Onsen saunas in Kobe, Japan
ジェームス山天然温泉 月の湯舟
Tsuki no Yufune is a natural onsen in the James-yama hills of Tarumi with milky-white hot spring water and baths of natural seawater piped from the Seto Inland Sea. It has three saunas: a large tiered high-temperature Stadium Sauna, a salt sauna and a Rocky Sauna with heated stones. Staff run heat-wave events, and there is a cold bath and outdoor seating for cooling down. Open 9:00 to midnight, last entry 23:00.
天然温泉スパ&サウナ awa awa KOBE
awa awa KOBE is a natural-onsen spa and sauna on the HAT Kobe waterfront that reopened after a renewal in October 2025, with its own craft brewery and a restaurant inside. The baths use natural onsen and groundwater, with a sauna and an open-air area for lying down under the sky. A bookable private sauna with self-löyly, a deep cold bath and its own open-air bath is also available. Entry is ¥1,000 on weekdays; open 10:00 to midnight.
有馬街道温泉 すずらんの湯
Suzuran no Yu is a day onsen on the Arima Kaido road in Kita ward with one of Kobe's largest garden open-air baths. Its sauna has auto-löyly every 15 minutes using Miyamizu spring water, and there is a herbal steam sauna. The open-air area adds Jouan, a three-tier forest sauna for 33 people with self-löyly and vihta, open to men only. Cold baths include a hinoki tub, and there is a tatami cooling-off area. Open 10:00 to midnight.
朝日温泉
Asahi Onsen is a Hyogo-ward bathhouse founded in 1941 whose free-flowing natural hot spring is certified by the Japan Natural Hot Spring Organization, yet it charges ordinary sento prices. It runs five baths at separate temperatures, from a 45°C black-water bath to a 31°C spring bath and a 20°C cold bath, plus a free steam sauna and a high-temperature sauna for a fee. Open 9:00 to 23:30; closed Wednesday.
湯あそびひろば 六甲おとめ塚温泉
Rokko Otomezuka Onsen is a Nada-ward bathhouse that pours its own carbonated hot spring, 480 litres a minute, into the baths without adding water or heat. Its two bath halls swap between men and women daily: one has a high-temperature sauna and the other a salt sauna, both with open-air onsen baths. Entry is ¥500 plus ¥300 for the sauna. Open every day from 6:00 to 1:00.
灘温泉 六甲道店
Nada Onsen Rokkomichi began as a bathhouse in 1932 and drilled its own hot spring after the 1995 earthquake. Bathers alternate between a cool, unheated carbonated spring bath and the heated onsen; there is a far-infrared sauna, a well-water cold bath at about 18 to 20°C and open-air baths. Entry is ¥500, or ¥800 with the sauna. It opens at 5:00 and stays open through Friday night into Saturday.
灘温泉 水道筋店
Nada Onsen Suidosuji is a neighbourhood bathhouse founded in 1938 in the Suidosuji shopping arcade, fed by its own carbonated hot spring. It recommends alternating between the cool 35°C unheated spring bath and a heated onsen bath; there is also a far-infrared sauna lined with binchotan charcoal, a well-water cold bath at about 18 to 20°C and an open-air bath. Entry is ¥500, or ¥800 with the sauna. Open 5:00 to midnight.
神戸サウナ&スパ
Kobe Sauna & Spa is a men's sauna and capsule hotel a minute from Sannomiya subway station. The men's floor has a main sauna with staff löyly every 30 minutes, a kelo-wood Finnish sauna with self-löyly and vihta, a marble hammam and a salt sauna. Its open-air cold bath is held at 11.7°C all year in memory of the 17 January 1995 earthquake, beside a natural-onsen bath. Open around the clock; free time costs ¥3,100 on weekdays.
神戸ハーバーランド温泉 万葉倶楽部
Kobe Harborland Onsen Manyo Club fills floors 7 to 16 of the Promena Kobe building at Harborland with natural alkaline onsen baths, a carbonated bath, bedrock baths and a sauna with a television. The rooftop footbath garden, 105 m above the ground, looks over Kobe Port Tower. The complex is open 24 hours a day all year, with the large baths open from 5:00 to 2:00; a full-day set costs ¥2,950 plus bathing tax.
神戸レディススパ
Kobe Ladies Spa is the women's floor of Kobe Sauna & Spa in Sannomiya. It has a dry sauna with löyly sessions by heat masters, a rose-oil mist room (the Rose Thermarium), two bedrock-bath rooms and a natural onsen bath drawn from 1,004 m underground. Day use runs 8:00 to 23:00, last entry 22:00, with free time at ¥2,900 and a one-hour course at ¥1,900; capsule stays are also offered.
第一平和温泉
Daiichi Heiwa Onsen is a Nagata-ward bathhouse with its own natural hot spring, the Ryu (Raga) no Yu, and a large open-air bath built in its former garden. It has a high-temperature sauna for a fee and a cold bath, and it is open every day through the night, from 14:00 until 10:00 the next morning.
神戸みなと温泉 蓮
Kobe Minato Onsen Ren is a hot-spring hotel on the Kobe waterfront that also sells day bathing for guests aged 12 and over. It has a Finnish-style dry sauna (90°C for men, 85°C for women) and a 45°C mist sauna with 100% humidity, which the venue recommends as gentler. It suggests rinsing with water at about 30°C rather than a cold plunge. Day entry is ¥2,715 on weekdays; open 6:00 to midnight.
ジェームス山天然温泉 月の湯舟
Tsuki no Yufune is a natural onsen in the James-yama hills of Tarumi with milky-white hot spring water and baths of natural seawater piped from the Seto Inland Sea. It has three saunas: a large tiered high-temperature Stadium Sauna, a salt sauna and a Rocky Sauna with heated stones. Staff run heat-wave events, and there is a cold bath and outdoor seating for cooling down. Open 9:00 to midnight, last entry 23:00.
天然温泉スパ&サウナ awa awa KOBE
awa awa KOBE is a natural-onsen spa and sauna on the HAT Kobe waterfront that reopened after a renewal in October 2025, with its own craft brewery and a restaurant inside. The baths use natural onsen and groundwater, with a sauna and an open-air area for lying down under the sky. A bookable private sauna with self-löyly, a deep cold bath and its own open-air bath is also available. Entry is ¥1,000 on weekdays; open 10:00 to midnight.
有馬街道温泉 すずらんの湯
Suzuran no Yu is a day onsen on the Arima Kaido road in Kita ward with one of Kobe's largest garden open-air baths. Its sauna has auto-löyly every 15 minutes using Miyamizu spring water, and there is a herbal steam sauna. The open-air area adds Jouan, a three-tier forest sauna for 33 people with self-löyly and vihta, open to men only. Cold baths include a hinoki tub, and there is a tatami cooling-off area. Open 10:00 to midnight.
朝日温泉
Asahi Onsen is a Hyogo-ward bathhouse founded in 1941 whose free-flowing natural hot spring is certified by the Japan Natural Hot Spring Organization, yet it charges ordinary sento prices. It runs five baths at separate temperatures, from a 45°C black-water bath to a 31°C spring bath and a 20°C cold bath, plus a free steam sauna and a high-temperature sauna for a fee. Open 9:00 to 23:30; closed Wednesday.
湯あそびひろば 六甲おとめ塚温泉
Rokko Otomezuka Onsen is a Nada-ward bathhouse that pours its own carbonated hot spring, 480 litres a minute, into the baths without adding water or heat. Its two bath halls swap between men and women daily: one has a high-temperature sauna and the other a salt sauna, both with open-air onsen baths. Entry is ¥500 plus ¥300 for the sauna. Open every day from 6:00 to 1:00.
灘温泉 六甲道店
Nada Onsen Rokkomichi began as a bathhouse in 1932 and drilled its own hot spring after the 1995 earthquake. Bathers alternate between a cool, unheated carbonated spring bath and the heated onsen; there is a far-infrared sauna, a well-water cold bath at about 18 to 20°C and open-air baths. Entry is ¥500, or ¥800 with the sauna. It opens at 5:00 and stays open through Friday night into Saturday.
灘温泉 水道筋店
Nada Onsen Suidosuji is a neighbourhood bathhouse founded in 1938 in the Suidosuji shopping arcade, fed by its own carbonated hot spring. It recommends alternating between the cool 35°C unheated spring bath and a heated onsen bath; there is also a far-infrared sauna lined with binchotan charcoal, a well-water cold bath at about 18 to 20°C and an open-air bath. Entry is ¥500, or ¥800 with the sauna. Open 5:00 to midnight.
神戸サウナ&スパ
Kobe Sauna & Spa is a men's sauna and capsule hotel a minute from Sannomiya subway station. The men's floor has a main sauna with staff löyly every 30 minutes, a kelo-wood Finnish sauna with self-löyly and vihta, a marble hammam and a salt sauna. Its open-air cold bath is held at 11.7°C all year in memory of the 17 January 1995 earthquake, beside a natural-onsen bath. Open around the clock; free time costs ¥3,100 on weekdays.
神戸ハーバーランド温泉 万葉倶楽部
Kobe Harborland Onsen Manyo Club fills floors 7 to 16 of the Promena Kobe building at Harborland with natural alkaline onsen baths, a carbonated bath, bedrock baths and a sauna with a television. The rooftop footbath garden, 105 m above the ground, looks over Kobe Port Tower. The complex is open 24 hours a day all year, with the large baths open from 5:00 to 2:00; a full-day set costs ¥2,950 plus bathing tax.
神戸レディススパ
Kobe Ladies Spa is the women's floor of Kobe Sauna & Spa in Sannomiya. It has a dry sauna with löyly sessions by heat masters, a rose-oil mist room (the Rose Thermarium), two bedrock-bath rooms and a natural onsen bath drawn from 1,004 m underground. Day use runs 8:00 to 23:00, last entry 22:00, with free time at ¥2,900 and a one-hour course at ¥1,900; capsule stays are also offered.
第一平和温泉
Daiichi Heiwa Onsen is a Nagata-ward bathhouse with its own natural hot spring, the Ryu (Raga) no Yu, and a large open-air bath built in its former garden. It has a high-temperature sauna for a fee and a cold bath, and it is open every day through the night, from 14:00 until 10:00 the next morning.
神戸みなと温泉 蓮
Kobe Minato Onsen Ren is a hot-spring hotel on the Kobe waterfront that also sells day bathing for guests aged 12 and over. It has a Finnish-style dry sauna (90°C for men, 85°C for women) and a 45°C mist sauna with 100% humidity, which the venue recommends as gentler. It suggests rinsing with water at about 30°C rather than a cold plunge. Day entry is ¥2,715 on weekdays; open 6:00 to midnight.