Dive! Hiroshima Official Guide
In the mountainous area of Hiroshima prefecture, there are many great hot spring inns and unique hot spring facilities amid the lush nature.
If you go along the coast, you can also see a ryokan with a panoramic view of the scenic Seto Inland Sea.
Visit hot springs, check their architecture and properties, look for your perfect soaking comfort.
If you leisurely soak in hot water, your whole body will feel warm and your skin will become more smooth. If you have in option reserved a meal, there is no doubt that it will enjoy you girls' trip to its best !
“Increase Girl Power and Get Warm... Hot spring tour”
Takamiya Onsen (Takamiya Yu no Mori)
Travel time : About 60 minutes
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A day-trip bathing facility using natural radon hot springs that have existed since the Edo period. The open-air sake bath unique to Takamiya-cho, which is famous as a sake brewery, and the open-air carbonated bath which help the blood circulation and warm the body from the heart. Of course, it has a high skin-beautifying effect, so it's definitely recommended for women.
“Hiroshima Akadori no Oyakodon” at the restaurant Taniya
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Recommended stop ~ There is a delicious restaurant inside this facility
“Hiroshima Akadori” was bred in the rich nature of Takamiya town for about twice as long as ordinary chickens. The meat is softer and more elastic and is easy to eat. The meal “Oyakodon” using this red chicken is a signature menu of the restaurant Taniya.
Car About 20 minutes Prefectural Road 179, via Prefectural Route 64
Kagura Monzen Toji Village
Travel time : About 60 minutes
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〒731-0612 4627 Hongo, Midori-cho, Akitakada City (within Kagura Monzen Toji Village)
0826-54-0888
In Toji Village, which has a nostalgic Monzen-machi (temple town) atmosphere, there are many hotels where you can stay, including natural hot springs, hot-spring hotels, and local restaurants. After soaking in a hot spring, you can change into a yukata and walk around the city in the mood of a hot spring town.
〒731-0612 4627 Hongo, Midori-cho, Akitakada City (within Kagura Monzen Toji Village)
0826-54-0888
Car About 60 minutes via Prefectural Road 321, Prefectural Road 5, Hamada Expressway, Prefectural Route 5
Ainosato Herb Garden
Travel time : Approx. 120 minutes
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On the vast site of about 4 hectares, there is an exhibition garden where more than 100 kinds of herbs are planted, and from mid-May to early July, the sweet and sour scent of chamomile fields drifts all over the area. You can also enjoy craft experiences such as wreaths and potpourri using herbs. Be sure that you can spend a relaxing and healing time.
Herbal dishes
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Recommended stop ~ There is a delicious restaurant inside this facility
In addition to herbal tea, you can enjoy a healthy lunch using vegetables and herbs grown in the garden at the restaurant. At some day's herb lunch, you can enjoy a salad with colorful edible flowers scattered on it, or a main dish that skillfully brings out the flavor of the ingredients with herbs.
Car Approximately 15 minutes via Prefectural Road 79, Prefectural Road 312
Tawara Onsen 5000 Year Bath
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“Tawara Onsen 5000 Years Bath” is a hot spring facility that uses an elementary school that has been closed. You can enjoy 10 types of baths such as open-air baths and walking baths, as well as meals and lodging. Feel the peace and relaxation in a nostalgic hot spring surrounded by lush nature.
“Increase Girl Power and Get Warm... Hot spring tour”
Geihoku Oak Garden
Travel time : Approx. 120 minutes
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Geihoku Garden, located at an altitude of 600m, boasts an open-air bath where the seasonal nature spreads in front of you. Restaurant Suisen serves dishes that make use of local ingredients, such as seasonal highland vegetables and salt-grilled amago (fish) caught in a clear stream. Meals after bathing will fill your stomach and mind.
Car About 30 minutes via National Highway 186, 191, Prefectural Route 249
Sandankyo
Travel time : Approx. 150 minutes
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〒731-3813 Sandankyo Exchange Square: Shibaki, Akiota Town, Yamagata District, Hiroshima Prefecture
0826-28-1800
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〒731-3813 Sandankyo Exchange Square: Shibaki, Akiota Town, Yamagata District, Hiroshima Prefecture
0826-28-1800
Grilled sweetfish with salt
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Gourmet food in Sandankyo ~ Ayu grilled with salt
The Ayu fishing start in june. So around this season, you can find “Ayu no shioyaki” (salted-grilled Ayu) as a specialty at inns and restaurants around here. Why don't you try this gem that allows you to enjoy the fragrance of the skin and its unique flavor?
Car Right beside
Sandankyo Hotel
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“Sandankyo Hotel”, located at the entrance of Sandankyo, is a pure Japanese-style ryokan surrounded by a beautiful valley with an outstanding view. Why don't you enjoy homemade dishes of local wild vegetables and river fish, and relax your body at the radium hot spring ? We also recommend going to cool off in the summer as well as in the season of fresh green and autumn leaves.
“Increase Girl Power and Get Warm... Hot spring tour”
Road Station Raimu Togochi
Travel time : About 60 minutes
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〒731-3664 632-2 Kamidono, Akiota Town, Yamagata County, Hiroshima Prefecture
0826-28-1800
0826-28-2413
At this station you can find a big variety of persimon called “Gion Bogaki” , and the popular “Choco-chan,” which won the semi-grand prize at the national souvenir contest (2015), a chocolate using the Gion Bogaki persimon, that can only be find here.
〒731-3664 632-2 Kamidono, Akiota Town, Yamagata County, Hiroshima Prefecture
0826-28-1800
0826-28-2413
Spots to stop by
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Recommended stop ~ There is a delicious restaurant inside this facility
“Tsukemono yakisoba” is a hot topic as a new B-grade gourmet in Aki Ota. It is a local menu made with “tsukemono” and “yakisoba” born from the unusual food culture of “grilling and eating pickles.” You can enjoy it at “Roadside Station Raimu Togochi” and at restaurants in the town.
Car Approx. 25 minutes
Yuki Onsen
Travel time : Approx. 90 minutes
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Yuki Onsen is said to have been discovered about 1500 years ago, and it is loved as “Hiroshima's Annex” due to its abundant radium content and natural richness. There are hotels such as “Kokumin Shukusha Yuki Lodge,” which is popular for its open-air baths that heal by listening to the clear stream of the Minuchi River.
Sukiyaki of “six grain pork”
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Recommended stop ~ There is a delicious restaurant inside this facility
“Six grain pork,” which is raised on a feed centered on six types of grains such as corn and rice, has a very strong flavor and is easy to eat with a light aftertaste. “Six-grain pork fillet cutlet curry” and “six-grain pork sukiyaki gozen” where you can fully enjoy this six-grain pork are popular menus at the Kokumin Shukusha Yuki Lodge.
Car Via National Highway 488 and 433 Approx. 15 minutes
Yunoyama Onsen
Travel time : Approx. 75 minutes
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It is a hot spring thriving as a hot spring resort for the Asano family, the lord of Hiroshima Domain (1601–1871). The bath from this time still remains and has been designated as a tangible important folk cultural property of the country. “Yunoyama Onsenkan” is a knows for its “Uchitase-yu”, that spring up from the bedrock 4m above the ground, where you can take a fresh shower getting too hot from the hot springs.
