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The Arayu spring at Yumura Onsen, Hyogo

Ryokan in Yumura Onsen

What Japanese guests say about ryokan in Yumura Onsen: which room to book, what the baths are really like, and what to watch out for.

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The Arayu spring at Yumura Onsen, Hyogo
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Yumura OnsenClassic

Yu, Shin'onsen-chō, Mikata District, northern Hyōgo — a castle-like building two minutes' walk from the Yumura Onsen bus stop and a few minutes from the steaming Arayu spring; about 25 minutes by town bus from JR Hamasaka Station, about 3 hours by express bus from Osaka-Umeda, and about 45 minutes by car from Yōka-Hyōnosen IC

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Yumura Onsen Asanoya

湯村温泉 朝野家

A big, old-school Yumura inn loved for handmade monthly kaiseki in private dining rooms, Tajima beef and Hamasaka crab, and 98°C spring water that runs even from the washbasin taps. The catch: the large baths are only partly free-flowing, chlorinated and two floors underground, and the building shows its age

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