigami, then the Kobe Electric Railway, changing at Arima-guchi, to Arima-Onsen; it’s about 1 hour from Osaka. Express buses from Sannomiya and Osaka also run to the Arima Onsen bus stop. The inn runs a shuttle from the station and bus stop if you call on arrival.
Where it is
Arima-Onsen STN
- Hankyu Kobe line 30 min
- Kobe Electric Arima line 35 min
- Shinkansen tickets Seats between any two stations, booked by date.
- Kansai Railway Pass Lite from ¥5,200 · 2 or 3 days Worth it if you’re riding the private lines from Osaka. It covers Kansai’s private railways and subways, including Hankyu from Umeda and the Kobe Electric line to Arima-Onsen. JR trains aren’t covered.
- Himeji Castle, Arima and Mt Rokko day tour Himeji Castle, a stop in Arima Onsen and the view from Mt Rokko, from Osaka.
- Japan Rail Pass from ¥53,000 · 7, 14 or 21 days For a trip that takes in several regions by Shinkansen and JR lines.
What happens when you arrive
Use the bath in your room.
How we know
Bath layout confirmed, tattoo policy not published Checked on the official site (the operator’s own bath and room pages)
Best for: a simple room in Arima with a private bath a short walk away
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