Miki Onsen Hyogo

Miki, in the central Hyogo Prefecture between Kobe and the Harima plain, is Japan's most celebrated producer of carpentry and construction tools — the Miki blade tradition of plane irons, chisels, and woodworking tools has been the preferred choice of master carpenters for centuries and is celebrated at the annual Miki Blade Festival — making the city synonymous with the precision craft culture of traditional Japanese carpentry. Miki Onsen Hyogo draws on sodium and bicarbonate thermal waters from the geological resources of the central Hyogo highland zone, providing restorative baths in a city of outstanding craft heritage whose blade-making tradition, the Miki Castle ruins, and the Miki Blade Tool Festival create a richly artisanal spa setting in the Hyogo interior. The Miki Blade Tool Museum and craft workshops, the traditional carpentry tool market attracting master craftspeople from across Japan, and the historic Miki Castle mountain site with its views over the Harima plain make Miki a uniquely craft-centred and historically distinctive thermal spa destination in central Hyogo Prefecture.