Arima Onsen Hot Spa

(Arima Spar from the bridge) (Gold Hot Water)  Arima Spa in Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture is one of the oldest and best hot spring spars in Japan along with Dogo Onsen Spar in Ehime and Shirahama Onsen in Wakayama. Arima is not far away from Osaka but it's only one-hour bus-ride from Umeda, northern center of Osaka.  It's known as an oasis of Osaka which is visited by 1.6 million people a year. People go around spars ...

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Visit to Fushimi Sake Brewery

 Sake making began about two thousand years ago when rice planting was introduced to Japan. Fushimi is one of the biggest sake producing areas in Japan. (sake container tank) (Kitagawa Honten Brewery)   When Toyotomi Hideyoshi, a military ruler in the late 16th century built Fushimi Castle and Fushimi castle town, there was a great demand of sake so sake industry flourished so much. Many sake breweries such as Gekkeikan and Kizakura ...

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