Arima Onsen, Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture
Gekkoen Korokan
A varied bath stay with access to a sister-property riverside bath
Property overview
Overview
Korokan combines its own gold-spring outdoor bathing with access for staying guests to baths at sister property Gekkoen Yugetsusanso. Its three bookable private baths are not hot-spring baths.
Spring & water temperature
- Spring-source temperature
- 31.2°C; the property says this source is heated.
- Bathing temperature
- Not published.
- Spring source
- Gekkoen’s own spring, identified as gold-spring water; the individual source and well number are not published.
- Spring classification
- Sodium chloride spring. The property describes it as 100% spring water; this does not establish that every bath is untreated or free-flowing.
- pH
- Not published.
- Flow rate
- Not published.
- Water handling
- Kinpa-no-Yu and Ginha-no-Yu have indoor and outdoor baths and saunas; the outdoor baths use the property’s own gold-spring water. Staying guests may also use baths at sister property Gekkoen Yugetsusanso; its riverside Afuku-no-Yu and Tamahoko-no-Yu are identified as free-flowing. Korokan’s three paid private baths—Hinoki, Cave and Wine—are not hot-spring baths. Ordinary guest-room baths are not hot-spring baths; selected rooms have natural radon spring water. Full bath-by-bath treatment details are not published.
- Analysis date
- Not published.
Bathing indications
General indications listed for chloride springs include sensitivity to cold, poor peripheral circulation, some chronic muscle or joint discomfort, and fatigue. These are not treatment claims.
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Meals
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For allergies or other dietary requirements, contact the property before booking to confirm what can be accommodated.
How ryokan meal plans workLocation & access
Check the last leg of the journey.
Address: 318 Arimacho, Kita Ward, Kobe. The source record does not state a station walking time or shuttle schedule.
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Day-use bathing without a meal is not accepted. The Yumiharizuki lunch plan stopped operating after June 28, 2026. The source record lists a September 29–30, 2026 closure notice. Private baths cost ¥4,400 for 40 minutes; an older ¥2,200 figure conflicts with current bath information.
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