Japanese Hot Springs

Hot springs seems a famous tourism place in Japan.  The Japanese feel relax when we have it, even only legs put in it.  Arima ( http://www.arima-onsen.com/eng/index.html ) located behind Mt. Rokko is a famous place of hot springs.

 <Quote> The history of Tousen Jinja (Shrine) which is familiarly known as the protecting god of Arima Hot Springs says that Onamuchi-no-mikoto and Sukunahikona-nomikoto discovered Arima Hot Springs. When the two gods visited Arima, three injured crows drank water from a pool. A few days later, they found the pool curing their injuries, which proved the pool was a Spa.  Only these three crows who found the place of the Spa were permitted to live in Arima and are called “Three crows of Arima” <Unquote>. 

However, many hot springs places reduced visitors due to increasing of various leisure in the recent decade.  Eventually, some organisers attempt to improve the situation and invest facilities in order to invite new targets from inland and overseas.  For example, they build fashionable cafes and provide beauty salon treatments for young women.  Arima seems to be an appropriate place to retreat because the location is not so far from Osaka taking one hour by bus or car.

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