Kinosaki Onsen
Toyooka’s hot-spring neighborhood with seven public baths spread along a stream of stone bridges, frequented by visitors in yukata and wooden clogs.
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In the destination Kinosaki Onsen (Toyooka).
In the photo: Shinkoro Tower in the historic center of Izushi, in Toyooka.
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The city
A northern Hyogo city on the Sea of Japan, Toyooka includes the hot-spring village of Kinosaki Onsen with its seven public baths, the Genbudo basalt columns, the castle town of Izushi and the Oriental stork park. The center, with the station and Tajima Airport, is the gateway to the region.
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The local experience
Toyooka’s hot-spring neighborhood with seven public baths spread along a stream of stone bridges, frequented by visitors in yukata and wooden clogs.
Mountain above Kinosaki Onsen reached by ropeway, with the Onsen-ji temple—founded in the 8th century and tied to the springs’ origin—at an intermediate stop, and a viewpoint over the valley and the Sea of Japan at the top.
Cliffs of basalt columns formed by lava about 1.6 million years ago on the banks of the Maruyama River in Toyooka, where studies were made of the Earth’s magnetic-field reversal.
A former castle town in southern Toyooka, with the Shinkoro clock tower, streets of wooden houses, the Eirakukan theater and castle ruins with a path of red torii gates, famous for sara soba, noodles served on small plates.
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