Activities in Kinosaki
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Yanagi-yu
Worth a quick soak as you make your way around town. Nice wooden construction.
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Sato-no-yu
Fantastic variety of baths, including Arab-themed saunas, rooftop rotemburo and a 'Penguin Sauna' (basically a walk-in freezer – the only one we've seen anywhere – good after a hot bath). Women's and men's baths shift floors daily, so you'll have to go two days in a row to sample all of the offerings.
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Mandara-yu
Small wooden rotemburo.
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Kou-no-yu
Nothing fancy, but a good rotemburo and pleasant inside baths.
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Jizo-yu
Spacious main inside tub but no rotemburo. Good if others are crowded.
In addition to the town's great onsen, visitors might want to have a peek at the Kinosaki Mugiwarazaikudenshokan, which has displays on one of the local handicrafts known as mugiwarazaiku, a decorative technique that employs barley straw cut into tiny pieces and applied to wood to form incredibly beautiful patterns. It's located off the canal, a short walk from Ichi-no-yu onsen.
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Ichi-no-yu
Wonderful 'cave' bath.
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