Arima Onsen, Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture
Negiya Ryofukaku
A forested Arima stay with private gold-spring baths
Property overview
Overview
Negiya Ryofukaku pairs shared gold-spring baths with two bookable private baths. Guest-room open-air baths are not hot-spring baths. The September 2026 renovation end date in the source has passed; check the current notice.
Spring & water temperature
- Spring-source temperature
- Not published as a current property value. The older Gokuraku source certificate listed 98.6°C; this is historical, not a current fixed value.
- Bathing temperature
- Not published.
- Spring source
- Arima gold spring. Older records linked some baths to the Gokuraku source, but current 2026 plans say other Arima sources or an FFP source may be used temporarily; Gokuraku is not confirmed as the sole current source.
- Spring classification
- Iron-rich sodium chloride spring (gold spring), strongly saline and high-temperature. Guest-room open-air baths are not hot-spring baths.
- pH
- Not published as a current value. The older Gokuraku certificate listed pH 6.4.
- Flow rate
- Not published as a current value. The older Gokuraku certificate listed 51 L/min.
- Water handling
- Hinoki-no-Yu and Higurashi-no-Yu switch between men and women morning and evening and offer gold-spring open-air bathing. Yuzuriha-no-Yu has an indoor plain-water bath and a gold-spring bath; Natsume-no-Yu has a plain-water bath and a semi-open-air gold-spring bath. Each private bath is ¥3,300 for 45 minutes, with sessions listed from 4:00–11:00 pm and 5:00–9:00 am. Guest-room open-air baths are not hot-spring baths. Full bath-by-bath details on dilution, heating, circulation and disinfection are not published.
- Analysis date
- Not published.
Bathing indications
General bathing indications listed for gold springs include fatigue recovery, sensitivity to cold and some chronic muscle or joint discomfort. This is not a treatment claim.
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Meals
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How ryokan meal plans workLocation & access
Check the last leg of the journey.
About a 7-minute walk from Arima Onsen Station, with a steep approach. Complimentary shuttle hours are 9:00–11:00 am and 2:00–8:00 pm.
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The source checked on September 8, 2026 recorded full closure from August 24 to September 4 and partial operation with renovation through September 18. That period has passed; check a current notice. Higurashi-no-Yu involves about 30 steps. There is no regular day-use bathing.
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