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Visit Kinosaki

The official English page of Kinosaki Onsen and Toyooka City. Please enjoy reading, and come visit us soon! If we find them, we will delete them.

This is a collaborative page run by Toyooka Tourism Association, featuring posts by local residents living in Kinosaki and surrounding areas. Through this page we hope to introduce the `hidden treasures` within Kinosaki and its surrounding areas- our favourite and recommended spots, restaurants, activities, events etc. Kinosaki is a hot spring town located in Toyooka, northern Hyogo, Japan. It is said that the restoring powers of Kinosaki Onsen were first discovered 1400 years ago, when an injured stork was seen bathing its wounds in the waters. Since then, the town has become a popular destination for those seeking to relax、both national and international tourists. You can experience wearing a yukata (traditional summer kimono) and strolling around the town, before taking a dip in any of the towns seven famous hotsprings.

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30/10/2026

Even with a minor hiccup both teams still manage to have an exciting showdown 🔥

Planning your Japan trip for next October? 🍁🍂

Be sure to add and on your list to see the exciting fighting festivals 💥

29/10/2026

Round 2 of the Izushi Fighting Festival 🔥

Both teams line up carefully to cause the most damage to each other’s shrine 💥

Who do you think won this battle?

28/10/2026

Ever wanted to see what a picturesque Onsen town looks like from above? The Kinosaki Ropeway 🚠 gives you a stunning view of the Japan sea 🌊 and the Kinosaki area.

Enjoy a delicious lunch at Miharashi Terrace Cafe right at the top of Mt. Daishi. The cafe offers delicious house-blend coffee ☕️ and sweets 🍬 too!

This reel was made by the wonderful students at Toyooka High School. The students worked hard recording and editing footage 🎬 and practicing their English to make this video. We hope you appreciate it 😊

📍Kinosaki Onsen
☕️ Miharasi Terrace Cafe
⛰️ Mt. Daishi

26/10/2026

A fiery battle between Izushi’s red and black teams 🔥 Who do you think won? 🏆

This exciting moment was captured at the Izushi Fighting Festival on October 11th.

If you missed seeing the festival person, no worries! There’s plenty more videos to come!

26/10/2026

The Izushi Fighting Festival aka Izushi Danjiri Festival!

Similar to Kinosaki’s ♨️ festival, the Izushi Fighting Festival involves wooden floats paraded through town, but with one major difference.

The floats clash with one another until they’re destroyed ❗️ 💥

See how your favorite team fares in the next video!

22/10/2026

A closer look at Kinosaki’s Mikoshi (portable shrines)

Each shrine is decorated with its own golden dragons,🐉 lions 🦁 tigers 🐯 and phoenixes 🐦‍🔥

Inside the shrine, two drummers can be seen playing a single drum🥁

If you missed the Kinosaki Danjiri festival, be sure to save this video for your next trip to Japan in October!

20/10/2026

The most exciting festival in Kinosaki Onsen!

Chanting and drumming 🥁 echo throughout the streets as portable shrines are paraded throughout the streets.

These incredbily heavy shrines are tossed up and down to the beat of drums💪

If you missed the Kinosaki Danjiri festival, be sure to save this video for your next trip to Japan in October 🍂 🍁

20/10/2026

The Kinosaki Danjiri Festival!

On October 14th and 15th the quiet town of Kinosaki turns into a roar of thundering drums and cheers🥁

Portable shrines are carried throughout town in honor of the deities for hot springs and water.

More videos to come from this exciting festival

08/10/2026

Relax with a cup of tea and delicious sweets in one of Izushi’s popular tea shops, Izushi Ichika 🫖 😌

Ichika is lovely tea shop inside a 150 year old townhouse. The shop offers a variety of teas and sweets 🍡

Where 📍: Izushi Ichika 出石一叶
1 hour from Kinosaki Onsen ♨️ by train🚂 then bus 🚌

05/10/2026

Dancing breaks down all communication barriers 💃🕺

We hope you enjoyed our mini series of performances captured at the Toyooka Theater Festival 🎭

If you missed out on the excitement, no worries! Next year the festival will be back with even more spectacular performances! We hope to see you then!

🇯🇵🌸⛩️ japantravel