Satono Yu Onsen — Attraction in Toyooka

Hands down the BEST Onsen in Kinosaki! Multiple bathing pools including an indoor and out door ice bath 🥶 a tepid bath if u like it mild, an indoor and outdoor HOT bath with waterfalls - yes cascading HOT water onto your back - say AHhhhhhhh - be careful it is HOT. Two dry sauna - Hot and Hotter and an actual steam room complete with smooth center rock for sitting on. Well with the ¥800. Only down side is they open at 1 pm - 9 pm every day and are closed on Mondays so plan accordingly. Of course u can get the day pass for ¥1300 and do multiple Onsen but make sure to work...

This is by far the largest onsen I visited in the town. There are three floors here, with the second floor being the changing room and baths (a standout feature of this onsen is that there is a cold pool). The third floor has an outdoor pool area and a steam room. Also, on both floors there are dry saunas of 60-75 degrees and 80 to 90 degrees. I enjoyed this onsen the most in the town due to the numerous facilities. Once done with your soaks, you can head to the first floor to rest in the very large...

IMO the best of the 7 onsens.

Has the most bathing areas, one dry sauna on the 2nd floor, a dry and steam sauna on the 3rd floor. 3rd floor also has an outdoor bath with a view of the mountains and the river.

I personally enjoyed standing full monty at the 3rd floor bath with a cool breeze blowing by nether region while gazing at the mountains and the river, listening to the quintessential Japanese sound of the local trains coming in and out of the nearby...