Hyoe Koyokaku is a ryokan with long tradition in Arima Onsen. You can choose from a variety of stay plans or day trip plans and you can relax at our large public baths. We are looking forward to welcoming you at our ryokan.
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The spacious Japanese-style room, where a family of four can relax, overlooks the hotel and hot spring resort of Arima Onsen. Furniture and other furnishings were luxurious, and everyone was surprised to see two sinks side by side. Buffet-style dinner and breakfast are also full of choices. I was very satisfied with all the delicious food. The curry stew and grilled salmon for breakfast were particularly delicious. There are three large public baths, and I took two of them. In particular, the garden of San-no-yu continues to the bathhouse. The weeping cherry tree standing by the aisle is brilliant. The open-air bath with natural stones is brown in color. I took a leisurely dip and felt tired. It was a wonderful hotel where you could enjoy walking and Shopping in Arima Onsen Town and you could almost lose track of time.
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Date of stay: April 2024
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Trip type: Traveled with family
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We stayed here in April on our wedding anniversary, coming from Yokohama through JTB. The room was very nice, and we had dinner and breakfast in our room for the first time. It was delicious and very impressive. The large baths (all three) had the best Kinsen baths, and the private baths were a very luxurious experience. The Millennium Lounge that we used was a really nice facility, and we had a drink after the bath while waiting for my wife to get out, which was a very appreciated facility. We had a great time for two days and one night. If there was one thing that surprised me (due to my ignorance?), it was that because we ate in the room, the staff would come in and out early to get ready when we were away, which was surprising, to be honest.
On the other hand, it was an old inn, but it was clean, and when I talked to the staff during the waiter's visit, they said, "Because it's old, we take special care when cleaning!", which made an impression on me, and I felt that I was glad I chose this place.
Also, if I go to Arima Onsen, this is definitely one of the places I would like to stay at.
Thank you very much!!
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Date of stay: April 2024Trip type: Traveled as a couple
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It's a huge inn. It seems to have a history, but it's not a historical building. It's a normal hotel-style inn that has been expanded and renovated many times. It's a decent size for a huge inn, but I'm not sure if it's worth the price. I wouldn't say it's particularly suitable for couples or married couples. It also doesn't have good barrier-free access, so it might be difficult for elderly people. Arima Onsen is a major hot spring resort close to Kobe and Osaka, but I feel that it's evolving in a bad direction because of its geographical location. However, since we are currently in an era of labor shortages, it feels a bit thin overall, but I don't think that can be helped, so I won't rate it highly.
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Date of stay: October 2023Trip type: Traveled as a couple
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definitely not worth the money. paid JPY80k for 2 for one night in North Tower with dinner and breakfast (neither in the room). Cannot even compare with small establishment or even the onsen at Kawaguchiko. service is a normal hotel, not onsen style service. room is too cold as no separator between window and sleep area, food is the only part live up to standard with 3 small pieces of kobe beef cube and lobster sashimi.
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Date of stay: January 2023
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Trip type: Traveled as a couple
Room Tip:dont pay more than JPY50k, but be careful with what plan you get as some plans are much cheaper...
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This is a long-established inn that is full of hospitality. I'm very grateful for the attentive attentions of all the staff. Every time I stay here I discover something new and am moved. The baths, from Ichinoyu to Sannoyu, all have different atmospheres and are enjoyable. We had dinner in our room, and thoroughly enjoyed every dish! This is an inn that I'd like to stay at again! ^_^
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Date of stay: August 2023Trip type: Traveled with family
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Hyoe Koyokaku is one of the famous hotel in the region. Some people can speak good English and they can help you the navigate. The hotspring is good and they have 3 rooms for the hotspring. We tried 2 and they are both big enough. The environment is quite and they offer free parking. We booked a car to access there and it will be more convenient to do so.
The negative about this hotel is definitely cost. It's very pricey. We booked this about 1 week before the visit and in the external booking website it didn't allow me to indicate how many guests. I asked seperately in email about having 2 kids and they quoted me with additional charge. I don't like the way the cost is not transparent. I asked the questions before the deadline of cancellation and they could manage to reply just after the cancellation deadline. Hence I could cancel or i would be fully charged on the reservation. The hotel offers very little help in this aspect.
We didn't know there were multiple selections of restaurant and i believe we booked the very poor one. The food is very unimpressed. Surprisingly they served very slow in refilling our water even there was not many guests in the restaurant. The service level is not as expect given the cost of it.
Overall, my experience with this hotel is bad. I would recommend others to try another one if you want to visit the region, or you better check with hotel first before what you will buy, also give you some lead time to do more research before confirming anything.
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Date of stay: July 2017
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Trip type: Traveled with family
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Response from 兵衛向陽閣, 支配人 at Hyoe Koyokaku
Responded Aug 17, 2017
Dear Eric Y , Thank you for taking the time to review on TripAdvisor your stay at our ryokan. We appreciate your kind words about our Daiyokujou(large public baths), staff and environment. As you mentioned, we do have many different plans that guests can choose from if they would like to stay at our ryokan. Regarding the negative part about our ryokan, I am very sorry to read that you had some difficulties when you booked the plan (you mentioned that the booking website did not allow you to indicate the number of guests), you did not enjoyed the plan you booked and that you find the service at the restaurant to be slow. We apologize that our services did not meet your expectations and that overall you find your experience with us to be a bad one. We sincerely hope you will give us the opportunity to better serve you in the near future. Best regards, Manager
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The hotel is perfect. Clean and comfortable and very close to the train station (shutter service can be arranged anyway). The Kaiseki dinner was impressive. The buffet breakfast was also lovely. I only tried the two out of three onsen. They were very nice. Communication is not a problem. They have English and Chinesr speaking front desk. Definitely I will visit again!
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Date of stay: August 2014
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This is a traditional hot spring resort and location is near the entrance of Arima Onsen. There have a trainer from Germany hence do not worry about the communication in English. Staffs are nice,helpful and handle issue flexibilty. Facilities and food are goods. The view of room is great when you enjoy the outdoor private bath in room.
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Date of stay: November 2012
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Trip type: Traveled as a couple
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Totally eye Candy hotel!! Hotel claims to be 5 Star Hotel, but how?? REAL ROOM CONDITION: Very Old, Filty, Dirty.
DINNER Buffet: Only fish u will see will be very tiny chopped salmon and tuna that are not even refilled. Other food taste either bland, salty or overcooked!!
SERVICE: If you are Asian n not Japanese, plz expect to get kind of service that you wouldn't even get at a cheap hostel. Not only would staff ignore your request, even worse when i brought bloodstain on my bedsheet, Only reply i got was I am sorry (from 5 star hotel??!!)
HotSpring: Yes, the water was brown, but had a very strong bleach & Chlorine smell.
Would you want to pay $400 or even more per night to stay in this kind of hotel? I really have doubt in the reviews..
WOREST HOTEL THAT I HAVE EVER STAYED IN MY LIFE!!
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Date of stay: April 2019Trip type: Traveled with family
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We went to this onsen hotel in Arima on our honeymoon and it was great! We had a really lovely and relaxing time there. There wasn't anything to complain about because the staff were so thoughtful, we love the great choices of food (buffet) , love the staff (they are all very polite even though they can only understand limited English), love the onsens (hot springs). Me and my husband have decided we will go back on our 10th wedding anniversary!! Great location (just 5 mins walk from bus or train station) and there are small local shops among these very traditional Japanese alleys, I am missing this place now I'm talking about it!!!! Highly recommend!
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Date of stay: January 2014
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Trip type: Traveled as a couple
Room Tip:Definitely go for a traditional Japanese room!! You don't get to experience this very often :)
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Dear Sir,
I apologize for the delay in reply to your request for information about transportation from Arima Onsen to Mount Rokko Snow Park.
We checked and during the winter (the Rokko Arima Ropeway is closed) there is no other direct public transportation.
On the Rokkosan web page you can find the detailed access and prices from Sannomiya and Osaka to the Snow Park.
For access from Arima Onsen to Sannomiya please check Hyoe Koyokaku English web page.
If you would like to go by mini-van taxi from Arima to Rokko Snow Park, one way/1 car it will cost approximately 12,000 yen (for 13 person 2 cars ). The price will vary if you will book the mini-van taxi for round trip, if you would like for the mini-van taxi to wait for you there, or just to come and pick you up at a certain hour.
If you can give us more information regarding your trip to Rokko Snow Park we can let you know exactly the price for mini-van taxi and we can also check with the car rent company and see if there is a possibility to rent a mini-bus for 13 persons.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Yours faithfully,
Ayaka Yoshii
Arima Spa Hyoe Koyokaku
1904 Arima-cho, Kita-Ku, Kobe, HYOGO 651-1401, Japan
+81-78-904-0501
Thank you for your inquiry.
We recommend to take JR highway bus or Hankyu highway bus from Osaka to Arima. It takes about 60 minutes.
Please see our website for further details.
When you arrived at Arimaonsen bus stop, please make a phone call to us. We'll pick you up.
There are more places to choose from in the Kobe area.
PRICE RANGE
$351 - $853 (Based on Average Rates for a Standard Room)
LOCATION
JapanKinkiHyogo PrefectureKobeArima Onsen
NUMBER OF ROOMS
126
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