Best Ryokan around Saitama Suburbs Spot List

An inn looking on to the Arakawa River's tributary, Yatsu River, the pure Japanese-style building made entirely of cypress has a calm presence. You can enjoy the Yatsu River Valley's view from its open-air bath. You can also visit this hotel just for lunch and the bath.

All the rooms are facing valleys and have a view of the Yokose river. Meals are made from seasonal edible wild plants and river fish. The famous catfish cuisine is available with tempura and sashimi on a reservation basis. It has a large bath, open-air baths, as well as guest rooms with attached private open-air baths.

Its open-air bath is the most wonderful thing about the inn. At the end of the long connecting corridor, you will find a bath from which you can see a spectacular view of the Arakawa Valley laid before your very eyes. Dishes with flavorful ingredients from all four seasons let you have a sense of taste from the fields.

It is a quiet hotel closest to Shibazakura hill, a famous place in Chichibu. With the breakfast meal plan, you can enjoy healthy food made from fresh local produce, such as homemade tofu.

Located in Chichibu, within 6 km of Chichibu Shrine and 7 km of Seibu-Chichibu Ekimae Onsen Matsurino-yu, Wadoh provides accommodation with a shared lounge and free WiFi throughout the property as well as free private parking for guests who drive.

It is a cuisine hotel, proud to provide fresh harvest from the sea and mountains. You can enjoy kaiseki ryori (formally arranged dinner to enjoy sake) of dishes with seasonal feelings with a view of the Japanese garden. The size of guest rooms varies from 8 to 20 tatami mats (about 14 to 35 square meters) and there are twelve guest rooms in total.

Kanpo no Yado Yorii is set in Yorii and features a restaurant. The ryokan also offers free WiFi and free private parking. Guests at the ryokan can enjoy a buffet breakfast. Kanpo no Yado Yorii offers a hot spring bath.

Since it was discovered by the first owner in 1827, this hot spring has been known for being effective against a million diseases. It is popular among female guests as it is said to be especially good for your skin. There are 4 types of guest rooms with open-air baths, and guests can enjoy the valley and mountain greenery.

A public inn located an environment rich in natural beauty. The hot spring is high in alkaline with a pH of 9.2, and it is known to leave your skin feeling smooth. Also, guests can now enjoy a newly built open-air bath with gensen kakenagashi (hot spring water flowing into the bath directly from the source) overlooking the valley.

Ikoi no Mura Heritage Minoyama offers public hot-spring baths overlooking the mountains. Free Wi-Fi is available at the public areas and guests can refresh in the sauna rooms.

Many people visit this inn to experience its amazing kappo ryori (traditional Japanese fine dining). They use the finest quality ingredients in generous quantities, and dishes are exquisitely flavored. The fact that even their breakfasts are of great quality shows the inn's pride in their food.

The specialty at this cozy inn is ayu (sweetfish). You can try some ayu dishes including ayu-meshi (sweetfish cooked with rice) and ayu sashimi. The Ayu-zukushi Plan (a course with ayu-centric dishes) is their recommendation. Their fresh and clean bath is a radium hot spring. It is effective against gynecological diseases, rheumatism, and neuralgia.

While you enjoy the scenery full of trees, handmade leaf bud soba and other dishes with river fish and edible wild plants will find you smacking your lips. Taking a slow fragrant Japanese cypress bath and listening to the stream will make your fatigue melt away.

Echigoya Ryokan offers accommodation in Ogano. The property features free private parking and free WiFi. At the ryokan, rooms are fitted with air conditioning and a flat-screen TV.

Because it faces the Arakawa River, you can view the natural treasure, Nagatoro Iwadatami (the rocks with successive layers of tatami overlapping each other) from both the rooms and the open-air baths. The hotel is also known for the decorated flowers in the main building and kaiseki ryori (a traditional Japanese course meal) which makes use of seasonal ingredients.

Set within 500 metres of Candy Alley and 11 km of Lalaport Fujimi, Ryokan Matsumuraya offers rooms in Kawagoe. Featuring a shared lounge, the 2-star ryokan has air-conditioned rooms with free WiFi.

A long-established ryokan since 1748, famous for being associated with Tesshu Yamaoka (a famous samurai from the late Edo Period). You can enjoy one of the 5 most famous Japanese rice dishes, Chushichimeshi, which was created by the 8th landlord of the ryokan and Tesshu. Its Japanese garden with rare stones is also splendid.

It is a quiet hotel, proud to provide outdoor hot spring baths made from Japanese nutmeg-yew. The delicious meals using edible wild plants and river fish are another attraction. Please relax while enjoying the scent of trees and the refreshing wind.

Located on high ground along a prefectural road, it has a fine view and is also easy to access. Their food includes lots of rare ingredients such as iwatake (a lichen called rock tripe) and white birch sap. In autumn, they serve course dishes of hoteishimeji mushrooms, daikoku mushrooms and matsutake mushrooms.

It is a unique inn which has an impressive matsuri-kan (festival hall) replicating food stalls from the Chichibu Yomatsuri (the Chichibu Night festival). Guests can enjoy not only an open-air cypress bath and a large bath, but also book a private open-air bath for a fee. Meals served as guests gather and sit around the irori (Japanese traditional fireplace) include natural delicacies special to the mountain village.