KOBE: Arima Onsen, Rokko Ropeway, and Sake Tasting

Highlights

Hideo Y.

4.47 / 5
(126 reviews)
Kobe
Japanese (Native), English
8 hours
Private tour (only you and your group)
Up to 30 people

You can enjoy the Arima Hot Spring resorts, Mt.Rokko, and Sake Tasting on this tour.

Arima onsen is one of the three oldest hot-spring resorts in Japan along with Dogo Onsen in Ehime Prefecture and Shirahama Onsen in Wakayama Prefecture. In the 16th century, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, the warlord who unified Japan for the first time in 1590, ordered the Arima Onsen repaired for his personal use.

Meeting Point

at your hotel

10:00 AM

Arima Hot Spring

We walk around Arima hot spring resorts and relax at Onsen.

01:00 PM

Mt.Rokko (Rokko RopewaY)

You can enjoy 10-minute "walking in the sky."

01:30 PM

Rokko Garden Terrace

We can command a panoramic view of Kobe city.

02:30 PM

Rokko Cable Car

we use cable car to the foot of MT Rokko.

03:30 PM

The Hakutsuru Sake Brewery Museum

We know how to make sake in the film and enjoy sake tasting. You can byt Japanese sake.

Ending Point

at your hotel

What to Expect

You can enjoy the Arima Hot Spring resorts, Mt.Rokko, and Sake Tasting on this tour.

Arima onsen is one of the three oldest hot-spring resorts in Japan along with Dogo Onsen in Ehime Prefecture and Shirahama Onsen in Wakayama Prefecture. In the 16th century, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, the warlord who unified Japan for the first time in 1590, ordered the Arima Onsen repaired for his personal use.

It is well-known for Kinsen, or the "Gold Spring" and Ginsen, or the "Silver Spring." Arima is located some 360 meters above sea level, on the northern foot of Mt.Rokko in Kobe.

You can enjoy traveling in the air from Arima Onsen Station to Rokko Sancho Station using the Rokko Ropeway. After having lunch at Rokko Garden Terrace, you can look upon a panoramic view of Kobe Bay, Osaka Bay and Wakayama from Tenrandai Observation Platform. We'll go back down from Rokko Sanjyo Station to Rokko Shita Station using the Rokko Cable Car.

In the afternoon, you can enjoy Japanese sake at the Hakutsuru Sake Brewery Museum. After you appreciate a short video about how to sake is made, you can enjoy some sake sample tasting. You can also enjoy shopping at Sannomiya Center Shopping street or the department stores at Sannomiya, the central part of Kobe. After walking around Kobe Port, I would like to take you to Nankinmachi, or China Town. You can take a look around at the nearby shops, which sell a variety of things such as buta-man (steamed pork buns), ramen (Chinese-style wheat noodles), etc.

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Inclusions & Exclusions

What‘s included

Guide Fee

What‘s not included

Our transportation fee (you and guide) is 3,410yen per person, lunch, (no entrance fee is needed)

Important Information

I guide you Sapporo, Furano, Otaru, Hakodate in Hokkaido / Aomori in Hokuriku / Miyazaki, Nagasaki, Kagoshima in Kyushu / Kochi, Matsuyama in Shikoku / Tottori, Shimane, Kanazawa, Sakaiminato in Japan Sea side. Please get in touch with me!!

Thank you.

Cancellation Policy

  • Free cancellation - 8 days prior to meeting time
  • 50% Refund - 3 to 7 days prior to meeting time
  • No Refund - Within 2 day(s) prior to meeting time

Reviews

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Rainer H.

5 / 5
May 12, 2023

Wonderful and interesting day at Matsue and Izumo

We have used in various cities worldwide private tour guides but Hideo Y. ranks definitly under the top 3! In preparation of our trip I had a few conversations with him about the schedule and he always replied swift and gave precise answers pr proposals. So before arriving in Matsue we had an itinerary which was designed to fit our time schedule (pick-up at hotel and send us to Izumo airport at the end) for approx. 8hrs. He was on time and gave us first a timetable for the day (including bus costs - very important as you need to have exact amount available when getting on a bus!), maps with our tour and further info to remember our tour! Very well prepared. During our tour he new all details of the various spots and linked information from one spot to the other, so we got a very good understanding about the local history. We only can highly recommend him for English spoken groups!

Hideo Y.

I'm very glad to receive your excellent review. I'm very honored that I'm one of the top 3 guides accrding to your judge. My dream is to guide all the prefectures. For now I guided 24 prefectures, about the half of them. In the future I would like to continue to get the local information and prepare the tour. Thank you.

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Wanda J.

5 / 5
Apr 26, 2023

Arima Onsen from Kobe Port

Hideo was punctual and knew his way through the labyrinth of the Japanese train and subway system. We would have been absolutely lost in Kobe without his guidance. He adjusted his tour itinerary so we could spend time in the onsen.

Hideo Y.

Thank you for your excellent review. We could enjoy seeing fresh green forest from Arima-Rokko Ropeway. We took a lot of vehicles such as shuttle bus, subway, ropeway, bus, cable car, and the like. And Arima onsen is one of the three oldest hotsprings. It has 2 public bathhouses called Kinsen (gold spring) and Ginsen (silver spring). Kinsen is said to be effective in curing various diseases such as neuralgia, rheumatism, and gastroenteritis. I wish you all the best for your good health and continued success.

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Paul W.

5 / 5
Mar 26, 2023

Great tour of Osaka

Very informative and knowledgeable. Help us with savings on the transport and advised on places to see. Very friendly too.

Hideo Y.

We enjoyed having Osaka local food such as Takoyaki, Okonomiyaki, and kushikatsu for lunch. We went to most scenic spots by subway in Osaka. 1-day pass card was very convenient. I wish you and all your family good health and happiness. Thank you.

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Mari A.

5 / 5
Mar 22, 2023

Great tour of Narita whirlpool

Hideo was a charming host, and everything ran very well, according to the plan he laid out. I had been wanting to see the Naruto whirlpool for a long time, and the spectacle of nature did not disappoint. The Tile museum was very intriguing in its own way. You bet to see reproduced masterpieces all in one space so it became easy to track a painters artistic progress throughout their lives rather than having to go to different countries to see art piecemeal.

Hideo Y.

I'm .very happy to receive your excellent review. Naruto whirlpool is one of the three greatest whirlppools in the world. We had a great time to watch the whirlpool at high tide. In the Otsuka Museum of Art, or The Tile museum, we could see about 1,000 full-scale paintings in porcelain panel. In particular Vatican's Sistine Chapel was represented in the front main hall. It was spectacular, wasn't it! I wish you all the best in the future. Thank you.

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