The guy who turns back into a boy with hot water is visiting a town built around hot water. Arima Onsen in Kobe, Hyogo, hosts a collaboration with the TV anime “Ranma ½” — “Mutabetsu Kakuto-ryu Shugyo no Tabi: Arima ni ‘Ranma ½’ ga Kita” (roughly, “Anything-Goes Martial Arts Training Trip: Ranma ½ Comes to Arima”) — from Saturday, November 14 to Sunday, December 27, 2026. It is organized by Anican, a company based in Ashiya, Hyogo.
The story: the whole hot-spring town becomes a training ground
The event’s story goes like this: tricked by their fathers into a “martial arts training trip,” Ranma and Akane arrive in Arima Onsen. Before they can enjoy a stroll, Ryoga, Shampoo and Mousse show up, and Ranma, splashed with water and turned into a girl, runs around town looking for hot water — only to be blocked at every turn. Visitors help out with the chaotic training. Banners decorate the streets, and life-size standees stand at four places: Mitsumori Honten, Porco Aliolio, Arima Bar Miyabi and Oshokujidokoro Nakasa.
Buy a towel, collect five stamps
The centerpiece is a towel stamp rally. Buy a hot-spring towel at Mitsumori Honten (290-1 Arimacho, Kita-ku, Kobe), visit the stamp locations, and press each stamp following the sample impression. There are five stamps in total, and collecting them all completes the towel. The stamp spots are Arima Senbei Honpo, the public baths Kin-no-Yu, Gin-no-Yu and Taiko-no-Yu, and Mitsumori Tansansen-ten. The towel costs ¥1,650 (tax included); the images released show Arima landmarks and the characters. It gives you a reason to wander between baths.
©Rumiko Takahashi / Shogakukan / “Ranma ½” Production Committee
Cards with a different design at each bath and shop
There are two ways to collect novelty cards. One is to ask for “Ranma no collab card” when paying the entrance fee at a participating day-use bath; you get one card per person, with a different design at each facility. The participating baths are Tosen Goshobo, Taiko-no-Yu, Kin-no-Yu and Gin-no-Yu. The other is to spend ¥1,000 or more (tax included) on food or shopping at a participating shop and ask at the register; you get one card per purchase, again with a different design per shop. More than 40 shops take part, including Porco Aliolio, Okonomiyaki Kinchan, Mamesei and Arima Senbei Honpo. Stopping in after a soak and collecting them all is part of the fun.
Collab menus and event-only goods
Restaurants and cafés serve menus themed on the series. Two shown in the released images are “Saotome-style Kobe beef bolognese” at Porco Aliolio (¥2,200, tax included) and “Shampoo’s Butterfly Shampee” at Kissa Ogawa Arima Kyoshitsu (¥1,300, tax included). Both come with a postcard.
©Rumiko Takahashi / Shogakukan / “Ranma ½” Production Committee
Goods are sold at Mitsumori Honten, including acrylic keychains (3 designs, ¥990 each, tax included) showing the characters in yukata.
©Rumiko Takahashi / Shogakukan / “Ranma ½” Production Committee
Event information
- Event: Mutabetsu Kakuto-ryu Shugyo no Tabi: Arima ni “Ranma ½” ga Kita
- Dates: Saturday, November 14 – Sunday, December 27, 2026
- Venue: Arimacho, Kita-ku, Kobe, Hyogo (Arima Onsen)
- Towel and goods sales: Mitsumori Honten (290-1 Arimacho, Kita-ku, Kobe)
- Stamp locations: Arima Senbei Honpo / Arima Onsen Kin-no-Yu / Gin-no-Yu / Taiko-no-Yu / Mitsumori Tansansen-ten
- Day-use baths offering cards: Tosen Goshobo / Taiko-no-Yu / Kin-no-Yu / Gin-no-Yu
- Organizer: Anican Co., Ltd.
- Official site (Japanese): https://anican.co.jp/arima-ranma/
