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Nakanobo Zuien

Arima-Onsen / 有馬温泉
In its long history, dating back to the 8th century, the little town of Arima Onsen has seen visitor
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The Story

In its long history, dating back to the 8th century, the little town of Arima Onsen has seen visitors from all walks of life, from common people to emperors, drawn by the unique and renowned health effects of the hot springs there. Toyotomi Hideyoshi, the great daimyo and unifier of Japan, was especially fond of Arima, and went there often from his castle in Kyoto. Located near the city of Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, on the flanks of Mt. Rokko, Arima has been a popular weekend getaway for residents of Kobe, Kyoto and Osaka for well over a thousand years - making it the oldest onsen hot spring resort in Japan.
Amid this venerable legacy sits the ryokan Nakanobo Zuien, which has been greeting guests for 150 years. With its unsurpassed service and fine cuisine, as well as the high quality of its baths, Nakanobo has over the years become a destination in its own right.
Nakanobo's flexible services cater to its guests' every need. The ryokan is elderly-friendly, and welcomes overseas guests with multilingual staff always on duty.
At Nakanobo, everywhere you look there are beautiful touches of tradition and refined taste, as well as premium hospitality - all designed to help its guests relax and ease them into the calm, tranquil onsen lifestyle.

ROOMS

  • VIP Room with Kinsen & Ginsen Open-air Bath ROOM VIP Room with Kinsen & Ginsen Open-air Bath Coming Soon
  • VIP Room with Ginsen Open-air Bath ROOM VIP Room with Ginsen Open-air Bath Nakanobo's rooms are all graced with comfortable furniture and fine woodwork, and have lots of …
  • Japanese Modern Deluxe Room with Kinsen Open-air Bath ROOM Japanese Modern Deluxe Room with Kinsen Open-air Bath Coming Soon
  • Japanese Modern Deluxe ROOM Japanese Modern Deluxe Coming Soon
  • Japanese-Western Style Room ROOM Japanese-Western Style Room This room is smaller but spacious and overlooks a traditional stone garden, with the town of Ar…
  • Japanese Modern Room ROOM Japanese Modern Room This is a relatively smaller but still very comfortable room, with twin beds in a tatami room a…
  • Japanese Style 10 + 4.5 Tatami-floored Room ROOM Japanese Style 10 + 4.5 Tatami-floored Room Coming Soon
  • Japanese Style Room with Kinsen Open-air Bath ROOM Japanese Style Room with Kinsen Open-air Bath This room is lovely and large, with a spacious 12-tatami-mat living/sleeping room and a comfort…
  • Japanese Style Room with Ginsen Open-air Bath ROOM Japanese Style Room with Ginsen Open-air Bath This is a spacious room, with a tatami living/sleeping room and a sitting room with a mountain …
  • Western Style Room with Ginsen Open-air Bath ROOM Western Style Room with Ginsen Open-air Bath This is a popular Western-style room. It is rather unusual for a ryokan, since guests can wear …
  • Japanese Style 10 Tatami-floored Room ROOM Japanese Style 10 Tatami-floored Room This is a smaller room, with a tatami living/sleeping room and a sitting room with seating for …
  • Japanese Style 8 Tatami-floored Room ROOM Japanese Style 8 Tatami-floored Room This is a smaller room, eight tatami mats in size, with sleeping space for up to three people. …
    ROOM VIP Room with Kinsen & Ginsen Open-air Bath
    2-6 99 sqm Private Open-air Bath Bed Coming Soon ¥ 81,150～ per person (based on double occupancy) *Room rates at the Ryokan vary depending on the season and booking status. Therefore, we provide an estimated amount as a reference.
    ROOM VIP Room with Ginsen Open-air Bath
    2-6 138 sqm Private Open-air Bath Bed Nakanobo's rooms are all graced with comfortable furniture and fine woodwork, and have lots of traditional Japanese touches - tatami mats giving off their distinctive delicate aroma, tokonoma alcoves with hanging scrolls, and artfully placed flowers and fine ceramic vases. There are of course, all the modern conveniences one would expect at a fine hotel, including large-screen TVs and Washlet electric bidets.

    'Zuiun' is Nakanobo's finest room, a big, beautiful suite with twin beds and two spacious Japanese-style tatami mat living/sleeping rooms. It also has a cha-shitsu, a small and intimate space for enjoying tea ceremony, which can be used as an extra sleeping space. The suite also has a sitting room with seating for four people. The rotemburo open-air bath is a huge, round ceramic bowl-shaped tub, inviting and hot spring-fed, with a lovely view over the rooftops of the town and the mountains beyond.     ¥ 78,990～ per person (based on double occupancy) *Room rates at the Ryokan vary depending on the season and booking status. Therefore, we provide an estimated amount as a reference.
    ROOM Japanese Modern Deluxe Room with Kinsen Open-air Bath
    2-2 56 sqm Private Open-air Bath Bed Coming Soon ¥ 49,830～ per person (based on double occupancy) *Room rates at the Ryokan vary depending on the season and booking status. Therefore, we provide an estimated amount as a reference.
    ROOM Japanese Modern Deluxe
    2-2 59 sqm Shower Bed Coming Soon ¥ 49,830～ per person (based on double occupancy) *Room rates at the Ryokan vary depending on the season and booking status. Therefore, we provide an estimated amount as a reference.
    ROOM Japanese-Western Style Room
    2-6 68 sqm Indoor Bath Bed This room is smaller but spacious and overlooks a traditional stone garden, with the town of Arima and the hillside beyond. The single Japanese tatami room serves as both a living room and as an optional sleeping room, so if you like you can ease into sleep on a traditional Japanese futon amid the restful fragrance of tatami. The room also has twin Western-style beds. The indoor bath is a comfortable hinoki wood tub. ¥ 49,830～ per person (based on double occupancy) *Room rates at the Ryokan vary depending on the season and booking status. Therefore, we provide an estimated amount as a reference.
    ROOM Japanese Modern Room
    2-2 50 sqm Indoor Bath Bed This is a relatively smaller but still very comfortable room, with twin beds in a tatami room and a sitting room with a daybed. The windows look out onto the rooftops of the town of Arima, the onsen source in the shrine next door to the ryokan, and the mountains rising in the distance. ¥ 44,430～ per person (based on double occupancy) *Room rates at the Ryokan vary depending on the season and booking status. Therefore, we provide an estimated amount as a reference.
    ROOM Japanese Style 10 + 4.5 Tatami-floored Room
    2-6 68 sqm Indoor Bath Futon Coming Soon ¥ 47,670～ per person (based on double occupancy) *Room rates at the Ryokan vary depending on the season and booking status. Therefore, we provide an estimated amount as a reference.
    ROOM Japanese Style Room with Kinsen Open-air Bath
    2-4 90 sqm Private Open-air Bath Futon This room is lovely and large, with a spacious 12-tatami-mat living/sleeping room and a comfortable sitting room with a view of the maple woods outside. It also has a big, beautiful rotemburo open-air bath. ¥ 47,670～ per person (based on double occupancy) *Room rates at the Ryokan vary depending on the season and booking status. Therefore, we provide an estimated amount as a reference.
    ROOM Japanese Style Room with Ginsen Open-air Bath
    2-4 65 sqm Private Open-air Bath Futon This is a spacious room, with a tatami living/sleeping room and a sitting room with a mountain view through the big windows. It boasts a big round ceramic rotemburo open-air bath, with a fountain adding a serene trickling sound in the background. The tub is filled with hot spring water from the Arima source. ¥ 47,670～ per person (based on double occupancy) *Room rates at the Ryokan vary depending on the season and booking status. Therefore, we provide an estimated amount as a reference.
    ROOM Western Style Room with Ginsen Open-air Bath
    2-2 50 sqm Private Open-air Bath Bed This is a popular Western-style room. It is rather unusual for a ryokan, since guests can wear shoes instead of removing them before entering the main room, which boasts leather Western-style furniture. Sleeping is on twin beds. The rotemburo outdoor bath is a big, blue ceramic bowl-shaped tub, filled with hot spring water and shaded by louvres for privacy. The indoor bath is a free-standing white porcelain tub, also filled with hot spring water. ¥ 47,670～ per person (based on double occupancy) *Room rates at the Ryokan vary depending on the season and booking status. Therefore, we provide an estimated amount as a reference.
    ROOM Japanese Style 10 Tatami-floored Room
    2-4 50 sqm Indoor Bath Futon This is a smaller room, with a tatami living/sleeping room and a sitting room with seating for four. The interior is traditional Japanese style, with tatami mats on the floors, and a tokonoma alcove with artfully arranged flowers. The bath is a big tub made of hinoki wood and overlooking maple trees. ¥ 44,430～ per person (based on double occupancy) *Room rates at the Ryokan vary depending on the season and booking status. Therefore, we provide an estimated amount as a reference.
    ROOM Japanese Style 8 Tatami-floored Room
    1- 40 sqm Indoor Bath Futon This is a smaller room, eight tatami mats in size, with sleeping space for up to three people. The big windows look out onto maple trees and the garden. Sleeping is on soft, comfortable futon, laid over tatami mats, and the room includes an indoor bath. ¥ 41,190～ per person (based on double occupancy) *Room rates at the Ryokan vary depending on the season and booking status. Therefore, we provide an estimated amount as a reference.

FACILITIES &
SERVICES

  • Grand Bath Grand Bath
  • Family Bath Family Bath
  • Cuisine Cuisine
  • Riraku Lounge Riraku Lounge
  • Shunsai Inano Shunsai Inano
  • Inano Sabo Inano Sabo
    Grand Bath Lovers of onsen hot springs bathing (of whom there are many millions in Japan) will find a special treat at Nakanobo. The waters here are special - the Tenjin Spring provides a constant flow of hot water from deep beneath the Temmangu shrine, adjacent to Nakanobo. Local folklore has it that another spring, Uwanari Spring, gets jealous whenever well-dressed women pass by, and erupts from the earth with a mighty roar. (Perhaps female guests might like to give it a try). They produce two kinds of water - Kinsen, which is laden with a high concentration of ferruginous sodium chloride and is efficacious for a variety of conditions, including joint pain, stress and mental unease; and Ginsen, which contains lots of carbon dioxide and is effective at increasing the metabolism and appetite, among other things.

    The water in Nakanono's baths is never turned off - it keeps refreshing itself thanks to the tremendous volume of hot water from the springs at Arima.
    Nakanobo makes good use of this natural bounty, with a variety of baths, including in-room rotemburo tubs and larger public baths.
    Each of the daiyokujo, or main public baths, boasts two wooden baths, one turgid with minerals and salt, the other fresh water, as well as two jacuzzi jet baths. Naturally, the two public baths are segregated by gender, but they switch twice a day so guests can partake of each one.
    Family Bath There is also a kazoku-buro, or family bath, which can be reserved for private family bathing. This bath is a cozy space with a view over the town and louvered windows for privacy.
    Outside the baths are massage chairs, another perfect place to chill out after heating yourself up.
    Cuisine The food at Nakanobo is predominantly kaiseki ryori Japanese haute cuisine, and needless to say, it is both delicious and exquisitely presented by Nakanobo's expert chefs. The dishes vary with the season, as ingredients become available at their peak freshness and flavor, sourced from local farms, the nearby mountains and the bountiful waters of the Seto Inland Sea.
    Most meals are served in the guest rooms, and there is also a restaurant, Yusai, with private, intimate dining rooms that seat two to four diners each; some of these can be connected to seat larger parties.
    Riraku Lounge The Riraku lounge is open for cake and coffee during the day and cocktails in the evening; on the weekends it hosts live jazz shows. The bar has a wide selection of premium sakes. In addition, the Senchuri karaoke bar has two private rooms, open from 8-12pm.
    Shunsai Inano Coming soon
    Inano Sabo Inano Sabo is an adjoining café with Nakanobo Zuien. The café opened when Nakanobo Zuien reopened after renovating in November 2017.
    Its exclusive green tea selected by the Japanese Green Tea Top Expert and Japanese sweets made with very selected ingredients give you peace and relax while your stroll around the area and your travel.

    = MORE INFORMATION =
    Open Hours: 11:00 ~ 17:30 (Last Order Time: 17:00)
    Closed on Wednesday (Following day may be closed when Wednesday is the public holidays)
    Seating: 32 (23 seats inside / 6 seats out the terrace)
    Address: 808 Arima-cho, Kita Ward, Kobe City, Hyogo (B1F in Nakanobo Zuien) Phone: +81 78 903 4578
    Location: 5 minutes of walking distance from Arima Onsen Station
    Parking: Please park at the Nakanobo Zuien parking lot.

Experience

  • Hot springs and city lights in Kobe Arima Onsen, HYOGO 4 Days 3 Nights More
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Map &
Transportation

Closest Train Station Arima Onsen Station
ROUTE
Closest Bus Station Arima Onsen Bus Stop
ROUTEs
Free pick-up service Yes
Complimentary transfer from/to Arima Onsen Station (2min)
Key Gate Way Int'l Airport and Train (Shinkansen) Station
Route details

Ryokan Data

Area Arima-Onsen / 有馬温泉
Name of Ryokan Nakanobo Zuien / 中の坊瑞苑
Address 808 Arimacho, kita-ku, Kobe, Hyogo 651-1401
〒651-1401 神戸市北区有馬町808
Total Number of Rooms 50 rooms
Check-in Time 13:00
Check-Out Time 12:00
Credit Card Yes

Meals

Dinner Start Time 17:30 - 19:30
Breakfast Start Time 7:30 - 9:30
In Room Dining Available Guest room or Dining room / Start Time : 17:30 - 19:30 Japanese (Kaiseki)
Bar
Special Dietary Arrangements Yes
Vegan Friendly Yes
Western Breakfast Available Yes (Bread, bacon & eggs, salad, soup, fruits, juice, coffee) *Except Year-End/New-Year period)

Other Facilities & Services

Communal Bath Yes
Family Bath Yes
Private indoor bath in room Yes
Private open-air bath in the room Yes

Room Rates

Room Type Minimum Rate (JPY)
VIP Room with Kinsen & Ginsen Open-air Bath JPY81,150～
VIP Room with Ginsen Open-air Bath JPY78,990～
Japanese Modern Deluxe Room with Kinsen Open-air Bath JPY49,830～
Japanese Modern Deluxe JPY49,830～
Japanese-Western Style Room JPY49,830～
Japanese Modern Room JPY44,430～
Japanese Style 10 + 4.5 Tatami-floored Room JPY47,670～
Japanese Style Room with Kinsen Open-air Bath JPY47,670～
Japanese Style Room with Ginsen Open-air Bath JPY47,670～
Western Style Room with Ginsen Open-air Bath JPY47,670～
Japanese Style 10 Tatami-floored Room JPY44,430～
Japanese Style 8 Tatami-floored Room JPY41,190～
** The room rate is per person per night when 2 adults stay in one room. **
- The rate will change depending on the number of guests and dates. Please contact us for details.
- Ryokan rate includes a full-course dinner, breakfast, service charge, and tax.
- The mentioned rates and service are available only for LRC Members who book through The Ryokan Collection's website.
- The rates are subject to change without any prior notice.
- A particular room cannot be guaranteed in advance unless otherwise stated by The Ryokan Collection.

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